dangerousmeta!, the original new mexican miscellany, offering eclectic linkage since 1999.

CNet: Woz: Android will outpace iOS.

Not surprising, really, but interesting nonetheless. Smartphone ads seem to be dominating network TV here right now.

Lifehacker, best mobile writing apps.

For iOS and Android. After looking at these screenshots, I think I’d rather stab my eyes out with a pencil. I shouldn’t judge without having actually used them, however ...

CNet: Developers like iPhone, but here comes Android.

Next year, all the cool apps may show up on Android first.

Official Google Blog: $5 million to encourage innovation in digital journalism.

“That’s why we’re giving $5 million in grants to non-profit organizations that are working to develop new approaches to journalism in the digital age. Our aim is to benefit news publishers of all sizes.” Hmmmm.

The Atlantic: Google Android, Not Apple, Is Mobile Platform of the Future.

”A new study of 2,363 developers by Appcelerator and IDC showed among Appcelerator developers 58.6% of respondents believe Android has a better long-term outlook over iOS (34.9%).”

Later: Apple mobile ads taking share from Google, Microsoft.  Pick your OS, either will give good value (at this point in time).

Mashable: A Detailed Look at Apple and Google’s Fight for Mobile Developer Attention.

“On the macro level, Android continues to entice developers with its possibilities and future use cases. iOS still really leads when it comes to the overall app development experience, and especially with any revenue plans.”

High Rankings Forum: The Problem With (pure) Whitehat SEO.

An information point.  For reference.

CNet: Hunters shoot down Google cables.

“... Google has been driven underground by the highly accurate shooting from Oregon’s finest marksmen. More accurately, its cables have been forced to go 6 feet under. You see, it appears that hunters are shooting at the fiber that connects its vast data centers merely for the fun of being able to shoot down the tentacles of the man.”  Some individuals obviously need to grow up.

SEOmoz: Google Instant no big deal.

“I was a bit dismayed to see so many in the SEO field taking this as a serious threat or even touting the massive “changes” that would be coming soon to SEO best practices or even search query demand. We’re usually pretty good about shrugging off Google’s pressbait around technical changes that don’t have much of an impact, but this one seemed to have more legs than usual.”

SEO Blog: Copywriting the SEO way.

”Believe it or not, viral marketing and good SEO practice only really improve sales and market share if your company has a product or service that people actually want to buy.” Marketers forget there’s only one ‘pet rock’ per generation.  Or, simply ask how many Rubik’s Cubes were junked in landfills when the market fell away (warehouses and warehouses full).

SER: Google Instant Sending Less Traffic To Your Site?

Hmmm. Whereas I’m seeing less traffic on client sites, I’m seeing more on the weblog.  The searches are better, much more precise. I’d like to think it means less sales-speak in text (less annoying repetition) and more descriptive prose about what people and companies actually do.

Mashable: Web Users Now Spend More Time on Facebook Than Google.

“If Facebook keeps growing, a year from now Google may find itself far behind Facebook when it comes to web users’ minutes.”

Macworld: T-Mobile unveils its G2, the successor to first Android phone.

Everyone liked the G1, except actual buyers.  Er ... ”with one-click access to Google apps; an HD video camera for high definitation (720p) video.” ... spell check much, Macworld?

SER: Are SEO’s Worth $350 Per Hour?

Survey from two years ago.

SmallBusinessSEM: Google Dangles Carrots in Front of Small Biz Owners.

Put your logo in Google Maps.

Not conspiracy-mongering, but ...

GMail just refuses to do some tasks in Safari (‘filter messages like this’) after I’ve done them once ... yet works a treat in Chrome. Slower than death in Safari too - acceptable in Chrome.

Google calling just went live in my Gmail.

Call quality seems better than Skype. If that continues, I’ll retire my $3/mo. Skype account.

Mashable: Gmail Add-on Makes E-mail Smarter.

See social profiles in Gmail. Firefox add-on.

CNet: Use Gmail to make VoIP calls: Hands-on review.

Call quality will be my deciding factor.

ars technica, Hands-on: Motorola’s Droid 2 sequel is a worthy update.

“ It sounds like a DJ remixing a recording of R2-D2 being eaten by a Bantha. My father, who picked up a Droid 2 the day after launch, mistakenly thought that the phone’s speaker was broken the first time he heard the ringtone, because it was inconceivable to him that a properly-functioning device would emit such a horrifying cacophony.”  Well-written!

Gmail is getting pokey for me lately.

I keep seeing ‘Still working…” a whole lot more than I’d like. Seemed to stop after the new UI change, and now it’s back again. May be time to do something else.

BruceClay: Your SEO is a Waste of Time Without Conversions.

“Your customers are leaving you. According to a Forrester Research report in 2009, the average conversion rate for a website was 3 percent. That means on average, 97 percent of people who visit a site, bounce without making a conversion.”  Sounds like awful targeting, to me ... though average direct mail is at what ... 1.5%?

Google Small Business Blog.

It’s about time.

Mashable: RIP Google Wave.

The service gets closed down in a year.  Never figured out what to use it for.

SEOmoz: New Insights into Googlebot.

I can vouch that sitemaps really do increase crawl frequency.