Google Instant Search Uses New Advertising and Localization
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By Zeus Perez ::) | Sep 09, 2010
I’ll be the first to say I enjoyed the instant results from Google, until I typed the letter “P”. Publix came up first, but not just Publix but Publix in Florida and near my area. I mean what a profound use of cookies! So I ran test two, let’s try a clean browser in fact let’s use a different browser like Safari set to Private Browsing and no history at all. I hate history anyways..
Holy crap same results. I feel I should now test the wonders of Internet Explorer, or should I. Nah, I shouldn’t. Wait my usability, QA, business analysis and information architecture evil side just needs to determine what I already think is true, but I don’t have IE8 on Parallels so -whatever.
Here’s what I’m noticing, you type in the letter G you get to Gmail. Makes sense.
I type F i get to Facebook.
But P is for PUBLIX with localized results?
The letter I returned Ikea but there was no mention of one nearby… but U USPS does return local results. So the question is Google, I’m not logged in and you’ve pinpointed where I am at and there’s a T for Target nearby, but you don’t show an ad for Target at all, but wait, there’s one for L Lowes!
So tell me Google, did you start selling localization results for users that aren’t logged in along with new advertising standards for Instant results for those who do advertise with you because to me it seems like you did and I want in. Z should be for Zeus. I’ll pay up, I’ve got a Google checkout account. Hook me up with them adwords letter.
Envato : Idea Flash Intro
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By Zeus Perez ::) | Aug 10, 2010
This is a pretty decent animation simply using words created by an Envato Activeden.net user. I thought it was interesting and didn’t want to lose it’s location so adding it to my site.
What's A Blog? How Many Types of Blogs are there? What's the Best Type of Blog?
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By Zeus Perez ::) | Aug 04, 2010
this is a f*cking cougar
Did that company visit your website? This is one way to find out.
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By Zeus Perez ::) | Aug 02, 2010
I was just asked how to tell using Google Analytics if someone visited your site and if so who. When you use use Google Analytics and you select one of your top pages and view it’s Content Detail you’ll find a third drop down that says “None.” If you change this to “Service Provider” it will show you who they used to get to that page.
But let’s say you wanted to find out if a specific company you sent your information to has visited your site or your page, here’s an easy way to figure that one out.
You will need some type of analytics running or some access to web server logs. If you don’t know if you have analytics or web server logs just ask your web host and hopefully they’ll be able to help.
So here’s the magic:
Just add a ?=companyName to the end of the URL
For instance if you were sending emails to your resume and you wanted to know if the company ever saw your link and you were using Google Analytics on your site you would use:
http://your-site.com/?=companyName
Now I can use my own servers weblog to find out if the link was ever clicked. In this example I look for the term “superfriends”.
Here’s the weblog using Textpattern
And here’s the weblog using getClick.com
So if you ever wonder if a company checked your site just add
sitename.com/?=holyCompanyName or something to identify the employer
Hope this helps your analytics. This is such an old trick, but it works. You just have to remember to add it to each place you post.
Also, if you want to see if someone links from mashable.com to your site, add http://zeusdidit.com/?=mashable (yes replace my site with yours)
Zeus Does SEO! OH MY! No. 11 for Droid Serif on Google.
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By Zeus Perez ::) | Jul 09, 2010
Ok, ok, I’m number 12.
885,000 Search results for “Droid Serif” according to Google.
I’m Number 12 for my Droid article One day one back link may fix that…
Everyone knows how much I love analytics, metrics and a good return on investment that only took me 4 minutes. Oh wait you didn’t know I love analytics. Now you do.
This is my cake, and boy it tastes good.
By the way, this is a freaking beautiful font and FREE! In fact it’s becoming a staple for my future redesign campaigns.
And thanks Google, I accept being in the Top 20 for something so beautiful you gave the world.
Flash AS3 RTMP Streaming Video Example
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By Zeus Perez ::) | Jul 06, 2010
Download the files - Flash CS3 minimum
var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
nc.connect(null);
var ns:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);
theVideo.attachVideo(ns);
ns.setBufferTime(10);
ns. {
trace(info.code);
if(info.code == "NetStream.Buffer.Full") {
bufferClip._visible = false;
} if(info.code == "NetStream.Buffer.Empty") {
bufferClip._visible = true;
}
if(info.code == "NetStream.Play.Stop") {
ns.seek(0);
}
}
ns.play("http://pdl-demo.akamai.com.edgesuite.net/pdl/will/nocc_320x180_548kbps.flv");
//rtmp://domain/app/streamname
Thanks to the ever amazing Flash Pro Alejandro Delgado for giving me the code and helping me get this to work!
How To Change A WordPress Background Color Using Stylesheets
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By Zeus Perez ::) | Jul 02, 2010
You can easily change a WordPress background color by clicking Appearance in WordPress, then Editor and then clicking “Stylesheets” or “styles.css” as is shown in the image below. I’ve highlighted the area that changes the background area.
You can use a medley of different styles.
For instance if you replace the background with the following code you’ll get a big background image:
background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/101504088/weloveboobs.jpg) left top no-repeat;
If you just use a color name or hexadecimal color, then the background would be one solid color. Here’s some examples:
background: red;
or
background:#ff9900
A How To On Adding A Youtube Video To Wordpress
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By Zeus Perez ::) | Jul 02, 2010
The easiest way to add a Youtube video to WordPress is to click EMBED on Youtube, here's a screenshot of what that looks like:
Then Copy and Paste the code in Youtube into Wordpress. That should look something like:
<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QO1a6k1WpcU&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QO1a6k1WpcU&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>
And below is where the code belongs. Notice the HTML tab is selected in WordPress :
Todays Hot Links #7 - FLASHMOTO.com
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By Zeus Perez ::) | Jul 02, 2010
Every so often someone says I want to create a hot flash website.
This is Flash Moto
Updating Robs Theme On WordPress
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By Zeus Perez ::) | Jul 02, 2010
1. Go to Appearance, Click Edit
2. Look for #header in the code
3. You’ll see background: url(something here this is your image -replace this with your image you upload )
4. Find #logo change the height:60px; to whatever height the header image you upload is
