Why get the new Amazon Kindle Fire tablet / e-reader?

The New Kindle Fire!

(and why you want it)

Kindle Fire, Full Color 7" Multi-touch Display, Wi-Fi

Amazon just cornered the market on e-reading, and will sell tons of the Fires because it's only 200 bucks. I will probably buy one just to read magazines and comics.

I don't think amazon thinks this is the iPad killer or anything. Heck, there is no 3g... but, what it does do is pretty much shaft barnes & noble, especially when you consider the 3 new e-ink devices they announced, one starting at 80 bucks.

If you are into e-reading, Amazon just made a huge splash in that market, and B&N, Sony, Kobo, PocketBook, etc are in trouble.

Advance speculation was that the Kindle Fire was going to be sold for $249. B&N sent out a marketing email in the middle of the night dropping their Nook Color price from $249 to $224. Then Amazon announces at $199 this morning. Hilarious. I'll probably get one for my wife because sometimes one iPad isn't enough but I don't think we need another tablet enough to drop another $500+. $200 is just about perfect for a 2nd e-reader / email / internet toy.

Amazon = run by geniuses

Kindle Fire, Full Color 7" Multi-touch Display, Wi-Fi

Does Google Page Rank Matter?

Sweet Blog

"You would not believe how many times I am asked ‘does page rank matter’. The simple answer is ‘Yes’. "



"You will see many self proclaimed SEO experts talk about the value of backlinks, but dismiss PR as irrelevant. However Google Page Rank is Google’s Measurement of incoming backlinks and their value. When these SEO Experts dismiss PR and disagree that Page Rank matters, they are infact saying that backlinks are unimportant, which often contradicts what they are saying about backlinks directly.

The pagerank of a webpage is calculated independently for each webpage (not website) on the Internet. Page Rank is calculated in varying ways, and there are currently only estimations which can guide you on using backlinks to increase your page rank. Despite this the most accurate way to gauge Page Rank is by gaining backlinks to your own webpage, so don’t be confused, page rank does matter.

Of course it is important to point out that a high page rank does not automatically mean a number one Google Position, I have PR1 webpages beating PR5 webpages. But since Page Rank is basically a visual display of Googles Link Value algorithm, it is a good guide to how many backlinks a site has, and their value. The rest of Googles ranking algorithm is rumored to have nearly 300 components, which help to decide the relevance of a webpage, Page Rank is but a small part of that complex world which I have had to explore to bring traffic to my blog!"

via traffictomyblog dot com

Free Spotify invite from Herbal Essences!

Free Spotify invite!

Herbal Essences via Spotify, the new music based webservice, offers an invitation for a free Spotify Subscription. (Enter your email address; an invitation code will be sent to you, although it may not be immediate.) It's one of the fastest ways to get an invite for this popular new music streaming service, which has a waiting list at the moment. The free subscription includes instant access to over 15 million songs. Here's the link:

http://www.spotify.com/us/herbalessences/

Google Chromebook - Out Now!

The Chromebooks Are Here!

Check out these Opening Day deals on Google Chromebooks!

Order WiFi-Only Google Chromebooks:

• Acer Cromia Chromebook Wi-Fi (Black): $379.99
• Samsung Series 5 Wi-Fi Chromebook (Arctic White): $429.99
• Samsung Series 5 Wi-Fi Chromebook (Titan Silver): $429.99

Order 3G Google Chromebooks (Free 3G Data Plan for 2 years!):

• Acer Cromia Chromebook 3G (Black): $449.99
• Samsung Series 5 3G Chromebook (Arctic White): $499.99
• Samsung Series 5 3G Chromebook (Titan Silver): $499.99

My Morning Jacket: AmEx Unstaged Series Free Livestream - Live Concert Broadcast TONIGHT from the Palace Theatre in Louisville, KY!

Tonight's SOLD OUT My Morning Jacket show, on May 31, 2011 from the Palace Theatre in Louisville, KY, is being streamed live as part of AmEx Unstaged series. In addition to fan favorites, obscure rarities, and new material from MMJ, the concert will feature performances from Erykah Badu and Rachel Dratch. Should be very good stream/production quality. And hopefully a killer show!!

My Morning Jacket - UNSTAGED: The Invitation to the 5/31 Livestream

From: MyMorningJacketVEVO | May 2, 2011 | 71,739 views

My Morning Jacket invites fans to tune into their live online concert, directed by Todd Haynes, on May 31, 2011 9PM ET / 6PM PT.

Part of UNSTAGED, an original series from American Express in partnership with YouTube and VEVO