Ari Herzog

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T-Mobile G2: My New Mobile Obsession

Ari Herzog

My new obsession is the T-Mobile G2. Here’s a picture I snapped of the two phones side by side : Launching last fall to many positive early reviews , the phone runs on the open source Android operating system and is pre-installed with every mobile application in Google’s arsenal. So far so good.

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Why Your Website Might Lose its Google Rank

Ari Herzog

Starting April 21, 2015, Google is penalizing any website from appearing in its search results if the website is not mobile responsive. This means if your website has small text, links too close together, or other elements that prevents Googlebot from reading it on a smartphone or other mobile device, you’re in trouble.

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5 Easy Steps to Install the Disqus Commenting System on a Google Blogger Blog

Ari Herzog

I adore the ease of creating a blog with Google’s Blogger (or Blogspot) platform — which AriWriter once was before migrating to WordPress in the fall of 2008 — but the commenting system is not user friendly. Good luck adding a comment from a mobile device, for instance. Enter Disqus. No related posts.

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Analyze Your Visits to My Blog

Ari Herzog

Google Analytics tells me that 34,532 unique visitors (including you) came here over the prior six months. I thought there would be more Mac and mobile visitors but those segments are clearly rising. Nearly 20% are coming from mobile devices. Blog News Media Google metrics' Thank you for reading my blog. Many returned.

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Why I Never Appreciated WiFi Data Until Now

Ari Herzog

I share photos to Instagram nearly every day and it constantly syncs with the cloud; but over the past month, the app used a mere 84 MB of mobile data compared to a much larger 249 MB of wifi data. Over the past month, I used 7 GB of wifi data vs 1 GB of mobile data. Why was I paying so much for a mobile-heavy plan?

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How Social Media Changes Retail Storefronts

Ari Herzog

I see merchants show off what social networks they are on and what mobile technologies you can use inside the store. In the front window next to the door there are four social decals — Google Favorite Places, CitySearch, Foursquare, and LevelUp. I spoke to restaurant owners when competing Budweiser decals faded. Got a question?

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Meet My New Dumb Smartphone

Ari Herzog

I didn’t care about social networking but I did need my Google calendar with me. I exchanged the T-Mobile 768 for the Prism 2. It was fine for talking but texting only worked when the messages were strictly text. I couldn’t receive pictures. The camera also sucked, comparatively. Huawei manufactures it.

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