Do you know the SEO rapper?

The SEO rapper has been posting videos on his Youtube channel talking about SEO/PPC and other related topics. He has definitely reached a niche audience but went viral via a several now-famous videos, some of which are over 2 years old. If you don't know him, have a look at some of the videos below. I actually did learn quite a few things from his SEO tips :)

Paid Search 101


Social Media Addiction


Page Rank


Design coding


Link Building 101

Bonus: MSN versus Google rap battle (without the SEO rapper)

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Grooveshark and Internet Music Streaming Sites

Internet radios and online music libraries have been at the center of my interests in the recent years. I have been using many services such as Pandora, Last.fm, We are Hunted and the French Deezer just to name a few. All with libraries containing millions of tracks, it is easy to find the streaming music you like and create your favorite playlists that you can listen to over and over again... Earlier this year, Spotify (which I sadly can't access from Australia yet) and moof have made a lot of buzz as the new trendy online radios.

However, I came across a new site several weeks ago called Grooveshark. Since then, I haven't been using any other online music streaming site. Their library of over 15 million songs gives you a wide variety of artists and styles to listen to. Although their service is probably not as complete as others (no smart radio per gender for example), I still find it to be one of the most easy to use and fastest ones out there. Moreover, building playlists has never been that simple with an easy drag and drop. Deezer already had this function but their site is rather slow. Then again, I'm talking from Australia, I know it is very fluid in France.

Another tool they offer are the widgets. They've set up an easy and very customisable way to display your playlists or one-off songs on your own site or blog. Below are two examples of what you can do with it.

Like several others, you will soon be able to download a Grooveshark app on the Android market (and probably on the iPhone too) as they've announced it on Twitter.

Two examples of widgets you can add to your site/blog.

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Vodafone recreates a Tchaikovsky symphony using 1000 mobile ringtones!

Vodafone New Zealand has been very impressive with the following ad. They have recreated the 1812 Overture from Tchaikovsky using nothing but mobile phones and their ringtones. A lot of patience was needed to assemble the 1,000 mobile devices onto vertical panels in a precise order.

Triggered by an automated SMS-sending system, each and every mobile phone saw its screen switch on along with the ringtone, transforming what looked like an underground black market store into a light & sound masterpiece. Enjoy the advertisement below, as well as the making-of in two parts down under.

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Pictogram animation videos

Here's a quick post to introduce you to an ad for Entenmann's Little Bites Muffins. I thought the pictogram animation was simple, fun and different from the other TV ads. I find the graphics well designed although not such a new concept. I couldn't help noticing the similarity with several other videos on the internet including this music clip from the Norwegian electronic band Röyksopp.

Remind Me from Röyksopp

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We Are Hunted - The Online Music Chart

With Last.fm stopping its free music listening service (at least in Australia) and with the French Deezer.com or the popular Pandora.com limiting their service to a few European countries or the USA, there aren't so many options for Australian residents to listen to some streaming music.

One of those few options is the website we are hunted. Naming themselves "The online music chart", it regroups the 99 most popular songs of the moment, regardless of the music genre. You can browse all the songs or artists on the charts and by week or month.

Listening to the latest songs is possible when clicking on the artist/song image.
You can also access the description page of each artist and follow recent articles about each of them, or check out their popularity chart evolve.

I tend to log once a week to discover the latest "hits".
If you have a site or blog that talks about music, don't hesitate to submit it in their "Add your blog" page . "We Are Hunted is always on the look out for great Music News from around the web. Submit your RSS feed, and we will do the rest."

Anyway, have good music session on we are hunted!

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