Search Tools and Technologies - Articles Archive
from February 7, 2009 to November 29, 2008

Geo-brodcasting, university leadership, and the shift from routine-oriented to more creative jobs are just some of the fascinating topics covered by George Siemens in this weekly issue of Media Literacy Digest. In this issue: George Siemens deals with a brand new feature of Google Maps, Latitude, which allows ... read more

Content-restriction concerns about Wikipedia, social connectivity, the benefit of video lectures in academic environments, are just some of the interesting topics covered inside this week edition of George Siemens' Media Literacy Digest. In this issue: Educational technologies and media expert George Siemens highlights the recent news that Wikipedia ... read more

Location-aware devices, the importance of good visuals, generational distinctions, and open educational resources are just some of the fascinating topics included in this week issue of this Media Literacy digest. How can you define and group completely different individuals together? Just because they're all the same age, ... read more

If you are trying to make your site more visible inside Google search engine result pages, here is a great set of Google-recommended tools to help you increase the findability of your site inside the SERPs. From proper indexing, to titling, link popularity, keyword analysis and proper ... read more

In this issue of the Media Literacy digest George Siemens deals with the predominance of advertising in Web 2.0, usage statistics of social networks, alternative approaches to teaching, and the need to improve existing learning platforms. Furthermore, today digest points to an interesting MIT experiment devoted to ... read more

The celebrated openness of the Internet in which internet providers are not supposed to give preferential access or treatment to any Internet traffic keeps quietly losing powerful defenders. Internet providers are still free to sell higher-speed traffic and better overall service levels, but letting big companies like ... read more

In this article you'll find more than 30 cool WordPress plugins to customize and tweak the performances of your blog site. Do you want more SEO control, embed videos, or track your RSS feed subscribers? Here's some good stuff for you. There are many blogging platform out ... read more

Here the best 2008 media literacy tools and resources hand-picked from George Siemens's weekly Media Literacy Digest published here on MasterNewMedia In this collection you will find the best resources and hundreds of tools relevant to your personal growth, learning and educational resources, as well as to ... read more

In this first 2009 issue of Media Literacy digest George Siemens focuses on cloud computing, connections in social networks, changes in education, and on a cool resource for education technology-related conferences. And to make 2009 an opportunity for personal change and innovation, George Siemens has decided to ... read more

Here is Part 2 of my New Media Trends and Predictions for 2009. In this report I look at major trends while I try to anticipate key changes and the type of innovation taking place around the world of new media communication and professional web publishing. While ... read more

Here my new media predictions for 2009: what to expect when it comes to new media, professional web publishing and learning, collaboration and social media? Find out everything I see coming across these key areas in this two-part report opening today. I have prepared this report, which ... read more

Social media marketing, ad management and optimization, diagnosing AdSense revenue drops, the brand ambassador model, are just some of the hot topics included inside this showcase of the best advertising and internet marketing articles published this year here at MasterNewMedia. If you want to monetize your blog ... read more

A look at the future of technology and trends in this issue of the Media Literacy digest. In this issue: George Siemens deals with changing paradigms in education, a new report about the Twittersphere, two interesting studies on the importance of video games in online learning, ... read more

Erick Schonfeld of TechCrunch suggests a new possible scenario for your online identity. Google and Facebook may soon be the only companies controlling the way most of you are going to identify yourself on the Web. Facebook Connect and Google Friend Connect are two new and competing ... read more

One of the main concerns of every online publisher is money. If you start publishing your stuff online and you get some traffic, you'd probably want to make money with your blog as soon as possible. But this is not going to happen very quickly, unless ... read more

Virtual worlds offer exciting opportunities in online learning. A virtual world is a fully customizable 3D environment on the Internet where people can meet, talk, and interact with each other as if they were in the real world. The big deal is that you're not just ... read more

Online Video SEO is all about making your online video content more visible and easier to find on Google and other major search engines. In this article you can learn what are the critical components, techniques and tools you should adopt to significantly increase your online ... read more

Microsoft and Apple believe that your digital life is as important as your real one. That's why the two companies are betting time and resources to develop a technology to help you manage all your personal information across different devices. The goal of Live Mesh and MobileMe ... read more

Every web publisher knows the importance of Google traffic and of avoiding the risks of being penalized. All too often, a sudden traffic drop may be the symptom of a hacking attack to your web site, and until you realize what has exactly happened and what ... read more

Is our worldwide education system ready to prepare for the unpredictability and fast changes that the 21st century will be serving? Education isn’t only about creating employees. It’s about empowering individuals to become individuals with the ability to manage effectively the increasingly faster transformations of a complex ... read more