Site Update

by Scott Thomas on June 21, 2009

The Thomas Internet Consulting website is undergoing a new update, so please excuse my mess. The blog will now serve as the home page of the site.

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Planned Improvements to Twitter Search

by Scott Thomas on May 7, 2009

There has been quite a bit of discussion about the value of Twitter Search. The downside has been that in it’s current form, it’s simply a text matching search engine, and the results can be repetitive (and even filled spam tweets, I’ve been noticing more spam-looking tweets).

CNet reports that Twitter has announced that it will begin to crawl the links included within tweets and rank the results. Reputation will be important as well.

For businesses that truly engage their customers (and potential customers) on Twitter, such changes could give them a real advantage.

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Win an Alaska Vacation: Escape to Alaska or Bust Essay Contest

April 20, 2009

Alaska Wildland Adventures has announced an Escape to Alaska or Bust Essay Contest. The rules appear to be simple: in 500 words or less, convince Alaska Wildland Adventures why you and your group should escape to Alaska this summer. You could win an Alaska Trip for four people (two cabins for the family or group) [...]

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Adventure Green Alaska: Tourism Certification Program

March 1, 2009

A new green tourism certification program is being launched in Alaska. For those people searching for Alaskan tourism businesses that care for the environment and Alaska’s communities, this new program will serve as a great resource. The Adventure Green Alaska program will announce the first businesses to be certified on March 4, at the 20th [...]

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Carbon Offset for Our Server

January 21, 2009

I’m happy to announce that we have purchased carbon offsets from TerraPass in order to offset the carbon dioxide generated by our dedicated server during 2009. There are quite a few options out there to either offset your server’s generation of greenhouse gasses or going with a “green powered” hosting company. For 2009, I’ve decided [...]

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