Wednesday, March 20, 2013

6 Things to Do Before You Delete Your Facebook Account

You've probably thought about deleting your Facebook account before, but for one reason or another you've been unable to commit. Maybe you're applying for a job and don't want your future employer to see pics of you at college frat parties. Or maybe you just can't stand one more depressing status update.

If you're serious this time about deleting your Facebook account, escaping the social networking giant can be a lot more complicated than you would think. There are necessary steps you should take before pressing that delete account button.

Remember, deleting your account is very different from deactivating your account. You can deactivate your account at any point, and when you want to return everything is as you left it. While your account is deactivated, people on Facebook will not be able to search for you, but some information like messages you've sent may still be visible to others.


If you permanently delete your account, you will not be able to regain access to your account again, ever. Most personally identifiable information is removed from the Facebook database, but some may remain such as your name if you sent a message to someone else.

If you're planning to delete your Facebook account permanently, read on to learn about what steps you should take first.

1. Check Your Connected Apps

There are a lot of apps and websites that require you to log in using your Facebook username and password, and when you delete your Facebook account you lose access to these sites as well. You can check this by clicking on your Account Settings, then Apps in the left column. Popular apps that use Facebook login are Pinterest, Pandora, Foursquare, Spotify and Instagram. Some apps allow you to change your form of log in by using your email address or Twitter handle, for example. However, there are some sites that don't let you decouple your Facebook account from their app, like Spotify.

If you still want to use Spotify, your best bet is not to delete your Facebook account. If you want to almost delete your account to maintain your Spotify profile, you could remove all of your friends, change the email address associated with your Facebook account to one you don't use very often or turn off all email notifications for all apps, including Spotify, and lastly remove all of your data from Facebook and delete all of your activity, photos, etc. Though exhausting, taking this approach would allow you to keep all of the playlists you have made on Spotify and the songs you have been sent by friends, rather than starting over again.

If that sounds like way too much work for you, then you can always deactivate your Facebook account, and setup a new Facebook account with an email you only use for Spotify, and then authenticate Spotify from there. In taking this approach, you would lose all existing Spotify activity, so unless you are a new user and don't have much built up — the first option is probably the best, albeit time-consuming.

The big lesson here is to make sure your connected apps will let you change your form of login before you deactivate your Facebook account. You won't be able to change anything retroactively. If you have already deactivated your Facebook account and you can't login to these connected apps, you could reactivate your Facebook account and follow the steps listed above.

2. Download Your Facebook Information

For users who want to delete all history of their Facebook days but who still want a record of everything they've done on the site, Facebook has developed an easy way to download that information. Go to your Account Settings, click "General" in the left-hand column, then click on "Download a copy of your Facebook data", finish by clicking "Start My Archive"."

The information in this download is available in three places:
  • Downloaded Info: This includes timeline information like posts you've shared, messages, photos, a history of the conversations you've had in Facebook chat, a list of your friends and much more.
  • Expanded Archive: This is additional info, and contains even more account details like logins, cookies, apps you've subscribed to, people you have unfriended and much more.
  • Activity Log: This is a comprehensive history of all your activity from posts you've commented on or liked, apps you've used, and anything you've ever searched for.
For a full breakdown of what information falls into each category, check out this Facebook chart. As you can see, the information available for download is extensive, so make sure you save it in a safe place in case you need to access it later.

Also, if you are just interested in saving certain conversations you've had with friends you can forward them to your email address. First go to the message stream and click on the Actions tab at the top. Next, scroll down to Forward Messages and select the ones you want to forward.


SEE ALSO: 8 Reasons to Deactivate Your Facebook Account

3. Ask for Your Friends' Birthdays

Facebook has become a reliable and convenient resource for remembering friends birthdays, so if you no longer have your account you might slip up and forget. Instead, be proactive in reaching out to your friends and tell them that you are deleting your Facebook account, but would still like to remember their birthday. Another way of doing this is to use the incredibly annoying Facebook Birthday's app. You could include a disclaimer at the top telling people that you're just using it to gather all of your friends' birthdays before you delete your account.

4. Ask for Contact Information

It's incredible to think about how much communication happens over Facebook alone. Before deleting your account, make sure that you have other ways to keep in touch with your friends, whether that is through email, texting or phone calls. Download that contact information for anyone you're worried about losing contact with.


SEE ALSO: How to See When Someone Unfriends You on Facebook

5. Store Your Facebook Information on the Cloud

Backupify.com is a great way to store consumer web application data on the cloud. There are both paid and free services available, with the free service giving you 1GB of storage, or you can get up to 25GB for the paid service. The backups occur automatically, and you can download critical items as PDFs as well. Backupify files are stored in Amazon Web Services (AWS), which are subject to the highest security and boast a 99.9% up time.

6. Optimize Your SEO Before You Go

If you're leaving the Facebook community, make sure you are still active on enough other social platforms to maximize your SEO. You want to make sure that you are still searchable by friends or potential employers.
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Google’s 3 Steps To Optimizing Your Web Site (One Page Cheat Sheet)

Kaspar Szymanski a Search Quality Strategist based in Google’s Dublin office posted the official one page Google SEO cheat sheet designed to dumb down webmaster and SEO related techniques.
The Google SEO cheat sheet is in three steps:

(1) How to make your search results look good in the search results. Google recommends you craft your titles properly, make sure your domain name and file name structure is descriptive of the page content and tailor useful and descriptive search descriptions.

(2) Enable Google to really understand your images by giving them descriptive file names, use the alt attribute and write short captions below the image.

(3) Write the best and most useful content, while not forgetting to continue to keep adding useful and unique content to your web site.

Those are Google’s 3 main points when it comes to optimizing your website for Google’s search results.

Here is the PDF that you can download yourself, print out and distribute to your developer, marketing and content teams.

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Saturday, March 16, 2013

On Page Optimisation (SEO)

SEO has traditionally divided into two main areas; on-page optimisation which covers what can be done on the pages of the website itself, and off-page optimisation which covers activity that takes place elsewhere (e.g. link-building).

The most effective strategy in 2012 however (social media powered SEO) requires an integrated approach, with on-page content promoted off-page within the main social media channels. Please click on the following link to find out more about social media SEO - the future proofed SEO strategy that delivers outstanding results now.

Alternatively, click here to understand more about how off-page SEO has had to adapt to changes in the search engines’ algorithms to remain effective in 2012.

Finally, if you are more interested in on-page SEO, we should probably warn you that, although it’s still very important to optimise on-page factors, it’s extremely unlikely to work on its own unless your market is particularly niche. Please read on for:
  • A checklist outlining the key areas to consider when reviewing on-page SEO.
  • A list of common mistakes to look out for with regard to on-page SEO.
  • A list of old-school SEO (‘spammy’) on-page tactics that the search engines are now able to recognise (and punish accordingly).
On-Page SEO Checklist:
  • Always start with keyword selection, research and testing
  • Meta Description tag
  • ALT tags
  • H1 tags
  • URL structure
  • Internal linking strategy
  • Content
  • Keyword density
  • Site maps, both XML and user facing
  • Usability and accessibility
  • Track target keywords
  • Expect results in 6-12 months
Avoid common on-page SEO mistakes such as:
  • Duplicate content
  • URL variants of the same pages
  • Off-site images and content on-site
  • Duplicate title tags
Avoid spammy SEO tactics such as:
  • Hidden text
  • Hidden links
  • Keyword repetition
  • Doorway pages
  • Mirror pages
  • Cloaking
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Friday, March 15, 2013

Top 10 Best SEO and Social Media Books

More and more people are turning to the Internet when it comes time to learn a skill or learn more about a topic; however there is not denying that books (actual in-your-hand, turn-the-page books) have their benefits. Those who really want to sit down and read extensively about something often find that it is easier to read a book than read an article online for a few hours. Books are tangible, so you can write notes easier, read on the beach or somewhere comfortable, and give your eyes a break from the computer screen that you’ve likely been starting at all day at work.

Reading a book regarding SEO best practices is great because there is so much that goes into SEO and all the falls under the SEO umbrella—social media, content management, Google updates, etc. It takes a very long time to really get a good grasp on this still-new topic, so books are a great way to help you gain a well-rounded understanding. Below are ten of the top SEO books from 2012 until today:

1. The Link Building Book; by: Paddy Moogan
This is one of the most recent SEO books to surface and it was written by the leading industry expert Paddy Moogan, who works for the highly-acclaimed website Distilled. He writes 287 pages all about link building. Search Engine Watch author Julie Joyce writes, “I read it and kept thinking ‘that’s awesome that he’s talking about that and never once thought ‘wow that’s b.s.’”

2. Optimize: How to Attract and Engage More Customers by Integrating SEO, Social Media, and Content Marketing; by: Lee Odden
Odden is someone I have been following for quite some time, and I always feel as though he has a strong handle on everything he chooses to write. This book does a good job of bringing in all of the aspects under the SEO umbrella and explaining how they should work together to really create success.

3. The Art of SEO; by: Eric Enge, Stephen Spencer, Rand Fishkin, and Jessica Stricchiolia
This is considered one of the most popular and most detailed books about SEO out there today. It was written by more than one industry expert, so you get a wide range of opinions and information. It has over 500 pages and covers every little thing you would need to know.

4. SEO Fitness Workbook; by: Jason McDonald
The cool thing about this book is the fact that it offers more than just text. It comes with worksheets and other toolbooks that help you find free SEO tools online, so you walk away with practical advice and resources you can really use. The author, Jason McDonald, is also highly established with a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and his B.A from Harvard.

5. SEO for Content Writers and PR Pros; by: Phil Byrne
This is another book with great Amazon reviews. It focuses on a lot of content-based advice discussing blog posts, website content, PR articles, and even stories. It helps give you an idea of what people really want and how to translate that onto your website and market the content the best way you can.

6. Advanced Web Metrics with Google Analytics; by: Brian Clifton
Understanding Google Analytics alone is important, yet it can be overwhelming to someone who is new to the tool or even to someone who only has a basic understanding. This is a great book for those really interested in understanding how to take advantage of this popular tool.
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7. Search Engine Optimization for Dummies; by: Peter Kent
This book is what you would expect—easy to understand beginners’ material. New editions are constantly being published so you are sure to get the most up-to-date information.

8. SEO for Beginners; by: Amit Bhawnani
If you look on Amazon, you will find many reviews that all gave this book five stars and glowing reviews. It’s only 55 pages long and it takes a comic approach to SEO, which helps make the content more fun to read for those who are just starting out.

9. Fifty SEO Ideas: Free Tips, Secrets, and Ideas for Search Engine Optimization; by: Jason McDonald.
A great book for beginners, you don’t have to worry about getting confused with very advanced details. It offers lots of step-by-step instructions about things that small businesses can use right away.

10. SEO King: How I Built My Blogging Empire; by: Jason Blair
It is always helpful to hear a real story about someone who has made it happen through good SEO, and that is exactly what Blair does in his book. He started with a small budget and grew his blog to be one of the biggest around, so this book is not only helpful, but inspiring.

Extra Tips and Tricks Regarding SEO Books
It’s important to realize that SEO is always changing, so the date the book was written does matter. You will want to be weary of some of the practices that may have changed, so it’s always good to double-check with current articles a few of the things you learned while reading. All of the books discussed above were either written this year or last year in 2012. I haven’t read all of these books, but made sure to research what each detailed to offer this list.

Have you read or published an SEO book that you found helpful? What did you find so helpful about reading? Was there a particular section that jumped out at you? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Top 10 Article Submission Web Sites

Another great list for those of you who want to engage in Google SEO yourselves. Similar to our press release distribution sites, article submission sites provide you with another great platform for building your Web site free quality inbound links.

Articles you submit to these sites need to be original, related to your field of expertise, well written and free of spelling/grammatical errors. It may be better for you to hire a professional copy-writer to help you with the writing.
Here is the list:
URL Google PR Text Links Allowed Pricing Options
www.ezinearticles.com 6 2 free
www.searchwarp.com 5 3 free
www.fastpitchnetworking.com 5 8 $18/3months
www.a1articles.com 5 3 free
www.artilib.org 4 3 free
www.ideamarketers.com 3 7 bidding from $1
www.articlerich.com 3 5 $1.30-$27
www.search-o-rama.com 3 6 free
www.amazines.com 2 7 free
www.infodento.com 2 8 free

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Tuesday, January 08, 2013

10 Fun Activities for Children with Autism

Here are 10 activities that teachers and parents love to do with their special needs children.

1. Create a Shredded Flower Bouquet. Who knew shredded paper could be so beautiful? This creative activity involves ripping and shredding paper to create a colorful composition that makes for a great gift or decoration. Kids with special needs will especially love the sensory experience of handling paper and manipulating colors and shapes!

2. Underwater I Spy Alphabet Bottle. Sparkly, glittery water is sure to attract curious eyes! This alphabet bottle is fun to make and a great activity to keep your child engaged and focused. The craft helps kids recognize letters in a creative way while enjoying the beautiful shine and sparkle of floating sequins!

3. Paint with Ice. Kids love to swirl the melting paint over paper, creating beautiful designs. They'll practice their color recognition and observation skills while observing paint go from a liquid state to a solid state, then back to liquid again!


4. Explore the Senses with a Sensory Table. A sensory table is a place designed for squishing, sifting, sorting, digging and pouring! Children will relish the opportunity to get messy, discover, and play freely with engaging their sense of touch, hearing sight.

5. Practice Paint Chip Storytelling. Telling a story is like painting a picture, using words instead of paint. In this imaginative activity, your child uses paint chips and words to tell a story! Alter the activity according to the level of your child, and you can spark his imagination and narrative abilities while having a colorful good time!

6. Play the Matching Halves Game. This matching activity is a great way to introduce children to the concept of puzzles, and to satisfy many special needs kids who crave order and simplicity. Each craft stick will have only half a shape: find the stick with the missing half and place the sticks side by side to complete each one!

7. Sculpt Clay Snowflakes. You don't have to brave the chill to enjoy the beauty of winter. Make sparkly snowflake sculptures and experience winter from the comfort and warmth of your home! Sculpting clay is a great way to boost fine motor skills, and kids with special needs will love the sensory experience of squishing, pulling and kneading as they work.

8. Set Up a Smelling Station. With the help of some small containers, rubber bands, scraps of fabric and lots and lots of fragrant ingredients, your child can create a whole collection of smells to tease his nose. Smell is one of the five senses, and kids will love learning about what role it plays while exploring the breathing and relaxation associated with good scents.

9. Oobleck Science: Solid or Liquid? Can something be solid and liquid at the same time? Experiment with this classic science activity that introduces kids to the mysteries of states of matter. Children will love the sensory experience of squeezing and splashing that comes with this gooey scientific investigation!

10. Make Number Rubbings. Kids love using crayons for just about everything. Put this art streak to good use by introducing them to “rubbings.” They'll work the small muscles in their hands and improve eye-hand coordination. Plus, they'll experiment with different surfaces while practicing shapes and numbers.


Monday, January 07, 2013

Barack Obama on Education

During the 2008 presidential campaign, and after Barack Obama was elected, we brought you coverage of the new President’s plans for education. 

Standardized Testing : In 2008, Obama said he wanted to “provide funds for states to implement a broader range of assessments that can evaluate higher-order skills, including students’ abilities to use technology, conduct research, engage in scientific investigation, solve problems, and present and defend their ideas.” The biggest movement on the assessment front is something called the Race to the Top Assessment Program.

“As a parent, I would be concerned because Americans move around a lot (more than in any other industrialized country) and if they move, suddenly their kids are going to be taught very different things,” he says.

School Choice : In 2008, President Obama voted no on vouchers that would use public money to send kids to private schools because he thought they depleted resources for those kids most in need. The kicker is that because the closure of schools—whether public or charter—is the responsibility of states, not the federal government, there’s not much President Obama can do to ensure bad charter schools are no longer in operation.

No Child Left Behind : While Obama did not have kind words to say about this policy heading into his presidency, he never made any promises to kill the bill and start from scratch. He did say he thought some serious reforms were needed, especially in relation to teacher quality and retention, and offered ideas for professional development programs as a way to combat the issue.

College Funding and Affordability : Obama hedged his bets on the American Opportunity Tax Credit, a refundable credit ensuring that the first $4,000 of a college education is free for most Americans. Obama made good on these promises, and the results seem to be positive, especially for low-income students trying to get a college education.

Universal Preschool v One of Obama’s education goals was to create a voluntary, universal preschool program to help close the achievement gap before it starts.

Jennings thinks any evaluation of Obama’s performance on education issues should keep this in mind. “Obama has done much more than could have been foreseen when elected,” he says.

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