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Just when you think car customization has reached as far as it can go, someone comes along with something so ridicules that its bound to be the next big thing.
Well maybe not the next big thing but this is California so who knows. I’m talking about Carlashes, that’s right eyelashes for your car. These awesome car accessories cost a mere $25 a pair and for an extra $19.99 you can get crystal-stud “eyeliners” to go with it.
Who comes up with these ideas I don’t know. Maybe someone has a huge fascination with a famous Pixar film or those cute Chevron talking car commercials. Maybe someone just wants to add a little bit more personality to their daily mode of transportation. Or maybe someone needs just that little bit of extra attention drawn to them while driving down they street, applying their makeup while chatting on their cell phone.
What ever the case, it looks like Carlashes are real and going to make some lucky car the prettiest one on the block.
Randy Other Car Eyelashes, Carlashes
I hardly ever use Internet Explorer as my browser; mostly I’m a Firefox and Chrome guy, but today I had to use Internet Explorer for something at work and was surprised at what I saw.
It’s common knowledge now that when you see a search box on a web page such as Google, you instinctively know (or have been trained) to type your search questions there. After firing up Internet Explorer with Google being the default page I see this: (see image to left)
Like I said, I don’t use IE often so I checked this with Firefox & Chrome to see if they were delivering the same type of home page. Of course they weren’t so this leads me to only one conclusion:
“Google feels that anyone still using Internet Explorer is either “Non Tech Savvy” or just plain stupid and can’t figure out where to type.”
Of course that is just my opinion and in no way is meant to represent Google’s opinion but in a world that is so dependent on the internet and accustomed to using search engines, not to mention the fact that Google receives several hundred million searches a day, it’s a pretty passive aggressive way of stating the obvious on how Google perceives Internet Explorer users.
Has anyone else seen this? Is this something new or has this always been here and I’ve just never seen it because I don’t use IE? Am I being to harsh on Internet Explorer users? I’d love to hear what you think so leave your comments below.
Randy SEO Google, Internet Explorer, Search Box, Search Engines
Starting last Wednesday August 18, 2010, Facebook users who access their Facebook accounts through their iPhone can now use Facebook Places to “check-in” and tell the world where you are at.
So what is Facebook Places?
Those familiar with other check-in type mobile apps such as Foursquare should have no problem using this new Facebook feature.
Basically its a feature that allows users to tag their physical location and share that information with their Facebook friends. You will need to be using the most recent version of the Facebook application for the iPhone or if your mobile browser supports HTML5 and Geolocation, you can access it through touch.facebook.com.
Say you found a delicious new Sushi restaurant that you just have to share with your friends you can tag it. Say you are at the movies, the mall shopping, at a concert or even Disneyland, you can tag your self and any friends that are with you to let all your other friends know where you are, all with just the simple click of a button.
When you “check-in” at a location, you, along with who ever is tagged with you, will show up as a status update on your page and in your friends News Feed letting everyone know where you are and who’s with you.
Say good bye to those next day conversations of the concert you were both at and didn’t even know it. Facebook Places is a perfect way for meeting up with friends who you didn’t even know were at the same place.
Just be careful to set up your Facebook Places Privacy Settings so you don’t have any stalkers 
Randy SEO Facebook Applications, Facebook Features, Facebook Places, Facebook Places Privacy Settings, Foursquare
It’s official, Google is now allowing certain company websites to dominate the first 8 results for certain products or searches.
For a quick example go to Google and search either Apple iPod or Hewlett Packard Printers. Notice the majority of the results all take you to either Apple’s domain or Hewlett Packard’s.
This announcement was made yesterday on Google’s Webmaster Central blog which basically says that they are now allowing a single domain to have multiple results, up to 8 in most cases on a single search result page.
Apparently Google feels that for certain searches, a companies website may be diverse enough to give the searcher all the information that they need before showing other, possibly more accurate results.
What this means for you as a searcher is that now you have to spend more time searching; past page 1, just to find the most relevant information to your search. That is if you want to actually find something not on the parent company’s site, which in most cases is what people want in the first place. People know they can go to the company website for anything about that product but go to search engines to find results not from the company website.
No idea if this will last but all we can do is hope that Google knows what they are doing, and if not be smart enough to change it back to the way it ws.
Randy SEO Apple iPod, Google, Hewlett Packard, Multiple Domain Results, Webmaster Central Blog
