By on November 5, 2008

Linky Goodness, November 5

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Today is my grandma’s ninetieth birthday! (Feel free to leave birthday wishes here if you want, but she’s probably not going to see them and I don’t think I’ll be spending half our dinner together tonight trying to explain who you people are and why you’re wishing her a happy birthday. I appreciate the kindness, of course.)

  • There’ve been rumors about an Easter Egg in Google Street View, and now it has its own website: Street with a View is turned Google’s Street View car trip down one Pittsburgh street into a living art project (via).
  • Not terribly surprisingly, but quite disappointingly the Fortune 500 doesn’t get SEO. How bad is it? 72% have very little to no organic visibility for their most-advertised keywords.
  • You hear a lot about Open ID, but very little about its competitor Facebook Connect—but is it coming soon to a site near you?
  • Personally, I’m quite partial to Firefox, and I’m not the only one—they’ve reached 20% market share now.


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16 comments on “Linky Goodness, November 5”

  1. Zurpit Says:

    November 5th, 2008 at 6:43 pm

    Wow that is great that your grandma is 90, tell her happy birthday. Also that google street maps website is really cool. I wonder how they did it

  2. Andy Beal Says:

    November 5th, 2008 at 7:09 pm

    Happy Birthday to your grandma! Have fun explaining who we are. :-)

  3. SoLinkable Says:

    November 5th, 2008 at 9:34 pm

    Street with a view was neat, but the pics taken in front of the Google office while the car drove by were more creative and fun.

    SoLinkable’s last blog post..Ted Stevens appears to survive

  4. Jordan McCollum Says:

    November 6th, 2008 at 12:35 am

    @Andy—I think she’d probably understand when I describe someone as “my boss” ;) .

  5. Saad Kamal Says:

    November 6th, 2008 at 12:41 am

    Happy Birthday to your Grandma!

    FireFox Rules ;) ..Hopefully they can reach 40%-50% by the next 5-10 years.

    Saad Kamal’s last blog post..Google Profile Search

  6. HDTV Says:

    November 6th, 2008 at 1:01 am

    Fortune 500 having no clue = opportunity for everyone else.

    Is your grandma tech-savvy? A great big happy b-day to her.

  7. MB Web Design Says:

    November 6th, 2008 at 6:05 am

    I’m not so fussed about FF gaining markt share as I am that IE is *losing* market share.

    MB Web Design’s last blog post..H2D Hair Straighteners

  8. savings Says:

    November 6th, 2008 at 6:08 am

    Best wishes to grandma, My nanny turned 80 last week too. How is she feeling?
    I can see an opening from a big SEO company going in to grab the gap.

  9. Abdul Says:

    November 6th, 2008 at 8:18 am

    Happy Birthday to your grand ma and hope she lives a long life!

    Abdul’s last blog post..BlogRush Goes Down the Hill ?

  10. Nicole Price Says:

    November 6th, 2008 at 8:37 am

    Whether she gets the message or not, that she has seen 90 years is a great achievement and I offer you and your grandmother, my congratulations and best wishes for her long life.

    Nicole Price’s last blog post..Ideas for a Mother-to-be

  11. Nicole Price Says:

    November 6th, 2008 at 8:38 am

    I am a great Firefox fan too. Just watch, they will keep increasing their market share.

    Nicole Price’s last blog post..Ideas for a Mother-to-be

  12. go green Says:

    November 6th, 2008 at 8:45 am

    It’s great to see firefox is really getting popular. It just sucks that we still have to develop our web applications with IE in mind.

    go green’s last blog post..Green Renewable Energy Certificates

  13. Ami Ohayon Says:

    November 6th, 2008 at 10:26 am

    Ooops, I’m running late. Happy belated birthday to grandma.

    I’ve become a huge Firefox fan, and now only open Explorer if I have no choice at all.

    Ami Ohayon’s last blog post..From Jerusalem to Boston

  14. SEO Tips South Africa Says:

    November 7th, 2008 at 1:38 pm

    Thanks for the ample illustration of the generation gap. I won’t like trying to explain blogging to my Granny either!

  15. Goran Web Design Says:

    November 10th, 2008 at 2:39 am

    Happy belated Birthday Grandma!!
    Firefow is definitely the king of browsers… Even Google’s “Chrome” isn’t quite up to snuff, compared to Firefox… But then, that’s mostly ‘cos of the lack of Plugins

  16. cat Says:

    November 10th, 2008 at 3:39 am

    Just tell your grandma that good people wish her happy birthday