Google is looking for test communities to deliver ultra-high speed Internet service.  Through March 26th they are accepting nominations from government officials as well as the general public.

Help us make sure this initiative comes to Arkansas communities.  Use the nomination link below to nominate your community with Google.

Here’s a video from Google about the project, http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/

Here’s the nomination site, http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/public/options

Here’s an article THV recently wrote about the project, http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=99751&catid=2

Here’s the site for Connect Arkansas, who will be an integral part of all this for Arkansas, http://connect-arkansas.org/.  

According to TechCruch, Yelp recently walked away in the last hour from nearly selling its business profile website to Google over half a billion dollars.

Nearly everyone is aware of Google, or possible Google addict such as myself. Yet, many of you may not be aware of Yelp. Yelp was founded in 2004 and is a local search and business review site. It is a local reviews website that is driven by local consumers that sign up and rate their favorite hole in the wall or businesses in their communities. Yelp uses social networking features to let people write reviews and share their reviews with friends.

This year was a first for Heisman Voting. Nissan, the corporate sponsor of the Heisman Trophy Trust, will be giving its vote via results of their online poll. What effect will this have in the 75 year tradition? Maybe the trust will consider letting its voters submit its 2010 votes online.

In years past it has always been the issue of the ballots being mailed in. This causes some writers to have to submit the ballot before the league championship games are played. So, if their vote did not live up to hype in the final week, it may have skewed the vote. This online option would allow the voters to consider the players whole body of work.

This year was one of the closets votes in the history of Heisman voting. Alabama's Mark Ingram may have slipped past Colt McCoy of Texas and Tim Tebow of Florida due to this advance in this online technology.

It is a sign of the times. Little Rock National Airport adds a online booking system to replace the old static website. In their attempt to provide options to Expedia.com and Travelocity.com, they have come out with fly-lr.com using a professional firm to build the site to provide convenience to their customers in hopes to win friends, and make more money.

As a small business owner you need to consider redesigning your site to provide the same convenience to your customers. If you feel your site is underperforming or causing frustration to your visitors, let 1011 Web Solutions remodel your site to increase usability, conversions, and sales.

Google Wave is being hyped as the next incarnation of email. It is currently only available to a select group of 100,000 people, but will be available for mass use after further testing. 

This video will give you more information about Google Wave.