Jeremy Brown, Mobile & Web development

Official account of a web developer no one's heard of. Expect posts on Mobile, HTML5, CSS, SEO, social, jQuery, EECMS & crap music taste.
Based in Sydney Australia.
You can find me here --> twitter.com/jeremybrown
Questions welcome

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5 reasons why the #schmackos whereisroger.com.au social media campaign sucks @Dorothy_LostDog

$250k is a great prize but this social media campaign and website, for me just doesn't seem to work.

These are just straight from my Twitter account 25th of May 2010
1. The real #schmackos website has disappeared www.schmackos.com.au/schmackos-pork-chews.aspx
2. The video on www.wheresroger.com.au doesn't work, click through to Youtube & it isn't a video #schmackos
3. According to the #schmackos @Dorothy_LostDog Twitter profile location Roger is in Newcastle, did I just win?
4. Google has already removed mispells to the schmackos website, likely from bad redirection http://www.google.com.au/search?q=schmakos http://web-sniffer.net/?url=www.schmackos.com.au/schmackos-pork-chews.aspx
5. What is #schmackos or Strapz® or Popcorn? what does it look like? where do I buy it? No product details or logo www.wheresroger.com.au

Is advertising on Facebook more about vanity than opportunity?

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I'm not sure why this company has used the first line to describe who they have targeted in their Facebook ad?

It seems to me that its a wasted opportunity, leading with "Free Property Investor Magazine" seems more likely to create interest.

But this is Facebook, its personal. Perhaps by touching on who I am they have found an effective way to create interest. You may have read that Ads in Facebook with pictures of people will always perform better than pictures of products, surely adding personal text is the obvious next step to more effective Facebook Ads.

Have you experimented with being personal vs promotional on Facebook ads, tell me your thoughts?

The new Google layout

I have got to say I like this layout. Is anyone else getting this in their results?

The menu down the left is great.

The logo is softer

I’m encouraged to use the drill down options

 

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Loading jQuery in a Google Gadget Ad

Here is an example of how to load jQuery into a Google Gadget using the Google API


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Module>
<ModulePrefs title="Loading jQuery in a Google Gadget" width="300" height="250" thumbnail="">
  <Require feature="ads"/>
</ModulePrefs>
<UserPref name="clickurl" datatype="hidden" default_value="http://www.website.com.au" />
<UserPref name="aiturl" datatype="hidden" default_value="http://www.website.com.au" />
<Content type="html"><![CDATA[

    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/jsapi?key=GOOGLEAPIKEYHERE" ></script>
    Loading jQuery in a Google Gadget
          <input type=text maxlength=40 name="POSTCODE" id="POSTCODE" style="width:100px;">
          <input type=button id="GoBtn" value=" Go " name=" Go ">
    <script>
      google.load("jquery", "1.4.2");
        _IG_RegisterOnloadHandler(function() {
          // Put Jquery here
        $(document).ready(function() {
          $("#GoBtn").click(function(){
              var mypostcode = $("#POSTCODE").val()
              alert("jQuery works, you entered- " + mypostcode);
          })
        });
        });
    </script>
 
]]></Content>
</Module>