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Free SEJ News iPhone Application Available

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Attention all Search Engine Journal lovers and avid readers out there: we have good news! The new SEJ News iPhone application is now available in the app store. The even better news? It’s completely free.   The format of this application is very easy on the eyes. The newest content is located on top, followed by the older posts. Simply scroll down as far back as you like to read the articles. The iPhone application designed for this website is not only simplistic and easy to use, but also has the ability to instantly refresh. You’ll never miss out on any new posts that might have become available while you were eating/driving/working/feigning interest in something else. When you open the application, simply place your finger on the screen and drag it down to pull down the refresh box. As soon as you release your finger it will start downloading new content. There are two ways to download this application. You can either search “SEJ News” in your iPhone app store, or you can also download  SEJ News for iPhone directly from the I-Tunes store. We hope you enjoy this application! Remember: the best things in life are free. Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Free SEJ News iPhone Application

Google Releases Shopper App for Android

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Google has just released a new mobile app for Android phones – called Google Shopper . It’s a pretty cool and robust app that lets you search product information quickly using your Android phone’s camera.  The app  recognizes cover art of books, CDs, DVDs, video games as well as product barcodes. In addition to image recognition, the Google Shopper add also lets you search for product information using voice search.  The Shopper app provides product information, reviews, and prices to help you make a wise decision in buying various items. The app also lets you star items and share them with your friends. It also saves your search history and then let you check them out later on even if you’re Android phone is not connected to the Internet. I downloaded the app on my Nexus One awhile ago and tried using the app. While the voice search works well, the image search doesn’t seem to work well.  The app can’t seem to recognize some of the barcodes and product covers I tried scanning. It would be nice to have this feature as the voice search is a pretty simple feature. Image search will make this app stand out among the current crop of  apps available in the Android market. To download the app, search for “Shopper” on Android market.   Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Google Releases Shopper App for

3 SEO-Friendly WP Plugins to Display Featured Posts

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Giving your selected content more exposure via featuring it is a good idea because this way: (1) You attract more attention to your best articles (or those that you need more attention for); (2) You allow your best and most important posts to be easier accessed by search engine bots. The three WordPress plugins compared in this post have two things in common: They all allow to select which posts to feature manually (there are other types of plugins that automatically generate the list by the number of comments, amount f traffic, visitors’ preferences, etc; this post doesn’t mention those at all); They are all SEO-friendly (the links to the posts are in HTML and easily accessed by spiders). How the list is created The placement Additional settings YAFPP You pick any posts Insert anywhere in the template Can display excerpt; you can set permissions to edit the list WordPress Featured Post List2 WITH IMAGE You pick any posts Insert anywhere in the template Can display image Hundred Feature Post List First selected then random (configurable) Sidebar (via widget) CSS class on the feature container and / or widget Now, a few details on the installation process: Yet Another Featured Posts