Google Mail Hero, I mean Priority Inbox

Google has release a new feature for it's email product called priority inbox. I was greeted with a loud but very exciting noise (I thought my mac FINALLY got hacked). After I realised the auto sound was coming from GMail, I was....well, I was excited!

I've only been using it for a short time, but I could get used to this!

The Google Priority Inbox welcome video

Meta Keywords Redundant

Nigel picked up on a very interesting piece of information with his article, Meta Keywords Redundant. As you can see Nigel is straight and to the point.

In the post, Nigel explains that Matt Cutts highlights some new information about meta keywords, mainly that google just don't care for them anymore. Having previously used meta keywords for typos or keywords that were otherwise not present in the page I had seen the value in using meta keywords for search engine matching (even if it did nothing for rankings).

Obviously the meta keywords tag has been abused in it's time and it only stands to reason it's probably given little to no value, but which is it...little, or no value?

Joomla Permissions Overview

Here's an excellent Joomla Permissions Overview I just had to share.

Joomla Permissions

For those with ssh access the best way to update your permissions is by logging into your server and going to your website's root directory (assuming that's your Joomla root directory).

Once your in the Joomla root directory (e.g with a cd /var/www command) issue the following commands:

find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

you can then add some of your own personal commands for added security.

chmod 444 configuration.php;

rm -rf / unix commands I can't live without

I'm just using this post as a placeholder for random unix commands I can never remember the syntax to, sure I should use man more often, but I'm lazy...live with it! Check back here in the coming months and I'll order things a little nicer.

Note: Please don't run rm -rf / it will delete all the files on your system and probably anything else that's mounted from your system.

TwitHawk: Real-Time Keyword & Location Based Marketing On Twitter

Disclaimer:
I <3 TwitHawk, I'm also addicted to it.

TwitHawk is a real time targeted marketing engine that will find people who are talking about your chosen topic and tweet to them, for you!

It's a simple concept but such a powerful service. Twithawk will periodically search twitter for you and you can choose to auto-reply or reply manually (hint you can setup 5 varying auto-replies which is a must for lazy people like me). Basically it's set and forget....adwords, but for twitter!

With an average CPC (Cost Per Click) of less than 2c, google analytics integration and FREE CREDITS you can't go wrong! (I don't get anything when you click that link except for boasting rights, which I love)

How to turn $20 into $400

This is an offer you just have to checkout (no, nobody paid me to write this, although I'd be happy if they wanted to!).

Envato Birthday Bundle: $400 of Envato Items and $50 MediaTemple Hosting for JUST $20! http://enva.to/bbundle Limited Time Only!

Link Building Tips that won't send you broke

Link Building is the process of obtaining links from other websites to your website. If you're doing any SEO (Search Engine Optimization) or are looking for more website traffic than you'll likely already know about link building (if not I'm sure you'll get around to it).

There are however some common sense principles that I follow which I'll share with you.

NSFW! Pamela Anderson - The face of Crazy Domains, and what a pretty face it is

Pamela Anderson  for Crazy Domains

For those of you that tuned into the radical systems tech blog in it's early days, you would almost certainly have seen Pamela Anderson pop up on your screen (Don't worry she was wearing clothes in the AdWords image). In all seriousness Pamela is actually very smart, and focused on her business as well as her brand. And that's exactly how she see's herself, she's a marketable brand.

Web Hosting - Dedicated or Shared?

Websites are interesting little creatures. One thing every website has is common is that they all need a place to live. I'm not talking about a domain name (that's for another blog), I'm talking about the actual server(s) that contain those files, that makeup your website.

Here's the disclaimer, there's no one-size-fits all and there's no greatest hosting in the world. There are, however choice and options.  Choosing the right Web Host is important to the integrity of your website (duh) but also your brand, reputation and (depending on what your website does) it directly and/or indirectly affects your bottom line ($$$).

But they all basically do the same thing right, seriously what's the big deal?

Wave Goodbye Google

Google Wave, dead or alive?

After more then two years in development, and testing by an Australian team (ontop of another year under closed invite mode), Google Wave has met a short end, just 2 months after it's release to the world.

radical systems tech blog - I'm feeling lucky

It may not seem like much, but I'm still very excited that a search for radical systems tech blog shows http://blog.radicalsystems.net as the first search result. Sure that keyword has less than 10 global monthly searches, but they're now MY less than 10 monthly searches!

Maybe I can try ranking well for radical blog, there's only 2,400 global monthly searches but ranking for radical blog would still be a reasonable achievement. The keyword radical systems only has 880 but I'd expect I'd be able to rank well for that too with some effort.

Why is google stealing all my money - Google Adwords

Google AdWords can be a great marketing tool. When used properly Google AdWords can drive traffic to your website, and if you've hooked it up to Google Analytics you'll be able to properly track all your conversions, which is key in achieving your goals (unless your goal is to spend money from your limitless budget without any structured outcome, in which case you probably don't need to keep reading).

So Daily Budget, why is it so important?

Mario Mayhem - It's just like the real thing

Mario Mayhem doesn't look like a website at all. In fact you'd be forgiven for thinking you were actually playing a mario game. First created back in December 2006, then released to the public shortly after Mario Mayhem has grown into a vibrant place full of, well...Mario goodness!

Web Hosting - Can I Rackspace your Media Temple while you Slicehost my Amazon

This is only a quick post, more of a brain dump about the endless choice when it comes to web hosting.

And boy aren't we spoilt for choice. There's Rackspace (they have the rackspace cloud which includes cloud sites, cloud servers and cloud files). Does anyone remember Rackspace back when they were known as mosso?

Meet Sphinx, the free/open-source SQL full-text search engine

Have you ever tried pushing your database to it's limits and thought, there has to be a better way?

Sphinx is a full-text search engine and you can use it to implement full-text search for huge data sets. We're not talking about a couple of records either, got a 10+ million row table, and need something that can keep up with the load, (and stay relevant)? Sphinx was born to do it!