I just finished setting up two clients so their photos and other author information could come up on Google search results.
Although it’s a moderately complex process with a lot of picky steps, it only took about an hour each time. Google has pretty good information posted online, and mostly it’s up to date. The best place to start learning on Google is here.
First, a short rant. Google is pretty much demanding that we stay on top of their quirks and developments in making search better. If you as a blog author do not keep up, your position in search can plummet. They are using the threat of decreased search visibility to get more and more people doing more and more work in order to provide information so Google can better locate their sites. And all of this makes Google money. They’re not necessarily doing it to make you rich. [Read more…]
Wonderful (planned) musical incidents in real-life places brought to light by 
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I had to review my resumé recently to create two paragraphs for a couple of “Board members” pages. I have a small pile of academic appointments and jobs that I can put into a bio. But to me there’s an interesting additional component in lives that are filled with creativity and great breadth of experience. All of which I find hard to describe in the standard bio format.
Are you “straight” or are you “twisted?”