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Analysing What Good Quality Content Is To Google
Apple To Share Some of Its Cash Mountain, $45 Billion, Over 3-Years
At the end of last year, Apple revealed it had $97.6bn in cash. It expects to use $45bn over the next three years.
Apple To Share Some of Its Cash Mountain, $45 Billion, Over 3-Years
At the end of last year, Apple revealed it had $97.6bn in cash. It expects to use $45bn over the next three years.
A Research-Based Guide to Brainstorming Linkbait – or Anything Else
Posted by Carson Ward
SEO (and inbound marketing) consultants, agencies, and in-house professionals rely upon their creativity to solve problems every single day. Just compare an experienced SEO to an industry thought leader—or a failed piece of linkbait to a fantastic piece—to see the difference that creativity makes. Nowhere is creativity more important than in the creation of content.
Enhancing Individual Creativity
Love the Obstacles, Define Constraints
Get Motivated, Invest Personally
Learn and Try New Things
Take Care of Yourself
- Get plenty of sleep at night: REM sleep, specifically, makes us more creative. Preventing interruptions to deep sleep is, therefore, just as important as getting enough sleep.9 10
- Exercise: Exercise improves your health and mood, but it also independently enhances creativity.11;
- Mood: For the type of tasks common to business and online marketing, being in a good mood can make us more creative. Never be apathetic.12 13 14 15
Enhancing Group Creativity and Efficacy
Brainstorm Individually, Discuss Together
- Get everyone together and explain the problem or goal. Remember what we learned about constraints.
- Have individuals write down their own ideas, and then present their ideas one-by-one.
- After (and only after) everyone has presented their ideas, discuss them all as a group.
- If you need to choose or prioritize ideas, have each group member write or send their own rankings for each idea.
Meet in Person, Use Large Groups
Create Diverse Groups
Build a Creative Company Culture
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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day: Celebrate With Google Doodles [PICS]
Top of the morning to you! Today is Saint Patrick’s Day and here at Mashable we’re celebrating with a gallery of all the Doodles Google ha… Continue reading
New iPad: Worth the Wait? [VIDEO]
The third generation iPad is officially here, and fans all over the world braved the early morning today to wait in line and get their hands on the new tablet.
Line lengths varies around the world. More than 400 shoppers waited outside an Apple store in China, while more than 200 would-be owners stood in line outside an Apple store in Boston. Still others claimed to only have waited just 10 minutes, or not at all, for the clock to strike 8 am local time and the doors to open.
Even Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak waited in line to grab the new iPad. He didn’t have to, of course — the company habitually offers him any new device he wants. But as he explained to What’s Trending, he’s fond of the “real-world” experience that comes with owning a new device.
“More than anything else, it’s just sort of like it’s become a ritual, almost. Because I’ve done it so many times, I’m doing it again…I’d rather be in there and be genuine like the real people,” he said.
Clearly, both sleep and money were sacrificed in droves. But here’s the question: Is the third-generation iPad really worth the lines and the buzz?
Mashable‘s Christina Warren joined the crowds to survey the HD tablet herself. A “drool-worthy” display and an amazingly fast 4G LTE network are just some of the first impressions she noted for the new device.
The iPad’s sharp camera was another prominent feature. Comparing it side-by-side with the iPad 2, its superiority was undeniable.
So, what do you think of the new iPad? Was it worth the wait and the hype? Let us know in the comments.
BONUS: The View From the iPad Line [PICS]
The View From the iPad Line
Mashable reader Rafael Savino shows off the view from 2nd in line in Houston.
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10 Features Missing From Pinterest
There’s one thing you should know before we open up this can of worms: I have 795 pins on Pinterest. Probably by the end of writing this article, I’ll have 895. As you can see, my wish list of Pinterest features hasn’t caused me to slam down my laptop screen in disgust.
That being said, I would change a few things. And based on Pinterest’s new profile, the company already has.
Most of these 10 suggestions have to do with Pinterest.com’s design and the social network’s user experience. For instance, I’d love to be able to move pins between boards with the greatest of ease. I’d also like to create a private board or two — not because I want to build a digital shrine to Ryan Reynolds, but because I’d like to plan a future wedding without my boyfriend having a commitment freak-out.
Here are 10 features I’d like to see on Pinterest in the future. I’m sure all you pinners have even more dreams for Pinterest, so sound off in the comments below.
1. View the Individual Boards I Follow
At this point, you can only view users you follow, not the individual boards you follow. I’d like to be able to know both.
For instance, I’ll browse a user’s page to determine whether I want to follow that person. However, many times, I have no interest in particular boards, and therefore, don’t “follow all” boards.
But there’s no way to go back and determine just which individual boards I’ve followed in the past. What if I want to view them for future inspiration?
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2012 Will Have a Superhero Movie Summer
I was noticing that there are going to be some fantastically geeky movies on this Summer and I must say I am looking forward to the Summer in a big way. Here are some trailers of movies that are coming soon. Which movies will you see? The Avengers 2012 GI Joe 2 Spiderman 4 Batman […]
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The Next Wave Of Google Algorithm Changes
It sounds like Google’s algorithm is going to change again, and while I don’t believe in chasing the algorithm, I do find the impacts on our industry interesting, but even more so the impact it has on user behavior. The Wall Street Journal’s coverage of changes to Google to get people to stay on site […]
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Google’s Over SEO Optimization Penalty
If you haven’t already heard, Google’s Matt Cutts and Bing’s Duane Forrester recently did a SXSW session with Danny Sullivan where they addressed questions from the audience. About 1/3 of the way into the audio though, Matt let slip a comment about an upcoming rankings change designed to target “Over Optimization” in an attempt to […]
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