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Google Places Is Over, Company Makes Google+ The Center Of Gravity For Local Search


 searchengineland.com - When Google+ and Google+ Pages for business were introduced a little less than a year ago many people in the local search arena began anticipating the day when Google would merge or integrate Google Places and Google+ Pages....


 
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President Barack Obama is no stranger to Twitter

President Barack Obama is no stranger to Twitter; he held his first Town Hall on the microblogging network, at the White House, complete with Master of Ceremonies Jack Dorsey, just under a year ago.

But that was easy — Obama got as much time and space as he wanted to answer the questions posed on Twitter. How about the president replying in tweet form, in real time?

Thursday, with his reelection campaign getting into gear, Obama decided to respond to a few questions via Twitter while in Iowa — and this time, it was his fingers on the keys.

The Q&A session just ended, so check out what the President had to say in our Storify below. How do you think Obama did with a 140-character limit? Did he get his points across effectively, or use way too many abbreviations? Let us know in the comments.

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Mark Zuckerberg's Wedding: What Green Day's Singer Performed

Mark Zuckerberg’s Wedding: What Green Day’s Singer Performed, If you got married the day after your company went public and was valued at over $100 billion, wouldn’t you want the frontman of your favorite band to entertain guests at your wedding?

Billie Joe Armstrong, the lead singer of pop punk band Green Day, reportedly performed at Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s surprise wedding on Saturday to his longtime girlfriend, Priscilla Chan. The private wedding was held in the backyard of their home in Palo Alto, Calif. in front of about 100 guests.

Guests arrived to their home under the impression that they were celebrating Chan's medical school graduation. Zuckerberg first announced the news by adding the event to his Facebook Timeline.

A clip posted on TMZ indicates that Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong played the song “Last Night on Earth” for the couple, who shared a dance in front of clapping guests.

Zuckerberg has long been a big fan of Green Day. Not only does he Like the band on Facebook, he has referenced his love for the group in presentations.

And Zuckerberg has developed a close friendship with Armstrong over the years, according to a People report.

SEE ALSO: Who is Zuckerberg's Bride, Priscilla Chan?

“Mark wanted me to play this song,” Armstrong said. “This song is one I wrote for my wife of 18 years.” He also called it a “wedding present to a friend.”
Zuckerberg and Chan — who met while attending Harvard — have been together for nine years.
If you were a billionaire, who would you want to play at your wedding? Let us know in the comments.

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One Million E-Readers Headed to Africa With FC Barcelona’s Help

One Million E-Readers Headed to Africa With FC Barcelona’s Help

Non-profit Worldreader kicked off a campaign Thursday aiming to put 1 million e-books in the hands of children across the planet, with a little help from players on one of the world’s most popular sports teams.

This may sound like a crazy goal, considering the widespread absence of books from African classrooms, but the organization is aleady well on its way. So far, Worldreader has donated 100,000 books to 1,000 students in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda.

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Obama Wants Government Agencies to Focus on Mobile Apps

Obama Wants Government Agencies to Focus on Mobile Apps, President Barack Obama has ordered all government agencies to offer more of their services in the form of mobile apps.

A new memo called “Digital Government: Building a 21st Century Platform to Better Serve the American People” requires each agency to make at least two services, used by the public, available on mobile devices within 12 months.

“For far too long, the American people have been forced to navigate a labyrinth of information across different Government programs in order to find the services they need,” says the memo.

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Bubble Robots Move Using Lasers [VIDEO]

Bubble Robots Move Using Lasers [VIDEO]This isn’t your typical artificial intelligence robot, but scientists at the University of Hawaii have created bubble “robots” that can be directed using lasers. They hope to use the bubble robots to build micro-structures. And once the bubble bots are no longer of use, they can be popped.

The idea of using small robots to cure cancer or work with soldiers in combat zones is not a new concept. But the size and materials used to make the bots varies from project to project — just like the tasks they’re built to perform. But one thing’s for sure — robots are cool. Check out the gallery below for pics of amazing bots, and be sure to watch the video above for more on the University of Hawaii’s bubble bots.
BONUS GALLERY: 10 Amazing Real-Life Robots

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Art Galleries Embrace Animated GIFs

Art Galleries Embrace Animated GIFs, Animated GIFs may be the latest way to crack a joke, but at one London exhibit, they’re also an art form.

Born in 1987: The Animated GIF, a recently launched project at The Photographers’ Gallery, features more than 40 animated GIFs created by artists of various disciplines — many of whom were working with the medium for the first time.

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Facebook and TBS Announce Branded Comedy Partnership

Facebook and TBS Announce Branded Comedy Partnership, Cable channel TBS is teaming up with Facebook to add more branded comedy entertainment options for advertisers.

The high-rated comedy network is utilizing Facebook to extend distribution with another recent partnership — Jason Bateman and Will Arnett’s digital ad and production company, DumbDumb. TBS will work with DumbDumb to give six brands up to six short-form customized comedy videos.

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Google Will Start Notifying Users with Malware - DailyBlogTips

Google Will Start Notifying Users with Malware
A couple of days ago Google announced that it will start notifying users of its search engines about possible infections of malware or trojans on their machines. Initially the effort will be focused on the DNSChanger trojan, but hopefully it will be extended to other malware.

DNSChanger is a Windows-based trojan which changes the registry containing the nameservers your computer uses to find websites. As a result you’ll type something on the browser and will be redirect to another website, possibly containing further malware.

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BloggingTips.com Has Got A New Design – 3 Secrets

BloggingTips.com Has Got A New Design – 3 Secrets


Hurry, BloggingTips has got a new look!

I've been a regular contributor on this blog and I must say it's one of the best moments I cherish as a writer.

I was glad to see the new design, an awesome theme and how customized everything was.

But that's not all; I think Zac has done a fantastic job with this new project. It's the best decision ever. Kudos to you!

Admiring the design is good, but more has to come in. Our goal with BT is to ensure you grow your own blog and bring it to an A-list level.

Below, you'll find 3 secrets that can help your blog experience a meteoric growth. You don't have to stand to watch how others are doing it, get started today:

1. List Building Is "Vital"

If you look at the BloggingTips homepage, you'll see leads capture system at work. Zac has decided to focus mostly on capturing readers' email addresses and every visitor who comes to check out latest stuffs here.

Does it mean he should have started building a list earlier? Off course, he has an optin box on the sidebar – which generates trickles of leads I presume, but that's not enough for building a blog empire. You need to totally focus on building a mailing list.

To help you understand the power of email marketing, here is a quote from my affiliate mentor:

The success of your internet business is directly proportional to the number of people you're able to reach at the click of a button – Ewen Chia

2. Branding Is the Key

How unique is your business to millions of similar businesses around?

When it comes to building a profitable blog, branding is fundamental. Don't try to build a blog first, before instilling the brand image on readers' heart – from the outset, set up systems and platforms to make your blog stand out. Over 100,000 fresh blogs are being launched every day; you wouldn't want to compete with that number.

Bloggers don't have to compete; we only need to complement each other. Find out a 'thought' or information that prospects are searching for and fill it. Zac has created a powerful brand for BT.

Did you see his customized avatar holding dollar bills? Look at the dollar sign inscribed on his shirt, the crown showing kingship and authority. That's branding my dear. Use this same secret to boost your blog.

3. Exclusive, Quality Contents

The last secret I want to share with you on the new bloggingTips design is the exclusive contents on it. Most of the blogs out there that have landing pages as the forefront page do not provide enough quality contents to gladden readers' heart.

But here, if you're not interested in subscribing, you can click the blog (menu link) and dive into the blog itself. Those who were not convinced to subscribe initially would definitely reconsider, having satisfied their taste for exceptional contents.

So, when you're building a list of targeted subscribers, make sure you've figured out the best contents to feed them. People who visit your blog have one thing which is dear to their hearts and they can do anything to get it. Valuable information is what they crave for and if you can't provide it, don't blame them for leaving.

Your backend product should be exclusive, quality contents. Consistently deliver on this and your blog will grow exponentially.
Over to you

What did you like about the new BloggingTips design? Share your comment and views. Your success is sure – see you at the top!

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How to Upgrade WordPress via SSH - DailyBlogTips

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How to Upgrade WordPress via SSH Posted: 21 May 2012 05:40 AM PDT For most WordPress users updating to a newer version is pretty straight forward: log into the WordPress dashboard, click on “Updates” and then select the option to update WordPress. Within 10 seconds or so you are set. Depending on the settings of your server, though, the automatic update option will not work. In this case you’ll need to perform the update manually, which means deleting and uploading the files via FTP, which takes a lot of time (around 15 minutes for all WordPress files with an average Internet connection). Is there a better way? Yep, and it’s called SSH. SSH stands for Secure Shell, and it’s a protocol for remote communications. Using this protocol you can basically connect to your server and perform commands as if you were using the computer personally. Warning: Make sure to backup all your data and databases before trying any type of update, as you could mess things up and lose everything. Try the stuff below at your own risk. First of all you need to contact your hosting provider to make sure you have SSH enabled on your account. After that you can login to your server by typing ssh user@mydomain.com on the command line, and after that you’ll be prompted to put your password. Usually the user and password are the same of your FTP account, but they might be different. Once you are logged in you need to browse to your public_html directory, which is usually where WordPress is installed. If you are using a sub-directory, navigate to it. Then type this to download the latest WordPress files: wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz After that type this to decompress the file: tar xfz latest.tar.gz Next we need to delete the wp-admin and wp-includes directories, which you can do with the following commands: rm -rf ./wp-includes rm -rf ./wp-admin Now you want to move the new wp-admin and wp-include directories to the root, so type the following commands: mv ./wordpress/wp-admin ./ mv ./wordpress/wp-includes ./ Finally, go inside the WordPress directory with cd wordpress and copy its content to the parent directory (i.e., the root) overwriting the old ones: cp -rpf -f * ../ Finally, type “cd ..” to go back to the root directory and delete both the tar file you downloaded and the wordpress directory with this: rm -rf ./wordpress/ rm -f latest.tar.gz That’s it. All you have to do now is to run the upgrade script on your WordPress install (i.e., domain.com/wp-admin/upgraded.php). Original Post: How to Upgrade WordPress via SSH

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Clip Full Pages from the Web and Organize Them with Meaki

Clip Full Pages from the Web and Organize Them with Meaki

Have you ever wanted to save a full Web page as opposed to just a small section of the page? If you’ve been looking for an easy way to clip and save entire Web pages, meet Meaki.

“Meaki makes it easy for anyone to clip Web pages they visit into a visually engaging collection called a Clipset. You can share your Clipsets with the world or keep them private.”

 You can get signed up and started clipping content with Meaki in a matter of minutes.

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Schedulling Blog Posts and Automating Everything Else

Scheduling Blog Posts and Automating Everything Else

The only truly non-renewable resource is your time and that’s why it pays to find ways to give yourself more time. Outsourcing, as mentioned in earlier articles, can prove very fruitful in this regard. Another way that you can save some precious time is to automate the tasks that would otherwise occupy an increasingly large part of your blogging day.

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Must Have WordPress Plugins that You Will Love!

Must Have WordPress Plugins that You Will Love!
As you probably know, WordPress is the way to go and the tool to use for a fast and painless online business project. The only problem with that is the way how WordPress works. It has some core features that allow you to create posts and pages… and maybe one or two more things. And that's pretty much it. The good thing is that there are like thousands of widgets and plugins out there that allow you to DRASTICALLY change the way WordPress operates. Rest assured I'm not about to talk about all of them now. I don't even know most of them. To be honest there's no need to do that, because once you have a need for some feature or, simply put, functionality, you can just go to the Plugin Directory section of WordPress.org and search to your heart's content.

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Leveraging social media means choices

One of the first things that people who work on the Internet will tell you is the choices for the marketing that you can do can be overwhelming unless you've got a clear plan. That plan needs to include social media and here are few options that will help you to get a little more from some of the more popular choices.

Facebook does a lot of different things for different users and while there are tons of people who use a personal account to get the word out on their goods or services, not everyone knows a business page is available as well. It's a simple process to get started and all you need to do scroll to the bottom of s personal Facebook page, click Pages, and then Create A Page. The things that's different here from other kind of social media marketing is the fact that you'll need to spread the word about your new page organically.

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Google Penguin Update: Can Your Blog Still Make Good Money?

Google Penguin Update: Can Your Blog Still Make Good Money?

Ouch, your blog income just dropped!


The Penguin left the sea and didn't see the ugly blogs out there, but yours.
And you've obeyed SEO rules and optimization tricks from so-called experts who says: write quality contents and build backlinks as much as you can.
Oh, how can I get back my first page ranking in order to make Good money blogging?
Google must have good explanations for these quirky animal names they're using to render my blogging efforts homeless.

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Match.com’s New Event Service Takes Its Dating Algorithms Offline

Match.com’s New Event Service Takes Its Dating Algorithms Offline





In a move that brings online dating full-circle, Match.com is launching a new service that will use its matching algorithms to fill offline events with compatible singles.

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This 121-Megapixel Photo of Earth Will Make Your Jaw Drop

This 121-Megapixel Photo of Earth Will Make Your Jaw Drop





Need something to put things into perspective on a Monday morning? Our suggestion: The largest single-shot photo of Earth ever taken.

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Mashable Weekend Recap: 40 Stories You Might Have Missed

Mashable Weekend Recap: 40 Stories You Might Have Missed





The weekend sat on the cusp of big news coming, especially the looming Facebook IPO. But that didn’t keep us from finding hot stories over the past few days, including fascinating concept pics that might show what the upcoming iPhone 5 might look like, a frank review of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2, and a sneak peek at Ashton Kutcher playing Steve Jobs in an upcoming film.

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Yahoo Ousts Thompson, Loeb Wins. Now What?

Yahoo Ousts Thompson, Loeb Wins. Now What?








Scott Thompson's short run as Yahoo CEO is over. He resigned this weekend after trying vainly to beat back the growing controversy over his somewhat fanciful resume. Thompson said he had a computer science degree when, in fact, he did not. For all the finger pointing and promises of long-term support for Thompson, nothing it seems could save him from the chopping block. Now Yahoo must try and build momentum behind a new, relatively unknown CEO, as well as a new chairman of the board.

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How to Structure Your Posts (and Why You Need To) - DailyBlogTips

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How to Structure Your Posts (and Why You Need To) Posted: 14 May 2012 04:30 AM PDT Do your posts seem to be a loose collection of ideas, in no particular order? When I'm coaching bloggers, one common problem that comes up is a lack of structure. During the drafting process, many writers simply sit down and type whatever comes into their head. That's fine for a warm-up … but it's not a very efficient way to create a blog post. Think of structure as the underlying framework for your posts. With a strong frame in place, your post won't sag in the middle or have bits falling off at the edges: it'll be easy for you to create, and easy for your readers to take in.

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