Week 4 Reaction-SEO…very sneaky

After flipping through many of the YouTube videos that were posted on our class delicious site, I came across the video about Search Engine Optimization. Although this video was nine minutes, which for a YouTube video feels like forever, it was actually really interesting and something I always wondered about but never knew how it actually happened.

One of the most interesting parts about the video that I found, was in the beginning where it says that 80% of people who Google click on the first three sites! That is an unreal amount, and I bet that number is probably 99% for the first page. You can see how crucial it is for your website to be up at the top, and to be in the “trustworthy” section… not the paid advertisement section.

I also found that really interesting, and how are brains works. I was thinking about my own googling actions, and I realized that I do perceive the top three unpaid sites to be more trustworthy and credible. I don’t know why I feel this way, maybe because I am apart of Gen Y and we are very resistant to advertisements, so I feel like those top three paid sites are kind of cheating.

Although a company has to put in a good amount of work to have successful SEO, it is definitely worth the time because it can drive so much traffic to your business…and lets be honest, people Google everything for any reason at any time!

Social Media helping us Remember.

Today is the 10 year anniversary of September 11, and social media is helping us remember and share stories about the people we lost.

I think this is a great example of how social media can be used for good causes and really have an impact on our community. It was hard to miss the trending topics of #neverforget and #godblessamerica on twitter along with tweets about why I the United States is a great place to live, and names of people gone but not forgotten.

Twitter was not the only place that social media was making an impact on remembering that devastating day. Blogs were a place where people could share stories about the ones they lost, or stories about being at ground zero. People even said that being able to blog about their experiences was almost like a therapy session that helped them get through the worst of it.

Facebook also was full of pictures of people who lost their lives that day, and statuses of people remembering.

I feel as if social media really helped reunite the country today in remembering and paying respects to everyone that was lost. It is amazing how so many people can come together using social media to express their feelings, and I am sure it meant a lot to those of the loved ones  who lost someone that day.