Archive for June, 2007

How Do I Back Date a Article in a Blogger Blog?

It is not easy to figure out how to change the date on a blogger blog article or post.  Blogger’s system seems to hide the date changing option and even if you find it once it may appear that the date and time stamp for blogger blogs is hidden the next time you return.

So I am going to quickly walk through the process of backdating a blogger article.

Step 1

Login to your blogger account

Step 2

Navigate into the blog you would like to work on (applies if you have more than one blog)

Step 3

Select Posts or Edit Posts depending on which version of blogger you are running.  The pictures below are from the latest version of blogger but for this exercise there is very little difference in the actual process.

Step 4

Select the Edit option for the post that you want to change a date or time. 

Step 5

Then select the link for Post Options.  This will expose a hidden set of options in blogger including the date and time stamps for blogger.

Step 6

Change the date or time as needed and then click the button Publish Post.

Online Sand Castles

Here’s a fun little example of an online flash site.  VirtualSandCastles.com has put together and enticing little game where you can build sandcastles online.

Its a nice little hook to compliment their tropical travel website.  Flash is often times a bit of a waste, but if you get the right hook it can definitely help.  I’m not sure how well this will convert people to buy a vacation, but its sure to give some kids some fun online.

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall Is Google Fair at All?

Google is turned into a massive company.

They have placed themselves in a position where they are the conduit for finding answers on the Internet.  They’ve leveraged their position in a way that they make money every time somebody looks for an answer, they are a modern day oracle.

Just like the oracles of ancient Greece, we must attempt to understand whether or not it and all seeing and all knowing eye, that benefits from our questions is really in our best interests.  They definitely provide an information service like no other, even though there are some very unique improvements being made by Ask.com.  For many years though no one has been able not Google off the top of the search industry.

Despite having a corporate mission to do no evil, Google is routinely accused of doing great evil around the world.  They have disclosed information about their users, they even use information about their users for their own financial gain in fact that’s exactly how they make money.  They attempt to find the best answer for your questions and whenever they can substitute or include an advertisement that relates to your question as well.

We have to start asking ourselves if we’re getting a fair deal from Google.  Is the information they’re providing us good enough compared to the cost of that information.  It’s difficult to determine an easy answer for this has most of the transactions are literally nickels and dimes.  However with millions and billions of search is taking place on the Internet every day those nickels and dimes add up quickly.

If you perform a search for a Makeup Mirrors akeup mirrors, odds are you’re going to help Google earn money.  If you do a search for Barack Obama, again you’re going to earn Google money.

If you read an article on CNN without even doing a Google search, odds are you’re going to earn Google money and probably CNN too.  There’s almost nothing you can do on the web without earning Google money at some point or another.  Google doesn’t own the Internet however their mastery of where to find information on the Internet is placed in a position much like a monopoly they can charge for access to the information.  They’re so smart that they charge for it without us even knowing that were paying for it and return.