On-Page SEO: Think “Secure, Responsive, and Fast”
When people ask me how on-page SEO (search engine optimization) works, I usually start by explaining to them how search engines rank web pages. Once you understand how Google …
Category: Technology
The New Language Barrier: Zero Digital Content
A language barrier doesn’t have to be something that exists between two people. It can also exist between a person and a machine. In fact, a lack of digital …
The Yoast Readability Tab: 6 Tips for a Perfect Score
Getting nothing but green lights in the Yoast Readability tab is completely doable. “No!” you say. “Perfectly optimized content is a fool’s errand!” Or is it? Although it may seem …
Aurebesh: Google Translate Offers Star Wars Language
UPDATE: Google’s Aurebesh Translator No Longer Available Well, if that don’t beat all. There I was, updating this post about the Aurebesh translator available via Google Translate when wham!—I …
Vonage Visual Voicemail: “I’m that’s one at the farm”
Vonage Visual Voicemail is a funny thing. And I don’t mean funny in the sense of “weird,” either. I mean funny in the sense of “I’m cracking up right …
The Google Translate Widget Is Killing Your Brand
Is the Google Translate widget any good? In a word, no. That sound you hear? People are laughing at your website. If you use Google Chrome, you’ve seen the …
The Cheapest Way to Send Money Internationally
This post was originally published on June 17, 2014. I’m updating this post to include TransferWise, which is, for my hard-earned money, the cheapest way to send money internationally. …
Euphemistic Language in Tech
Note: This article on euphemistic language was originally published on June 7, 2012. It has been slightly modified from its original version. Sloppy Microchips Does the term “sloppy microchips” turn …
Will Machine Translation Replace Human Translators?
Q: Will machine translation replace human translators? A: No—at least not in this lifetime. The question Will machine translation replace human translators? may strike fear into the hearts of …
Internet Users by Region and Language
This post on Internet users by region and language originally appeared on this blog on May 29, 2012. It now includes an update. According to an infographic in the …