1024media.com | Blog http://www.1024media.com Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:00:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en 153910http://www.feedburner.comThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. Google’s SEO Starter Guide http://www.1024media.com/blog/472/ http://www.1024media.com/blog/472/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:00:00 +0000 Branden http://www.1024media.com/?p=472 In response to the oft-asked question “What are some simple ways that I can improve my website’s performance in Google?”, Google has released a brief guide that lists what they consider some of the best practices for improving your websites’ crawlability and indexing.

Definitely worth a read. You can Download the guide here. [PDF]

]]> http://www.1024media.com/blog/472/feed/ Our Favorite Spam Recipes http://www.1024media.com/blog/471/ http://www.1024media.com/blog/471/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:18:12 +0000 Branden http://www.1024media.com/?p=471 Hungry for a handful of the tastiest SPAM® recipes? Not the type that would actually be useful and help you fight against web spam, but…actual SPAM recipes. You know…the canned ham we’ve all grown to love.

We geeks love this stuff. So…we’ve decided to share some of our favorites.
Visit Spam Recipes .net for your fill.

Enjoy!

]]> http://www.1024media.com/blog/471/feed/ BioFuel or BioFool? Our latest launch raises the debate http://www.1024media.com/blog/469/ http://www.1024media.com/blog/469/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:47:31 +0000 Branden http://www.1024media.com/?p=469 Like Michael Grunwald, I’ve long questioned the bio fuel revolution. Are biofuels truly a sustainable energy alternative or are they doing exactly the opposite of what its proponents intended?

Undecided, I gathered up our team here at ten24 Media to create a place for debate. Our latest launch, bio foolish .com, lets you share your views on bio fuels. We’d love to hear your thoughts!

Biofuels or biofools?

]]> http://www.1024media.com/blog/469/feed/ The Shoemaker Finally Makes His Own Shoes http://www.1024media.com/blog/465/ http://www.1024media.com/blog/465/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:43:35 +0000 Branden http://www.1024media.com/?p=465 Well that was long overdue! Nevertheless, we’ve finally managed to give our own website (and logo) a much needed facelift. It’s been a long time coming but our other projects and client work always come first.

Before:
ten24 media old website design

After:
new ten24 media website design

Hope you like it!

p.s. Special thanks to Petar & Alex for a great job!

]]> http://www.1024media.com/blog/465/feed/ Alberta Start-Up Index http://www.1024media.com/blog/464/ http://www.1024media.com/blog/464/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:56:09 +0000 Branden http://www.1024media.com/?p=464 Cell Phones etc., the first site to leave the nest of our web hatchery, has made the Alberta Startup Index. The index, compiled by TechVibes, ranks Alberta tech start-ups based on an average of Alexa and Compete traffic ratings.

We’re very happy to be on that list with the likes Nexopia, Shopster & Shoptoit.ca.

Cell Phones etc. makes its debut at #4!

]]> http://www.1024media.com/blog/464/feed/ A New Look for Vagablond.com http://www.1024media.com/blog/462/ http://www.1024media.com/blog/462/#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:10:25 +0000 Branden http://www.1024media.com/?p=462 One of the projects we’re working on here at ten24 Media is Vagablond.com, a web-magazine that covers the latest in luxury travel. Last night we gave Vagablond a bit of a face lift, moving from your typical blog layout to something a bit more representative of a newspaper site. This was the first of many developments that will be taking place on the domain over the next few months. We hope you like it!

Vagablond.com luxury travel screenshot

Special thanks to Ava, Alex, Petar & Nazar for making this happen.

]]> http://www.1024media.com/blog/462/feed/ Great Tits! The BBC School of Effective Copyrighting Techniques http://www.1024media.com/blog/460/ http://www.1024media.com/blog/460/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 16:00:44 +0000 Branden http://www.1024media.com/?p=460 The BBC reminds us that writing compelling material starts with the headline. How’s this one for an example:

Great tits cope well with warming

That headline is currently the most read article on the BBC website. It’s captured so much attention that it’s already more read than articles many months older.

You can learn more about effective headlines here or in the magazine rack at the end of your local grocers checkout.

]]> http://www.1024media.com/blog/460/feed/ Reappearing After a Long Absence http://www.1024media.com/blog/458/ http://www.1024media.com/blog/458/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 15:46:20 +0000 Branden http://www.1024media.com/?p=458 Are there any readers left out there? If so..please accept my apologies for the very long delay between posts. As many of you may know, ten24 Media has been making the transition from a pure marketing services company to a web-incubator of sorts. In the days to come I’ll tell you a bit more about that as well as roll-out a new design for our own extremely dated website. You know what they say..shoemaker makes his own shoes last.

See you soon.

a long absence

]]> http://www.1024media.com/blog/458/feed/ Free Version of Keyword Research Tool Wordtracker Now Available http://www.1024media.com/blog/453/ http://www.1024media.com/blog/453/#comments Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:11:07 +0000 Branden http://www.1024media.com/453/ wordtracker free editionGood news today for those of you who’d like to research what keywords to optimize your website for. The industry’s most popular keyword research tool, Wordtracker, is now offering a free version of their service.

Get started here.

[via SEOBook]

]]> http://www.1024media.com/blog/453/feed/ Big Changes At Yahoo http://www.1024media.com/blog/452/ http://www.1024media.com/blog/452/#comments Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:31:59 +0000 Branden http://www.1024media.com/452/ Some important news for Yahoo advertisers. Beginning February 5, the ranking / position of your ads will no longer be based solely on your bid amount. Instead, they’ll be ranked by both bid amount and ad quality, similar to the way Google does things.

This change, which will impact all advertisers, is designed to allow you to focus less on competitive bidding and more on the quality of your ads. By improving the quality of your ads and making them more relevant to users, you may be rewarded with a better ranking and reduced cost for your ads.

yahoo quality score ad

An ad’s quality will be determined by:

- Its historical performance—the ad’s click-through rate relative to its position in search results
- Its expected performance—determined by various relevance factors considered by Yahoo!’s ranking algorithms, relative to other ads displayed at the same time

More information here.

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