Magnetic analysis lets archaeologists match obsidian artifacts from Syria to the specific quarry—not just the volcano—of origin. “Our magnetic tests were chosen in part for their simplicity so that most rock magnetism laboratories could take the necessary measurements and apply this new approach worldwide. We did not want to develop a technique that could only [...]
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Tool gives hi-def origin of Syrian artifacts
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How to Create a Blog Purpose Statement in 3 Simple Steps
@ProBlogger23 May 2013 | 8:54 amYesterday, I shared a series of questions to help those bloggers seeking a little clarity when it comes to what their blog could be about. Today, I wanted to share 3 more questions – these are not so much focused upon YOU as a blogger but upon your readers. Hopefully they’ll also help you achieve a little clarity. Who are your readers? What do they need? How will they change as a result of reading your blog? Answer these 3 questions and you will actually have a pretty good purpose statement for your blog. You could certainly go into some real depth on each question but even doing… -
CrunchWeek: Yahoo's $1.1B Tumblr Purchase, Lyft's Big Raise, And Microsoft's Xbox One
TechCrunch25 May 2013 | 3:00 pmIt’s that time of the week for CrunchWeek, the show where a few of us writers chat up the most interesting stories from the past seven days. Ryan Lawler, Greg Kumparak, and I chatted about Yahoo’s $1.1 billion purchase of Tumblr (and the reports that the company is eyeing a purchase of Hulu); Lyft’s $60 million raise from Andreessen Horowitz and the big reveal of Microsoft’s next generation gaming console, the Xbox 1. Tune in above for more! -
Ecommerce Title Tags: Top 5 Ways to Increase Clicks
Search Engine Watch24 May 2013 | 6:30 amThe first steps of commerce take place within the search results. Give consumers a better sense of offers and pricing with your title tags. By exposing more information up front, sites can better align with the right consumer and get more clicks. -
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 24, 2013
Search Engine Land: News & Info About SEO, PPC, SEM, Search Engines & Search Marketing24 May 2013 | 12:59 pmBelow is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Google Glass Diary, Part 4: Local Search & Navigation Remember that first Google Glass video? It was published a little more than a year ago and gave the... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
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Holy Kaw!
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Tool gives hi-def origin of Syrian artifacts
25 May 2013 | 12:26 pmMagnetic analysis lets archaeologists match obsidian artifacts from Syria to the specific quarry—not just the volcano—of origin. “Our magnetic tests were chosen in part for their simplicity so that most rock magnetism laboratories could take the necessary measurements and apply this new approach worldwide. We did not want to develop a technique that could only [...] -
My Little Geek expanding its amazing universe for kids [video]
25 May 2013 | 10:39 amLast year, we brought you geeky parents out there the exciting news that there was finally an alphabet book on the market for you and your high IQ offspring, so we’re now thrilled to announce that educational universe is expanding! Andrew and Sarah Spear, authors of My Little Geek ABC, are back in action with [...] -
8-bit Iron Man [video]
25 May 2013 | 10:14 amSure, you could have blown twenty bucks at the theater catching the 2008 movie Iron Man, but why bother when CineFix has an 8-bit version that’ll only take a minute of your time? It’s like having your popcorn and eating it, too…for free. Full story at YouTube via Laughing Squid. Mini movies. -
Summer is coming! The art and science of s’mores
25 May 2013 | 9:00 amThe Art & Science of Smores infographic Nothing says summer like a campfire and s’mores. The origin of the s’more is unclear but the first time it was mentioned in print was by the Girl Scouts in 1927. More about the great big outdoors here. -
Google’s social evolution [infographic]
25 May 2013 | 9:00 amSource: CPC Strategy Blog Google is growing by leaps and bounds. The stats are showing that the Google+ and YouTube prove to be a very powerful combination. Interested in reading more about Google?
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@ProBlogger
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How to Create a Blog Purpose Statement in 3 Simple Steps
23 May 2013 | 8:54 amYesterday, I shared a series of questions to help those bloggers seeking a little clarity when it comes to what their blog could be about. Today, I wanted to share 3 more questions – these are not so much focused upon YOU as a blogger but upon your readers. Hopefully they’ll also help you achieve a little clarity. Who are your readers? What do they need? How will they change as a result of reading your blog? Answer these 3 questions and you will actually have a pretty good purpose statement for your blog. You could certainly go into some real depth on each question but even doing… -
7 Questions to Ask Yourself to Bring Clarity to Your Blogging
22 May 2013 | 8:28 amDo you feel like you’ve lost clarity around what it is that you’re trying to do with your blog? I’ve recently bumped into a few bloggers grappling with this idea. Some were new, even ‘Pre’ Bloggers, while a couple had been blogging for a while but had lost some direction. Out of these conversations, I put together a set of questions to help them think it through. The questions revolve around asking: What are YOU About? While I won’t guarantee you instant clarity on answering these questions I hope that putting a little time aside to work through them… -
7 Steps to Proofreading Like a Pro
21 May 2013 | 9:37 amThis is a guest contribution by Charles Cuninghame, website copywriter and owner of Text-Centric. I’m sure we can all agree that proofreading is the least fun part of blogging. But while it may be tedious, it’s well worth the effort. Typos are not only embarrassing, they can also cost you money. In a widely reported study in 2011, British entrepreneur Charles Duncombe found a single spelling mistake can cut online sales in half! If you don’t have a product, then you could be missing out a blog subscriber or repeat visitor! Here’s a tried and tested proofreading process that I’ve… -
Are You Balancing Emerging Technology with Effective Strategy?
20 May 2013 | 8:21 amLast week I was asked at a conference to reflect upon the future of digital and among other things I made a reflection that seemed to resonate with those gathered. It was: Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater. As online publishers we see a steady stream of articles being written about new and future technologies, companies and trends in the online publishing space. It is certainly an exciting time to be doing what we’re doing with such amazing development happening all around us and some amazing projections being made about what is ahead of us – however in the midst… -
How to Blog Like a Pro: Workshop on the Gold Coast Australia – Next Week
19 May 2013 | 7:56 pmNext week (29th May) I’m running a special workshop at the Internet Conference on the Gold Coast here in Australia. The workshop is titled – How to Blog Like a Pro – and you’ll get 4 solid hours of teaching in it – all delivered by me in a workshop limited to 40 people only. The workshop has only previously been available to those signing up to the full 3 day conferences as an add-on but there are a few tickets still available and so I asked the organisers if we could sell them as a stand-alone ticket (i.e. you don’t have to come to the full 3 day event).
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TechCrunch
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CrunchWeek: Yahoo's $1.1B Tumblr Purchase, Lyft's Big Raise, And Microsoft's Xbox One
25 May 2013 | 3:00 pmIt’s that time of the week for CrunchWeek, the show where a few of us writers chat up the most interesting stories from the past seven days. Ryan Lawler, Greg Kumparak, and I chatted about Yahoo’s $1.1 billion purchase of Tumblr (and the reports that the company is eyeing a purchase of Hulu); Lyft’s $60 million raise from Andreessen Horowitz and the big reveal of Microsoft’s next generation gaming console, the Xbox 1. Tune in above for more! -
Misfit Wearables Drops Android Support For Its Shine Activity Tracker Ahead Of Summer Launch
25 May 2013 | 2:27 pmHeads up, Android fans. If you took the plunge and backed the rather sleek Shine wearable activity tracker from Misfit Wearables, you may want to get your money back. According to a recent update posted to the project’s Indiegogo listing, the Founders Fund-backed company has decided to drop Android support from the final version in a bid to better focus on polishing the experience for iOS users. Seriously, that’s the only reason they gave, which is likely little consolation to the backers who were originally told that the Shine would support certain devices running Android 4.1 and… -
Will The Xbox One Rule The Living Room? Price Will Determine The Size Of Its Kingdom
25 May 2013 | 1:30 pmThe Xbox One is more or less a known quantity now, but its price has yet to be revealed by Microsoft. Price and ship date are always the biggest concerns when new gadgets or hardware hits the market, but in the case of the Xbox One, it’s likely to help determine whether the “home entertainment system,” as Microsoft is characterizing it, becomes the category-busting, revolutionary multi-purpose living room command center it’s being billed as, or ends up just another console with niche appeal that makes it a target of lust for core gamers, but few outside that circle. -
What Games Are: Xbox One Is Microsoft's Spruce Goose
25 May 2013 | 12:14 pmEditor’s note: Tadhg Kelly is a veteran game designer, creator of leading game design blog What Games Are and creative director of Jawfish Games. You can follow him on Twitter here. During the 1940s Howard Hughes spent millions developing and building a plane with the largest wingspan in history and a huge carrying capacity. The Spruce Goose was meant to solve a problem of moving troops and material for the second world war effort, but by the time it was tested, the war was already over and the plane’s engine technology was being superseded by jets. Even with more money at his… -
Gillmor Gang: Parlor Games & Metaphones
25 May 2013 | 10:00 amThe Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Kevin Marks, Keith Teare, John Taschek, and Steve Gillmor — neatly sidestepped the Yahoo Tumblr acquisition and segued into the wonderful world of messaging. As Facebook Home settles into a cot at the homeless shelter, Google is revving up for an all-out assault on the service suite. Google Glass is just the tip of the iceberg; below the waterline, the search giant is sucking image, location, traffic, and advertising data in realtime. It may seem like the Gang is tilting over into Google love, but scratch the surface (no pun intended) and you’ll…
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Search Engine Watch
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Ecommerce Title Tags: Top 5 Ways to Increase Clicks
24 May 2013 | 6:30 amThe first steps of commerce take place within the search results. Give consumers a better sense of offers and pricing with your title tags. By exposing more information up front, sites can better align with the right consumer and get more clicks. -
Guest Blogging vs. Guest Posting – Imagine A World Without Links
24 May 2013 | 5:30 amFor months, debate has raged about the merits of guest posting, the relationship between content and links, backlinks, publishers and signature links, guest posting, and comments. It's time to shed a little clarity on the subject in a simple format. -
5 Content Lessons & SEO Opportunities From Bloomingdale's
24 May 2013 | 4:30 amBloomingdale's is a leader in fashion in the brick and mortar world. But how does a store with history back to the 1800s adapt to the new online world? Let's look at a few tactics Bloomingdale's uses in content marketing and a few SEO opportunities. -
Google Talks Back: Conversational Search Available on New Version of Chrome
23 May 2013 | 1:30 pmGoogle conversational search rolled out on the new version of Chrome this week. While the “OK Google” search prompt we heard about at the I/O event is not yet available, Google is attempting to have relevant conversations with users. -
Google's Top Charts Offer Engaging Visuals for Popular Searches Over Time
23 May 2013 | 11:45 amGoogle has added a new visual feature in Google Trends that allows users to explore trending people, places, and things over time, back to 2004. Interactive charts are sharable, allowing users to highlights data that’s interesting to them.
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Search Engine Land: News & Info About SEO, PPC, SEM, Search Engines & Search Marketing
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 24, 2013
24 May 2013 | 12:59 pmBelow is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Google Glass Diary, Part 4: Local Search & Navigation Remember that first Google Glass video? It was published a little more than a year ago and gave the... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article. -
Google Glass Diary, Part 4: Local Search & Navigation
24 May 2013 | 9:32 amRemember that first Google Glass video? It was published a little more than a year ago and gave the world its first glimpse at what Google had in mind for Glass. Even though Google described it as “an early concept video,” you can clearly see that local search and navigation was a key... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article. -
Search In Pics: Google Robots With Lightsabers, Bloomberg Cutting Google Cake & The Simpsons Street View
24 May 2013 | 9:03 amIn this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the Web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more. Android Bathroom Signs: Source: Google+ Bike To Work Day At Google Germany:... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article. -
Google Voice Search Coming To iOS, Chrome For Android Gets An Update
24 May 2013 | 7:57 amGoogle released a couple of new UI features with the latest Chrome update for Android yesterday and announced that voice search will be coming to Chrome for iOS “soon”. Android Updates With the Android update, the long search URL box is gone and search queries in Chrome display in the... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article. -
5 Excel Skills Every Marketer Should Know
24 May 2013 | 6:30 amOne question I get asked a lot is this: what Excel skills are most important for marketers to learn? I have whittled that interminable list down to five skills that I believe are absolutely essential for marketers to know, presented below in order of importance. Table Formatting I believe that... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
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How to Host a Facebook Chat
24 May 2013 | 11:00 amWhen Facebook rolled out the ability to reply to comments on Facebook, my immediate reaction was ... indifferent. Actually, I thought it was more likely it would complicate conversations and give spammers additional ways to pollute comment sections. But then I changed my tune when I saw the potential for a fun marketing activity -- Facebook Chats! Similar to a Twitter Chat, a Facebook Chat is a scheduled time to, well, "chat" with a group of people about a particular topic on Facebook. With the introduction of the new Facebook reply feature, users could actually have conversations in the… -
The Most Magical Moments From the Arrested Development Launch Campaign
24 May 2013 | 6:01 amIf you had to market a final season premiere of a TV cult classic that wouldn't appear on television, how would you do it? With billboards, print ads, and primetime slots on TV? Probably not. You’d have to buckle down and get creative to reach such a niche, digital audience. Well, that’s exactly what Arrested Development did. After Netflix brought the show back to life for a final season that would only be available through the Netflix streaming service, the show launched one of the most creative integrated inbound marketing campaigns we’ve ever seen, using content across… -
What a Real Relationship in Social Media Should Look Like [INFOGRAPHIC]
23 May 2013 | 1:00 pmThe promise of social media was once "one-to-one engagement" and "relationship building" ... but somehow "building a relationship" in social media has morphed into blasting messages at as many people as possible and hoping someone is attracted. How the heck did this happen? In the "offline" world, the "spray and pray" approach never works. Imagine if Romeo went up to Juliet at that first party and just started shouting why he was perfect for her and that they needed to get married before it was too late. What if Gatsby blasted Daisy’s house with letter after letter about how… -
What the Future Holds for Business Blogging
23 May 2013 | 9:30 amLately, the whole marketing community is abuzz about content. And rightfully so. Content is a necessity for any successful inbound marketing strategy, and with more and more marketers creating it, it's becoming increasingly difficult to stand out from the barrage of content out there -- a lot of which is, well .... subpar (to put it nicely). If you haven't yet flipped through Velocity Partners' SlideShare deck, "Crap. The Content Marketing Deluge," it's definitely worth a look (we've embedded it below). It's no wonder the 2013 State of Inbound Marketing report revealed… -
Where Do Marketers Get Customers? [Data]
23 May 2013 | 6:00 amTime and time again, we get asked for benchmark data, particularly about customer generation. Well, you may remember we recently launched our 2013 State of Inbound Marketing Research Report, and we used the mounds of research there to try to, you know, "give the people what they want." And the people want benchmark data. I broke down survey responses about customer generation through the lense of simple demographic information -- B2B versus B2C, industry, company size, and company location. If you don't see your business type or industry represented below, though, let us know -- we did our…
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News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
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What The Duck #1390
24 May 2013 | 5:56 pmWe've been fans of Aaron Johnson's comic strip 'What the Duck' for years. 'WTD' is one of the best satirical comic strips in the world, and it's published here every week, as well as being included in our weekly newsletter. Barbed, topical and always amusing, we hope you enjoy WTD as much as we do. Click through for this week's strip. -
Accessory Review: Phottix BG-5D III Battery Grip for Canon 5D Mark III
24 May 2013 | 5:16 pmThe Phottix BG-5DIII battery grip is a budget-friendly alternative to Canon's BG-E11 battery grip for the EOS 5D Mark III, allowing you to double the battery life and enhance handling when shooting vertical format images. Can it do the same job for less cash, or should you save up for the Canon-branded accessory? Find out in our review. -
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24 May 2013 | 1:08 pmJust a reminder - you can get a weekly update of all that's new in the digital photography world by subscribing to the Digital Photography Review Newsletter! As well as updates on what we've published, we'll also be sharing sneak peeks at what we've got in the pipeline, as well as a weekly cartoon strip, and occasionally also readers' polls, (bad) jokes, suggestions for photo projects and more. Click through for more details. -
Vine enthusiast Jethro Ames explains the art of 6-second storytelling
24 May 2013 | 11:54 amVideo sharing service Vine has generated a lot of buzz in recent months. Vine allows you to share videos of up to six seconds in length as either a single continuous take or as a 'collage' of short duration clips. Art Director Jethro Ames saw Vine as a challenge and decided to push his limits to see what he could do with the app. The result is a series of imaginative timelapse videos that are perfectly executed down to the last detail. Click through to see his work, and our interview on connect.dpreview.com. -
Sigma announces availability of 35mm F1.4 DG HSM for Sony and Pentax
24 May 2013 | 3:00 amIn a brief note on its Japanese website, Sigma has announced that the Sony and Pentax mount versions of its highly-regarded 35mm F1.4 DG HSM 'Art' lens will go on sale on 31st May. It's also announced that the Nikon-mount version of its 120-300mm F2.8 DG OS HSM 'Sports' telephoto zoom will be available at the same time. We gave the 35mm F1.4 our Gold Award when we reviewed it back in December, for its combination of exceptionally good optics and solid build at a price rather lower than the camera manufacturers' equivalents.
