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    Bad Google translation: a good idea or bad one? It depends.

    Lots of folks ask about Google Translate for their websites, to give those speaking other languages access to their site. They want it because it's free. But is it a good idea? Well, that depends. An Asian restaurant in Russia took advantage of the, sometimes, intentionally bad translation of Google Translate. (Note: not to pick on Google Translate, this happens with all translation software, thi...

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    Being found for a search term that wasn't on our radar

    A medical company in Columbus recently found us through Google when they found our website in a search. But interestingly, they didn't find it by using one of the keyword search terms we are constantly using in our posts, which are "Columbus Ohio web design" and "web design Columbus Ohio." Keyword phrases that Google tells us are searched for hundreds of times a month. What search term did they f...

  • interactive kiosk of guy playing Pictionary with shoppers

    This has got to be the world's most interactive kiosk

    A promotion for GameTime out of Toronto has captured the internet with what has got to be the most fun, interactive kiosk ever. Through the simple technology of cameras, and a good looking guy, the kiosk plays Pictionary with people shopping in the mall (though it is surprising there's no sound coming from the kiosk). Not that we're huge fans of mall shopping over the holidays (we're big fans of...

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