80s Google
Ahh the dial-up days… I (not fondly) remember the awful screaming squelch emitted from my bodacious, top of the line 56K US Robotics modem as it ‘attempted’ to connect me to the almighty Interwebs. Peaceout 28.8! 56K all the way! Psyche!
Before you get too stoked and spaz out on me, def check out the videos below featuring Google and Twitter in the 80s and Facebook in the 90s.
Please press the return key to continue… NOT!
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Featuring a glass gift from Google, new office chairs with ottomans, updated office door art and new biz cards for the founder.
Rich snippets, when added to a website or blog, provide search engines with additional information. This additional information makes search engine results a lot more ‘clicky’ by including content like a thumbnail image with the listing. Learn more about rich snippets with this infographic.
Sure, you could continuously test your rich snippets with the Google Webmaster Tools Rich Snippet Testing Tool by laboriously copying and pasting each URL into the tester, or you could utilize the below Rich Snippets Bookmarklet and dramatically speed-up rich snippet testing time.
Step 1. Click and drag the link below to your bookmarks bar in your favorite web browser.
DRAG THIS LINK TO YOUR BOOKMARKS BAR
Note: You may want to edit the name of your newly created rich snippet testing bookmarklet, do this by right-clicking above your bookmarklet.
Step 2. Bring up the website/page of choice that you want to test rich snippets on and click the bookmarklet you created.
There you have it! After clicking on the rich snippets bookmarklet, your results page should look something like this:
8:30pm Local Time – Saturday, March 31st
It’s almost that time of the year again; a time at which a coordinated effort is made in support of the environment across the globe. A time during which everyone is encouraged to turn their power off, for one hour… Earth Hour – One Hour No Power.
In 2011, all seven continents joined the Earth Hour – One Hour No Power movement, even the Cartoon Network halted transmissions for one hour. In 2010, a record-breaking 126 countries helped raise awareness for climate change, including destinations like the Las Vegas Strip, Mount Rushmore, The Empire State Building and Niagara Falls. Learn more about the history of Earth Hour…
So, setup and turn-on that reminder alarm on your phone, calendar and project management app for 8:30pm, March 31st and Shut. Down. Everything!
If you have a WordPress powered website or blog, grab a nifty plugin right here. This will automatically take your site down for one hour and display a message and links in support of the Earth Hour movement.
Here’s an example of the plugin in action:
Don’t have WordPress? No worries! There are plenty of banners, posters, logos and videos available for placement on your website, blog and/or social network right here.