Yesterday the very popular social media bookmarking website Del.icio.us relaunched and moved to use delicious.com.

This was well covered across the blogosphere, with reviews looking at its improved design and enhanced speed, but in addition to this the move is also likely to boost the website’s search rankings.

Delicious.com SEO Strengths

• del.icio.us was already a very strong domain due to the website’s popularity, 301 redirecting a huge 524,803,978 backlinks will help to maintain existing rankings during the site migration.
• Delicious.com is an established domain with its own history, originally registered back in 1995.
• Delicious.com has a PageRank 9! I would assume this is largely because of the redirect from del.icio.us, however the old page is still indexed in Google so this would have been transferred across unusually quickly. The additional direct backlinks to delicious.com will add further weight to strengthening the overall website. Many SEO’s will argue about the importance of Google PageRank, however few will disagree that having a PR9 domain will significantly impact rankings.
• Possibly the most important change, from an SEO perspective, is that the site may now benefit from improved international traffic with Google UK, Australia, Germany etc more likely to favour a .com as opposed to a .us domain. I frequently see Digg.com URL’s appear in the Google UK SERPs but it’s very rare that I’ve seen del.icio.us appear.

Large social media website’s generally don’t rely too heavily on search engine traffic, however the content covered is often news based and will generate a high amount of search interest within a short space of time. So ranking highly for these terms could make the search engines become a major source of traffic and certainly help to promote the website more heavily outside of the US where it’s popularity isn’t quite so strong.

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Delicious.com relaunch a very smart SEO move

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Filed under: Casting, New Releases, Box Office, Newsstand

Beginning with the summer of Surf Ninjas and concluding with last year’s Underdog, Vulture has compiled a list arguing that August movies generally blow. Sifting through the titles from the past fifteen years, it’s hard to ignore their point. If Bushwhacked, Spawn and The Thirteenth Warrior don’t convince you, how about Hollow Man? The Adventures of Pluto Nash? Anacondas?

August usually means a lot to America. It’s big for vacationers. The sun comes out and everyone gets one last hurrah before the summer recedes for the year. So why would studios dump their worst movies at this time? Maybe it’s just a coincidence, but either way, it’s hard to say whether or not this August will break the trend. Swing Vote seems to confirm Vulture’s dire prediction, but Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Pineapple Express and Tropic Thunder will surely find some appreciative audiences. And we all know The Dark Knight will continue to make bank. However, before you start thinking that a turnaround is on the way, consider the third Mummy movie — and, once again, Vulture might have something here: Variety has called it “cheeseball stuff.” Could that be the codeword for “typical August movie”? It would seem so.

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Bruce Willis is an angry man.

Yes, this bitch got mad at paparazzo because he was “too close”. You know what Bruce did? Throw water at the dude’s car.  Okay…that was..effective?  You might as well have given him a car wash. I expected something a little more badass from you Brucey-pie.

I frown upon your methods for getting back at the paps!

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Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer are planning a ”trial marriage.”

The couple - who have been dating for three months - are said to be keen to test the strength of their relationship, and think John moving into Jennifer’s house is the perfect first step.

A source said: “John wants to settle down as much as Jennifer does. What’s more, he’s been telling her that he thinks she is the one and she believes him.”

John’s move into Jennifer’s Beverly Hills mansion is set to happen after his tour ends in September.

The couple are also reportedly planning a family.

The source added to Britain’s Grazia magazine: “John is the first guy since Brad who has talked seriously about having children and Jennifer is very excited about it.”

Jennifer was previously married to Brad Pitt for five years. They separated in 2005 amid allegations he was cheating on her with actress Angelina Jolie, with who he now has six children.

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We’re already told you that Apple will refresh its iPod line soon, which isn’t exactly unexpected anyways, but there is mounting speculation that the iPod Touch will get 64GB and possibly a GPS. Both appear plausible, as an increase in storage is almost mandatory and it fits into the semi-conductor economics. If the new iPod Touch uses a close hardware platform as the iPhone 3G, it would logically feature a GPS. And believe me, if there was a decent GPS navigation app, a $249 iPod touch (8GB) with GPS could do some real damage to stand-alone GPS units…

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Filed under: PlayStation Network

If you’re one of the few that’s already in the Home beta, you may have already experienced the underwhelming virtual arcade, located in the Games Space within Home. The new version being released for Japan will expand the arcade offerings, and the new choices look yummy. Namco Bandai is offering seven games within Home, with four revealed already: Dig Dug, Galaga, Pac-Man and Xevious. Three more “secret” games will be revealed later.

More intriguing, a 2D Home-exclusive version of echochrome can also be accessed from within Home. With more and more game offerings being added to the online service, we’re confident that everyone will want to access the virtual world at least once — if only to play these games.

[Via Joystiq & Siliconera]

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Filed under: Cell Phones, Back to School Guide 2008

After all the buffoonery over what exactly T-Mobile intended to call its newest entry-level Danger handheld device, the carrier has ultimately decided to just go back to basics, drop the acronyms, and christen its new phone simply “Sidekick.” Make no mistake, though — this little puppy, which launches today, is a far cry from your daddy’s Hiptop launched way back in 2002, thanks to a 400 x 240 WQVGA display, 2 megapixel camera with video recording capability, stereo Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, and a microSD slot.

Though it’s being billed as the iD’s spiritual successor, the Sidekick comes dangerously close to LX territory, so it should see some solid movement at the $149.99 asking price on a two-year contract. What’s more, the Sidekick becomes Danger’s first device with user-customizable shells (use everything from pre-made patterns to designs incorporating your own pictures, doodles, logos, insignia, etc), which are available directly from sidekickshells.com for $14.99 a pop (we’ve got both a really bad and a really frickin’ great feeling about the ridiculous sorts of designs people are going to be coming up with there).

The whole shebang just went on sale today. ‘Course, if you can’t get out to a well-stocked T-Mobile store for the next few hours, be sure to check out our quick impressions and gallery on Engadget Mobile, yeah? [Source: T-Mobile]

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Filed under: Deals, Competitive strategy, Google (GOOG), Intel (INTC)

Back in the day when internet companies ruled the rolls of the Nasdaq, a number of online and tech companies had venture capital arms. Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has kept its to this day. The tech collapse of 2000 and 2001 eliminated most of those funds.

Now Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has decided to revive the tradition of big tech companies spreading money around. According to The Wall Street Journal, “The group will be lead by David Drummond, Google’s senior vice president of corporate development and chief legal officer.”

The move is a bad idea because it could alienate current and future Google partners. There is still an abundance of venture capital, so it is not as if the search company is filling a hole in the market.

The trouble is that Google could put money into a wireless broadband company only to find down the road it wants to form a partnership with one of that company’s competitors. Should a firm risk doing business with Google when the giant internet company owns a piece of its nemesis?

Google may like the idea of supporting startups that are aligned with its goals. But it is cutting off the option of doing business with companies that don’t have Google backing but do have services Google wants.

Douglas A. McIntyre is an editor at 24/7 Wall St.

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Filed under: Action, Lionsgate Films, Festival Reports, Celebrities and Controversy, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels, ComicCon

The RocknRolla adventure, unfortunately, kept me away from the Punisher: War Zone party and panel, which I had every intention of attending and covering for all of you. In retrospect, it was probably a good thing, since the talk of the convention wasn’t the panel or its footage, but of director Lexi Alexander’s departure from the project. Obviously the news surprised me, although the timing did not. It was obvious from the scheduling that Lionsgate was trying to bury the panel — if a studio is trying to sell their new comic book movie, they generally don’t schedule a panel at 8:00pm when the geeks are out feasting and drinking. They put it at 2:00pm in Hall H and give us a free t-shirt.

Now, this movie could be terrible. This movie could be pure awesome. I don’t know, I’m certainly not going to judge it or Alexander’s direction at this stage. But it frustrates me to see any movie this badly handled, its chances of being successful destroyed before it even gets to a theatrical trailer. I just don’t understand how or why it happens when the ultimate goal of a movie (from the studio perspective, anyway) is to turn a profit.

This whole debacle has made me a very sad panda. First, for Alexander, who I admire purely from a feminist standpoint. Female directors are too far and few between, and it was exciting to see one not only directing an action movie, but one based on a comic book. I wanted her to succeed in a big way — and I hope that whatever happens with this film, she has a solid career kicking cinematic ass. At least some studio people are in her corner — according to MTV Movies, producer Deborah Del Prete says she and Alexander are working together on an adaptation of a little-known British fantasy novel. (I hate teases like that.) So at least she’s not persona non grata yet, which is a relief. We need chicks like her in the business.

And I especially feel for Ray Stevenson, who I had the privilege to meet on Thursday afternoon. (See the photo above — oh, for the days when you could be photographed next to the celebrity in question!) Like a lot of people, I know him mostly as Titus Pullo from HBO’s brilliant series Rome. If you haven’t seen this series, dear readers, you need to finish this post and then hit your preferred rental outlet. You will love it, and you will love Stevenson in it. You will not doubt that he is capable of being an excellent Punisher.

I’ve been rooting for this movie to make it largely because Stevenson deserves a bigger career — and having met him now, it really does break my heart that this movie is getting the run-around. He was so friendly and enthusiastic, and really wants to do justice to the character. (Oh yeah, and he was incredibly handsome. Damn. They make such nice men in the UK.) I haven’t attended a lot of promotional signings, but often they are dull and duty-bound affairs. Stevenson and Tim Bradstreet seemed happy to be there meeting everyone. And if they were pulling off that level of enthusiasm despite the Alexander news, then they really deserve a round of applause.

And so, Lionsgate, from one girl who willingly queued to meet your new Punisher, who did it as a fan and not a member of the press, I beg you to do right by this film. It’s obvious that all involved worked hard on it and care about it, and they deserve to have their faith rewarded. Don’t hack at it, slap a heavy metal soundtrack on it, and shove it out into theatres. Do whatever it takes to make a good film. Your profit margin will thank you, fans of the character will worship you, and you can take your place in the comic book franchise world.

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Filed under: Breakfast, New Products, Comfort Food

These days in the cereal world, it’s quite popular to take old favorites and spin them just a little bit, whether that means adding a variety of fruit or some extra flavor combinations. I’ve tried a number of these new variations, but they always left something to be desired. They were good, but they never reinvigorated my childhood cereal love … until now.

I must have been living under a rock, because it took me over a year to spot Vanilla Flavour Rice Krispies, which debuted just over a year ago in Canada. They’re just like the old classic with an extra hint of vanilla — familiarity with a slight flair. I can’t get enough of these damned things, and have gone through a box in a week. I don’t know if they’re available in the States yet (all my searches lead back to Canadian sites), but do keep an eye out. If you like the Snap, Crackle, and Pop, you’ll probably dig these.

And it seems that I’m not the only one charmed by them. Recipes are already starting to pop up for the old-school cereal, like RK squares with the vanilla variety, and a Krispies crust.

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