Just a really quick one this week. Take a look at this link to Google Gravity from http://mrdoob.com
I defy you not to have at least a little fun playing about with this unstable version of Google. It all still works and you can chuck the various elements around the page. I don't have enough time right now to look into how it's done and what the point is. In fact, I've not ever heard of http://mrdoob.com before - but on this evidence he/she is some kind of coding GOD. I don't want to overstate how much I love this, but it's a dreary day outside and this genuinely put a smile on my face.
I was rolling around Facebook the other day and happened on a bunch of comments on the wall of Amanda Vlahakis (who is the talented lady in charge at http://www.trulyace.com) regarding Google PR. I haven't taken this cyber-popularity contest too seriously yet, but I wanted to know what the score was with regard to the latest version of 49thfloor.co.uk so I put in the details to see what would come out, with fingersies and toesies crossed that all my hard work (and fully indexible content) had paid off.
You may have read my post the other day regarding various companies ringing or emailing on a near constant basis to try and get us to do things we either already do or don't want to do. Chief amongst these was Yell.com whose system (which did sound pretty good) appeared to base it's success rate upon its visibility to Google in a particular keyword or phrase. The thing with it was not only that it was expensive (from memory I think their offer period - as if the prices ever change - listed the prices in a £50 per month and upward category) but also I'm sure we could do this ourselves anyway.
