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An embarrassing error on Google Maps has been blamed for Nicaragua’s accidental invasion of Costa Rica. Last week, Nicaraguan troops crossed the border, took down a Costa Rican flag and defiantly raised their own flag on Costa Rican turf.But the troops’ commander, Eden Pastora, told a Costa Rican newspaper, La Nacion, that his invasion was not his fault, because Google Maps mistakenly said the territory belonged to Nicaragua. Government officials in Nicaragua have also blamed a “bug in Google” for the error.Now, the Organisation of American States and UN Security Council are being called in to mediate the dispute, and find a solution to the problem caused by Google. “Costa Rica is seeing its dignity smeared and there is a sense of great national urgency,” said Costa Rica’s excellently-named President Laura Chinchilla.The search giant has owned up and admitted to its mistake, saying that an error, by up to 2.7 kilometres, arose in the compilation of the border source data with the US Department of State. It has now received correct and accurate data, and is working on updating the map.“Cartography is a complex undertaking, and borders are always changing” said Charlie Hale, geopolicy analyst at Google. Indeed, this particular border is a hotly contested issue, with dispute over who owns land around the San Juan River dating back to the mid-19th century.It’s not the first time that Google’s messed up its maps. Earlier this year, Cambodia hit out against Google’s representation of the Thai-Cambodia border. And in September, Google complete misplaced the Florida town of Sunrise, frustrating local businesses and council officials.Perhaps the most embarrassing thing for Google, though, is that competitor Microsoft has the border definition right on its maps. If Nicaraguan commander Pastora had used Bing Maps, the entire red-faced incident might never have happened.

via Google Maps error blamed for Nicaraguan invasion.

Fancy getting your website on the first page of Google News? Is it possible for mere mortals to achieve this I ask myself? The short answer YES and I will give it my best shot to explain how. There may be many of you that feel this task is a step too far and for many it may well be. First of all a few facts about Google News, they are one of if not the biggest news sources on the web with over 30 million visits per day and they gather news from over 20,000 sources around the globe. If you want to get onto the Google serps for competitive keywords it’s pretty near impossible unless you have a huge budget, but getting on Google News is entirely more realistic and won’t cost you the earth.Google News is everywhereIf you use any Google page to perform searches then you will be aware of the links at the top left of the page one of which is the Google News link. Even once you’re on your search results page you can drill down further search filters including news stories. As a matter of course news results are almost always mixed in with the rest of the results so it’s everywhere.Starting out: ContentAmongst all the hurdles you have to complete this is the most important one, Quality content is a given for obvious reasons and this content will be your main focus and drive for success. You will need to look seriously at outsourcing your news content especially if you’re not an accomplished writer. You will have to ultimately source excellent writers to write original news worthy content. Your content will have to be highly optimized with the right keyword weight and title tag headings. This is where outsourcing will prove its worth so doing your research to find quality ghost writers will pay dividends.Applying for inclusion to Google news PublishersWhat I will say right off, if you’re a single author then don’t apply to Google news as one, why? Because they rarely accept a single author website, you must have a multi author website to stand any chance of getting into Google News, but there are ways to get round this. To do this you will have to set up a multi author WordPress site, you can achieve this by integrating your outsourced writers through pen names and using a multi author process, so you will have to set up separate author accounts. There are plenty of Multi author WordPress plugins that can ease the process.Template for success Choosing the right ThemeOn the premise that you are using WordPress, Drupal or Joomla as your CMS then picking out the right theme is vital. You will have to get a suitable news template or theme which you can do for free but I think it is worth investing in a custom/premium theme. It shouldn’t take you long to find a suitable news theme but make sure its robust and well coded with plenty of support if things go wrong.HostingIf you’re serious about delivering a reliable news service then you will have to consider using a dedicated server or at least a virtual server. The sheer amount of traffic will overwhelm a shared hosting account and could ultimately get you booted out of Google News inclusion.CostsThe cost and investment not to mention the time involved in setting up your Google News site can be considerable, although you can cut corners. You will need at least three news articles per day which is going to cost you around $25.00 to $40.00 each although you should be able to do package or bundle deals that will rein back the writing cost. These costs are my own assumptions and you will no doubt find cheaper deals by searching the web. If you want to have professional news sites that Google will pick up on then costs are inevitable.

via Build your own Google News site.

was able to graph the spread of a handful of popular links.

In the TweetMaps below the circles represent each user who ReTweeted the link, they’re bigger or smaller based on the number of followers they have. People who are following accounts that Tweeted the link before they did have lines drawn to the accounts they’re following (and could have “caught” the link from).

The graphs show the first wave of Tweets of each link (generally the first few hours). When you see a number of circles extending horizontally across the graph that means that those accounts all Tweeted the link very close together in time.

via Visualizing How a Link Spreads Through the Twitterverse.

Based in Scottsdale, Ariz., GoDaddy.com is owned by Bob Parsons, who founded the company in 1997 and is its chief executive—a man the company website describes as “not shy to speak his mind.” The company is well known for its edgy advertising, including Super Bowl commercials and ads featuring different “Go Daddy Girls,” including racing car driver Danica Patrick.

via GoDaddy Is on the Block – WSJ.com.

via Trying to Be Something You’re Not: Works for Drag Queens, not for Google.

If you’re a big user of Gmail, Calendar, or any of Google’s other account-based services and have spread your data across multiple accounts, Google has a new feature that you’re going to love: Multiple Sign-In. Yes, you’ll finally be able to quickly swap between multiple Google accounts without having to go through the tedious process of logging out and logging back in every time. Granted, the process generally takes less than a minute, but for those of who have been doing it a dozen times a day, this is a very welcome change.

The feature, which was first noticed by Google Operating System, will only work for some Google Apps: Gmail, Calendar, Reader, Sites, Voice, App Engine, and Google Code. It is reportedly rolling out to users this week, and can be enabled through this page (I don’t see it yet). It’s also a bit confusing — you’ll probably want to read through the help section before you activate the feature (note that you can’t use offline access with Multiple Sign-In activated).

via Google Will Soon Let You Jump Between Multiple Accounts.