SUBLIMINAL PIXELS LABS

I have been using FireFox exclusively for 4+years. I love everything about FireFox, the add-on’s, the themes and definitely the versatility. A year ago, I started playing around with the new Mozilla based social browser called Flock. Several versions later, I think I’m ready to make the switch to full time use of Flock for all social media related web browsing. Here is why I think you should to.

1) Built in Media Sharing

Flock has built in support for Photobucket, Flickr, Facebook, Piczo, Picasa, YouTube and more.
That makes it really, really easy to share everything from pictures to videos to links to text. Just Drag and Drop from the Media Bar or right-click to send to email or to a blog.
You can even carry photos, videos and text, wherever you go online, right on the Media Bar or on the Web Clipboard. This feature alone saves me so much time, allowing me to drag and drop media at will, making working online much easier. Another very cool feature is “Media Streams”, if you find someone who has media you like online - Just click on the the small star next to “Media Streams” to subscribe. You will then be notified every time they upload new media across various social sites like Flickr, Facebook, Youtube and others. You can also search photos and videos on Facebook, Flickr, Photobucket, Picasa, Truveo or YouTube right from within Flock UI. Just click the arrow to scroll across the various search results across the Media Bar, without it affecting your tabs.

2) Built in Social Networking

Flock has built in support for LiveJournal, MySpace, FaceBook, Blogger, Delicious, Twitter and more. Once you configure ALL your social Network accounts, Flock automatically populates your People Bar with all your friends. This makes it a cinch to receive and share media with friends across various social networks. You can also drag and drop photos, videos and text from the web or the Media Bar to share with your friends in the sidebar. Flock will also notify you when any of your friends upload new media with an orange Media icon next to their profile on the People Sidebar. All you have to do is click on the logo, and the new media will automatically be loaded into the Media Bar or Web Clipboard.

3) Built In Blogging Support

Flock has a One Click built in blog post editor. You can drag and drop pictures, videos and text right onto it, and start editing your post within Flock. This is a feature I LOVE! The blog editor allows you to post to multiple blogs across multiple platforms, including self hosted blogs.The Flock blog editor has all the standard features of other popular free blog editors. Below are some of the blogging platforms supported by Flock.

Blogger
Blogsome
LiveJournal
Typepad
Wordpress
Xanga
Self Hosted Blogs
ATOM
MetaWeblog
Moveable Type

4) Built in RSS reader

Flock has a handy built in RSS reader right on the sidebar of the UI. It also has automatic RSS feed detection and a one click subscription button. If the site has a feed, Flock will tell you by highlighting the RSS button. The built in RSS reader works great to organize and share your feeds, just email to friend or blog it with just one click. As of today, I have not imported the mother-load of feeds to my Flock browser. I will do a follow up post, and let everyone know how that works out.

5) Enhanced Search and Bookmarking Functions

Flock has built-in one click search and bookmarking enhancements, which makes it simple to add, edit and manage favorites and bookmarks. Just click on the orange star on the UI to bring up the Favorites and Bookmarks Side Bar and categorize the current site.Click on the star twice to edit Favorites and Bookmarks It also has a great folders feature for categorization. Tags can also be used to find or organize sites with similar characteristics or in similar groupings. Another VERY helpful feature is the Live search results from various sources.
Live results are generated as you type from: Amazon, Craigslist, eBay , Favorites, Technorati, Wiki, Wink People, Yahoo, Ask, Google.

Since Flock is based on Mozilla/FireFox, it is compatible with most of the important add-ons and plugins. So far I have installed and tested the following Add-ons: Stumbleupon, Mixx Bookmarklet, GBookmarks and several others. For a full list visit this link:
To give Flock a try download here:

Disclaimer: Yes, I like Flick this much. I have no incentive or motive, other than wanting to share it with others.

Google has announced a whole new set of Adwords seminars being help by Brad Geddes and Anastasia Holden. Here is the link to the genral info:

http://services.google.com/ads_inquiry/awseminars

New  locations:

http://www.google.com/adwords/seminars/topics.html

 Actually I was hoping for Google to do one in Miami or somewhere else in South Florida, I guess Orlando, Florida is south, but not as south as I would like. I strongly recomend catching Brads’ lecture, he is always very informative and knowledgable. I caught him at SEO class, and it was a delight. Also check out his blog , which is chock full of great info: http://www.ewhisper.net/

I’m happy to announce Subliminal Pixels will be starting up our launching our training services for Florida and select US cities, like N.Y.C., N.J., Atlanta, L.A, San Fransisco and more..

 I have worked on, many sites through out my years in SEM, achieved many #1 listings, achieved great conversion rates and ROI, and have made businesses very successful. I want to be able to offer my services, ideas and training to local businesses, and organizations whom are looking to capitalize on the power of the web. I strongly believe in offering a transparent business model regarding SEO and Online Marketing. All of the info is already out there, so why not put it together in small targeted classes. helping everyone from local mom and pop business  drive traffic to their stores, to mid to large companies looking to harness the true power of the web. I will be setting up various training sessions starting May 1, 2007 , each class will have up-to 30 spots. The schedules and class syllabus will be made available on my site. In addition please feel free to contact me to set up individual, or larger group sessions tailored to your specific industry.

 In addition, If you are interested in joining or learning more about SEO, online mArketing please feel free to contact me as I love to talk shop and share the wealth of info I have amassed

Classes will vary depending on demand, here are some of the topics we will be covering.

Organic Search Engine optimization, Paid Search Marketing Basics ( Google Adwords, Yahoo Search and MSN Adcenter), Social Media , the rise of Web2.0 and how can I leverage them into profit for my business, Paid Search marketing 2 (Campaign Management, landing Page optimization, text ad optimization and top tools for PPC management and implementation), Advertising on Ad networks , Contextual Advertising, And in addition I will be providing preliminary site audits for the participants.

Please feel free to send me an email to discuss your specifc needs.

Google is currently offering a new program. They haven’t done such a great job at promoting it. But it nonetheless, it is a fantastic opportunity for people within our industry to gain some other certifications from Google. Also below , I have a link to google analytics university. It also has alot of great info, regarding Google analytics program. I have taken all of the courses and find that all though I had worked extensively with GA, I still learned alot.

http://www.google.com/analytics/support_partner_provided.html

http://www.google.com/analytics/conversionuniversity_dt.html

Also in all fairness, clicktracks is also offering certification courses. 

http://www.clicktracks.com/services/certification.php

Here are some links to SOME of my favorite competitive research tolls and sites. Hope you can put them to good use as much as I have.

 http://spyfu.com/

http://www.keycompete.com/

 http://tools.seobook.com/keyword-list/generator.php

http://www.urltrends.com/

http://www.adgooroo.com/

http://www.googspy.com/

http://www.wordtracker.com/free-trial.html

http://tools.seobook.com/general/keyword/

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/02/discover-your-links.html

 http://tools.seobook.com/competition-finder/index.php

http://www.webuildpages.com/cool-seo-tool/

https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/

Thanks to all the great people who spent their time, effort and sweat to put these tools together. Thanks guys! All of your hard-work really helps us all! Especially Aaron at www.seobook.com, who has a load of great tools and info. And to Todd at www.stuntdubl.com, how also has a boast load of great tools and info.