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WordCast Conversations 8: Anne Helmond on SEO and Social Media

Published on March 10, 2010 in Podcasts. 0 Comments

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Anne Hel­mond, New Media Lec­turer at the Uni­ver­sity of Ams­ter­dam and an expert on the rela­tion­ship between blogs and search engines.

When it comes to the rela­tion­ship between blogs and search engines there’s no com­par­i­son to the exper­tise of Anne Hel­mond who has worked for years research­ing blog soft­ware and how it con­nects to Google and other search sites.

This week, she talks to Kym about her research and how it con­nects to search engine opti­miza­tion, Word­Press, blog­ging, and social media.

Guest: Anne Hel­mond

  • New Media PhD can­di­date with the Dig­i­tal Meth­ods Ini­tia­tive at the Medi­as­tud­ies depart­ment at the Uni­ver­sity of Amsterdam
  • Grad­u­ated from the Uni­ver­sity of Ams­ter­dam cum laude with a the­sis on ‘Blog­ging for Engines. Blogs under the Influ­ence of Software-Engine Relations.’
  • Researcher on the sym­bi­otic rela­tion­ship between blog soft­ware and search engines
  • Anne pre­vi­ously joined us on Word­Cast Con­ver­sa­tions when we cel­e­brated Blog Pro­duc­tiv­ity week, to share her tips on being a more effi­cient blogger.

To pre­vent users from com­ment­ing with links to their site sim­ply to boost their search engine rank­ings, Word­Press includes a “nofol­low” tag by default with all links. To change this on your self-hosted Word­Press site, sev­eral plu­g­ins are avail­able. Below are a few of our recommendations.

DoFol­low Word­Press Plugins:

Mak­ing great strides in both the social media and edu­ca­tion worlds, Anne knows first-hand the stigma that comes along with young women in these fields. She shared her thoughts on this, explain­ing that, when there are more men than women, that’s the way it is, and it has no effect on what one can achieve. She also gave us a few of her favorite sto­ries as a teacher.

Of course, Kym brings you the dirt: Anne’s favorite “guilty plea­sure blogs” include XKCD and Perez Hilton

We’d love to hear your feed­back about what we can change, fea­tures to add, and guests and top­ics for future episodes! Con­tact the show by email­ing con­ver­sa­tions [at] wordcastnet.com, or call (toll free) 1–888-525-BLOG (2564). You can also dis­cuss the show in the Word­Cast Con­ver­sa­tions forum.

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Plugin Picks 3: WP Google Buzz

Published on March 9, 2010 in Podcasts. 0 Comments

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The newest social media craze (or flop depend­ing on who you talk to) has been Google Buzz. Inte­grated into Gmail, the ser­vice allows users to keep up with all their friends, at least those with a Google account, as they scurry across the social web

To kick off the sec­ond week of Plu­gin Picks, Kym and Dave take a look at the WP Google Buzz Word­Press plu­gin which allows you to add a “Buzz This” but­ton to your blog posts.

If you have a plu­gin you think we should share or have com­ments, ques­tions or sug­ges­tions for the show, email plu­g­ins [at] wordcastnet.com or call 1–888-525-BLOG.

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WordCast Conversations 6: David Bullock

Published on February 25, 2010 in Podcasts. 2 Comments

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David Bul­lock, social media strate­gist and co-author of Barack 2.0.

Social media strate­gist and co-author of Barack 2.0, David Bul­lock, joins Kym on Word­Cast Con­ver­sa­tions this week to talk about the social media epi­demic we’re see­ing around the Inter­net today, the bur­geon­ing social media phe­nom­e­non, and how to har­ness its influ­en­tial power for your own busi­ness success.

Guest: David Bul­lock, co-author of the book Barack 2.0 that high­lights the ways social media impacted Barack Obama’s 2008 pres­i­den­tial campaign

  • Barack Obama used Twit­ter, Face­book, and other social media ser­vices in his cam­paign and it was a major key to suc­cess. David tells us how and why.
  • The story behind Barack 2.0
  • Why are Twit­ter and Face­book so powerful?
  • Barack 2.0 was pub­lished through Lulu. David explains why a tra­di­tional pub­lisher was not needed.

David also took some time to explain what the future of social media will be inside and out­side of pol­i­tics, and detailed how Barack Obama’s social media strate­gies can be applied to your own busi­ness, brand, or organization.

We also talked with David about his own expe­ri­ences and his per­sonal story through­out all of his work. High points, low points, expe­ri­ences that taught him lessons both good and bad, and what we can expect from him in the future.

We’d love to hear your feed­back about what we can change, fea­tures to add, and guests and top­ics for future episodes! Con­tact the show by email­ing con­ver­sa­tions [at] wordcastnet.com, or call (toll free) 1–888-525-BLOG (2564). You can also dis­cuss the show in the Word­Cast Con­ver­sa­tions forum.

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President Obama Confesses, “I Have Never Used Twitter”, Publishes First Tweet | WordCast

Published on January 20, 2010 in WordPress. 0 Comments

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Pres­i­dent Obama Con­fesses, “I Have Never Used Twit­ter”, Pub­lishes First Tweet | WordCast

WordCast 77: We Reject Our Listeners

Published on December 6, 2009 in Podcasts. 0 Comments

WordCast WordCast 77: We Reject Our Listeners

Kym is back this week from Viet­nam and is still being chased with mar­riage pro­pos­als. Regard­less of his poten­tial com­mit­ments, we’ve got the lat­est and great­est in Word­Press and blog­ging this week. From a new Word­Press for iPhone to why microblog­ging isn’t replac­ing blog­ging any­time soon but rather sim­ply enhanc­ing it and how to eas­ily share web­sites, pic­tures, videos and more on your Word­Press blog, tune in to this week’s Word­Cast. PLUS: Pay-per-tweet? It might not be far off!

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WordCast 67: Just Like Butter

Published on September 1, 2009 in Podcasts. 0 Comments

WordCast WordCast 67: Just Like Butter
We know you guys hate it when we talk too much about Twit­ter and believe me, we don’t like it much either. But Twit­ter is in the news again this week with a new fea­ture we like, and a study we think brings up a big point about social media in gen­eral so we’re dis­cussing it any­way. Plus: The best job in the world is har­rrrrd and Kym rants more than Dave!

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WordCast 63: Everybody Loves Clippy

Published on August 5, 2009 in Podcasts. 0 Comments

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Harry McCracken of Tech­nol­o­gizer joins us this week to talk all about his expe­ri­ences run­ning a big-time Word­Press blog, the tran­si­tion from print to online media, and all of the lat­est and great­est in Word­Press and blog­ging. Join us this week for end­less ban­ter rang­ing from a new secu­rity update, to the pos­si­ble removal of Hello Dolly, to a bit too much of Clippy. All this and more in this week’s WordCast!

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WordCast 62: Toodle Off

Published on July 30, 2009 in Podcasts. 0 Comments

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It’s a week of dis­cov­ery on Word­Cast this week: (1) We learn about a “secret” change in 2.8 that’s mak­ing some of the net mad; (2) Fas­ci­nat­ing sta­tis­tics about Word­Press themes; and (3) We even learn what a Word­Press alert bar sounds like. All that and more in episode 62. We can’t believe we’ve made it this far… still.

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The Twitter Update From Simon

Published on June 26, 2009 in Video. 0 Comments

WordCast 54: Flubbin’ it in Downtown Denver

Published on May 20, 2009 in Podcasts. 0 Comments

wordcast WordCast 54: Flubbin’ it in Downtown Denver

We love allit­er­a­tion this week on Word­Cast there­fore we can’t stop. But no wor­ries, Word­Press will still be work­ing its won­der­ful part in this week’s wacky won­der­fest. (Darn… did it again.) From Twit­ter to space to Twit­ter in space and every­thing Word­Press in between, you won’t want to miss a minute.

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