SEO trends volgens Yoast

De experts van Yoast, iedere Wordpress gebruiker kent ze, organiseerden afgelopen dinsdag een webinar over SEO trends in 2019. Ik keek mee, hierbij mijn aantekeningen: 7 SEO-trends Yoast begon zijn presentatie met de 7 belangrijke trends in SEO voor 2019: Google wordt steeds beter in het begrijpen van content. Het gebruik van gestructureerde data (volgens Schema.org ) is daarbij belangrijk. In bepaalde branches kan het zeker een voordeel zijn als je als een van de eersten informatie volgens Schema beschikbaar gaat maken.

Technology for Good

Als sociaal werker leerde Wilneida Negron dat ze kwetsbare mensen kon helpen door contact te leggen met andere experts en bruggen te bouwen. Ook met technologie, want: when applied in ways that serves the public interest – like helping to connect vulnerable communities to vital information and resources, and building movements – technology could be one of those bridges. Technologie als brug Steeds meer mensen realiseren zich dat onze moderne technologie, van smartphone tot het surveillance-kapitalisme van Facebook en Google, veel negatieve effecten heeft.

WO I en de grote Britse fantasy-schrijvers

Het artikel van de week is (overtuigend) ‘ From the trenches to Mordor and back: World War I and Britisch Fantasy Literature ’. Daarin gaat Iskander Rehman op zoek naar hoe de boeken van Britse fantasy-grootheden als J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis en A.A. Milne beïnvloed zijn door de tijdsgeest. En vooral ook door hun ervaringen als Eerste Wereldoorlog-veteranen: Britain’s most famed 20th-century fantasy writers came of age in a complex and interstitial era.

Fantastic Story

What a fantastic story: “Did this unassuming small-town couple steal a $160 million Willem de Kooning painting?”

How Time Measurement changed Society

Interesting observation from Om Malik on how time (measurement) changed our society, and what that means for our future in the Age of the Gig Economy and Wearables.

Did Blogs Ruin the Web

On Kottke.org, Tim Carmody asks: Did blogs ruin the web? Or did the web ruin blogs?

Michael Kenna's Magical Trees

The Guardian published a beautiful gallery of landscape photographer Michael Kenna’s magical trees From the lakes of Hokkaido to the forests of Abruzzo, the British photographer has scoured the world’s landscapes to capture their silent guardians. Recommended.

Google removes egg from salad emoji to make it inclusive to vegans, the internet reacts. Isn’t that great? 😉

I didn’t know this. Brilliant!! Marketing sauerkraut | Seth’s Blog

Forbes tested Amazon’s new facial recognition technology:

"So cheap, simple and speedy is Rekognition that it will likely transform the way we view our privacy online and in the ‘real world

The LEGO Movie 2 trailer is great. Hopefully the movie will be, too.

WWDC: “Bla bla bla”, “bla bla bla”, “favicons in Safari tabs…” Wait, what? Favicons? FAVICONS!! 🙃

Isn’t this great? I completely agree with Simon Kuestenmacher:

Artists who uplift the ugly corners of our cities are true urban heroes.

(Source: Reddit)

The Best Camera

The Online Photographer knows better: The best camera is the one you've used for work you find gratifying.

Trapped by the feed

Om Malik hits it on head: No matter where I go on the Internet, I feel like I am trapped in the “feed,” held down by algorithms that are like axes trying to make bespoke shirts out of silk. YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, they are all about the lowest common denominator. There is no real personalized value we receive from providing our data, we are just data sources for the popularity contests.

Are their more bloggers who, like Jason Kottke, share their media diet?

Politico created a GDPR power matrix, plotting both regulators, politicians and companies along axes for their influence and preparedness.

Understanding Fortnite

While reading How Fortnite Captured Teens’ Hearts and Minds in the New Yorker, I feel like I almost understand the Fortnite hype. I must be getting old. 😉

Amazon, your favorite surveillance company

Amazon is now also officially in the surveillance business: The company has developed a powerful and dangerous new facial recognition system and is actively helping governments deploy it. Amazon calls the service “Rekognition. Marketing materials and documents obtained by ACLU affiliates in three states reveal a product that can be readily used to violate civil liberties and civil rights. Powered by artificial intelligence, Rekognition can identify, track, and analyze people in real time and recognize up to 100 people in a single image.

Just installed Dialog on my Android phone. And it looks really good, @mikedotfm! Recommended!