The New Orlean Saints are just a great story all around. Not only did they win their first ever Super Bowl last night, beating the Indianapolis Colts 31-17, but the Saints also beat the Colts in popularity on Google search (see chart below). Of course, as we got closer to game day, search volume started to increase. And the volume of search remained consistent for both the Saints and the Colts.
But the overwhelming evidence shows that the New Orlean Saints were / are much more popular than the Colts, and following search graph proves it. People were much more interested in searching for the “Saints” than they were searching for the “Colts” – check it out:
I can’t help but notice the SEO types who are fixated on building backlinks both for themselves and for clients. And what I notice is that their fixation on “purposely building backlinks” is, ironically, hurting their SEO efforts. What worked 5, or even 10 years ago with SEO is practically irrelevant today. Google has evolved, and so has their search algorithm!
This summer, Sega is expected to release Sonic The Hedgehog 4 across all of the major gaming platforms, and including mobile gaming devices like DS and DSi. But the big rumor here is that Sega will also be releasing the Sonic The Hedgehog 4 iPhone App. This would show that the iPhone, and even the upcoming iPad by Apple, are starting to take away some of the market share from more traditional gaming systems.
As I was writing the article about Google Super Bowl Ad, I visited Eric Schmidt’s Twitter profile. As you probably know, Eric Schmidt is the CEO of Google. So anyway, while I was there, I couldn’t help but notice his Twitter profile picture. It’s a casual picture, with the standard Eric Schmidt smile, but what I couldn’t help but notice was what he was wearing.
Is that a bullet proof vest?
Here’s the full size image of Eric Schmidt’s Twitter profile picture:
In case you missed it during the 3rd quarter of the Super Bowl last night, Google ran their first ever TV ad for their search engine. The ad was designed to tell a story of how Google search can help you in everyday aspects of life – finding love in Paris, getting a job in Paris, finding a church in Paris, and even finding a divorce attorney in Paris. Eric Schmidt posted on his Twitter profile that he was excited for the ad the run, and that “Hell has indeed frozen over…” – meaning, nobody ever thought that Google would run a TV ad for their search engine.
Here’s the Google Super Bowl Ad – all 49 seconds of it:
Welcome to a new series I’m starting on Facebook called Facebook Problems Today! This is a series where I will address recurring questions that people have about Facebook, how to perform certain tasks on Facebook profiles and Facebook Fan Pages, and also how to trouble problems that you might be having. You can follow the entire series by click Facebook Problems Today.
Facebook Problems Today: Facebook Is Slow on Firefox
One of the new YouTube channels that I find myself visiting more often is the White House YouTube Channel. And this is where I found President Obama’s Weekly Address that he delivered yesterday. In the address, the President talks about how small businesses are the key to America’s job growth. He even mentioned Google as an example of how someone can take one idea, and with hard work and determination, can become a success.
Here’s the President’s Weekly Address:
I’m excited to say that I just did my first video comment in my blog! You can view it here (scroll way down to the bottom). One of the main reasons I tried it is because 1) I tend to get long winded while writing, so I can easily write out a 500 work comment reply, 2) I’m creating the video replies and sending them up to YouTube, and 3) I’m able to provide the readers and commenters with a more personalized comment – they (you) are able to see me, hear me, and be engaged with a video as you listen to my response. And in all honesty, I think I recorded this first video comment, sent it up to YouTube, and had it in the comments on my blog post faster than I could have typed it all out.
One of the coolest things about Twitter is that anyone, and I mean anyone, can find an audience who is willing to listen – or should I say “follow” – what you are saying. In fact, the more “niche” or obscure someone is, the seemingly more popular that person can become. NASA Astronaut Mike Massimino is a great example of how Twitter can build an entire movement around one unsuspecting individual.
You can follow Astronaut Mike Massimino here > @Astro_Mike
Check out one of the better Pepsi Super Bowl commercials below!
You may notice one glaring absence during tomorrow’s Super Bowl, and that is the $245 million, 30 second hole left by Pepsi. For the first time in 26 years, Pepsi has turned it’s back on the Super Bowl advertising opportunity and instead, is investing their money into a social media campaign. I commend Pepsi for making the decision. And I’d say that already, simply by them making that decision, Pepsi is already benefiting with the publicity (after all, I’m now writing about Pepsi!) According to Bonin Bough, PepsiCo’s global director of digital and social media, “The project is about creating a movement, not just a moment…”
