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Life Technologies Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Diagnostic Use of Sanger Sequencing Platform and HLA Typing Kits
Life's Applied Biosystems™3500 Dx Genetic Analyzer and SeCore® kits constitute first sequence-based system cleared for HLA typing
Feb 11, 2013, 08:00 EST
CARLSBAD, Calif., Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ : LIFE ) today announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its 3500 Dx Genetic Analyzers and SeCore® HLA typing kits. The development represents additional execution against the company's strategy to become a leader in the diagnostics market by offering both novel clinical assays and best- in-class molecular testing products.
"This successful application for our Sanger sequencer with HLA typing kits is further demonstration of Life Technologies' track record in obtaining FDA regulatory clearance for genetic analysis in the clinical market," said Greg Lucier, chairman and chief executive officer of Life Technologies. "We will continue to aggressively pursue a regulatory pathway for our leading technologies in the clinical space, including next-generation sequencing."
The company's 7500 Fast Dx Real-time PCR system was cleared for diagnostic use with the Center for Disease Control's H1N1 assay in 2008. Life Technologies has also announced plans to submit its next-generation sequencing instrument, the Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine (PGM™) for 510(k) clearance.
The Applied Biosystems™ 3500 Dx/3500xL Dx CS2 Genetic Analyzers, Invitrogen SeCore® HLA Sequencing Kits, and uTYPE® Dx HLA Sequence Analysis Software constitute the first 510(k)-cleared, sequence-based system for HLA typing in the United States. Tissue typing is an essential component of determining compatibility between donors and patients for organ and bone marrow transplantation. HLA typing on the 3500 Dx offers labs an optimized, streamlined workflow with higher resolution than other molecular HLA typing technologies such as sequence-specific oligonucleotide (SSO) methods.
"With clearance of this system, transplant patients can now have the confidence that their HLA tissue typing was performed utilizing a thoroughly tested, high resolution technique that has passed the strict test requirements of the FDA," said Ronnie Andrews, president of medical sciences at Life Technologies. "Precise HLA matching between donor and patient significantly improves overall transplant survival."
The 3500 Dx is now the only 510(k)-cleared Sanger sequencer commercially available for the diagnostics market. Sanger, also known as capillary electrophoresis, sequencing is the technology that powered the Human Genome Project and remains the "gold-standard" for its accuracy, reliability and ease of use. It is expected that clearance will facilitate development of additional assays using the 3500 Dx and open up new partnerships with assay developers.
"Sanger sequencing remains the gold standard for providing the reliable results clinical labs need, and 510(k) clearance of the 3500Dx will help to establish sequencing technology as a mainstay of the hospital lab," said Andrews. "The instrument was designed with the clinical laboratory in mind, featuring a novel design that incorporates the ability to track reagent usage with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, as well as redesigned data collection and analysis software."
Products included in the current 510(k) clearance are the 3500 Dx/3500xL Dx Genetic Analyzers CS2; 3500 Dx Series Data Collection Software v1.0; SeCore® HLA Sequencing Kits; and uTYPE® Dx HLA Sequence Analysis Software. The 3500 Dx instrument is CE-marked for in vitro diagnostic use in Europe, has been approved by China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) for diagnostic use in China, and is also available in Japan, Australia, India, New Zealand, Singapore, and Taiwan.
Additional products offered by Life Technologies for the diagnostics lab market include: the Applied Biosystems QuantStudio™ Dx Real-Time PCR Instrument, which is CE-IVD marked for use in Europe and under review by FDA; the Veriti™ Dx Thermal Cyclers; and the AcroMetrix® line of quality controls for molecular diagnostic assays. In addition, the EZ Validation™ Online Tool is available for assisting in the validation and verification of molecular tests.
Life Technologies' next-generation sequencing platforms include the Ion Personal Genome Machine (PGM™) and Ion Proton™. These instruments are currently marked for Research Use Only.
About Life Technologies
Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ : LIFE) is a global biotechnology company with customers in more than 160 countries using its innovative solutions to solve some of today's most difficult scientific challenges. Quality and innovation are accessible to every lab with its reliable and easy-to-use solutions spanning the biological spectrum, with more than 50,000 products for agricultural biotechnology, translational research, molecular medicine and diagnostics, stem cell-based therapies, forensics, food safety and animal health. Its systems, reagents and consumables represent some of the most cited brands in scientific research including: Ion Torrent™, Applied Biosystems®, Invitrogen™, Gibco®, Ambion®, Molecular Probes® and Novex®. Life Technologies employs approximately 10,400 people and upholds its ongoing commitment to innovation with more than 4,000 patents and exclusive licenses. LIFE had sales of $3.8 billion in 2012. Visit us at our website: http://www.lifetechnologies.com.
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This press release includes forward-looking statements about Life Technologies' anticipated results that involve risks and uncertainties. Some of the information contained in this press release, including, but not limited to, statements as to industry trends and Life Technologies' plans, objectives, expectations and strategy for its business, contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Any statements that are not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. When used, the words "believe," "plan," "intend," "anticipate," "target," "estimate," "expect" and the like, and/or future tense or conditional constructions ("will," "may," "could," "should," etc.), or similar expressions, identify certain of these forward-looking statements. Important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are detailed in filings made by Life Technologies with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Life Technologies undertakes no obligation to update or revise any such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
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Why I Want to (and did) Join the RPCUS
Henry E. Johnson
Pastor, Trinity Presbyterian Church
Tazewell, VA
The house was slowly yet steadily being undermined. More and more of the foundation was exposed as the excavation proceeded. The team of demolition experts was hitting the exposed foundation with hammers. Each blow created cracks in the foundation. These cracks steadily crawled up the walls. However, the occupants of the house lauded the progress that was being made by their wisdom and broadmindedness. The mantra that they had sung for years grew louder as more and more elders joined them. "Diversity is our strength," they sang as they honored the very men who were gradually destroying the very foundations upon which the house rested. They rejected any warnings that the course they were on spelled disaster for the house and those in it. "We need to be charitable rather than criticize these men who are so broad minded. We personally don't see the issues the way they do, yet we certainly don't want to offend them by asking them to adhere to our own personal interpretation of Scripture. After all we are one big happy family. We don't want to be so parochial as to "bind anyone's conscience" or exclude anyone who says they love Jesus."
Such is the sad state of the PCA.
Praise God for the RPCUS, a reformed denomination that is seeking to live out the original motto of the PCA, my present denomination: True to the Scriptures, the reformed faith and the great commission.
Why do I want to join the RPCUS? Let me summarize the reasons.
1) I want to be part of a denomination that is True To The Scriptures. We must bow before the authority of God and His Word, the Bible. Not only is the inerrancy and infallibility of the Scripture crucial, but also the sufficiency of Scripture is vital to Biblical Christianity. We must have the Bible as our only rule of faith and practice; the only rule in every area of life.
2) I want to be part of a denomination that is True To The Reformed Faith. The Lord God brought a great reformation in the 1500's and 1600's. He brought His Church back to the Bible. We are spiritual heirs of this great work of God. We must be willing to stand with those great men and women upon the Word of God. We must not shrink back from the Bible and the truth of Scripture known as the reformed faith, the faith that John Calvin, John Knox and Martin Bucer preached and lived!
3) I want to be a part of a denomination that is True To The Great Commission. Only the Jesus of the Bible can save people, families, churches, institutions and whole cultures from the ravages of sin and death and hell. Future generations need a Biblical denomination that will stand unflinchingly as she proclaims the Gospel from the whole counsel of God in the Scriptures.
First, the RPCUS is a denomination that seeks to bow before the authority of the Scriptures, even when it is not politically correct in the eyes of our culture to do so. True To The Scriptures. Several examples will suffice.
Creation. There is no other teaching in Scripture that is more foundational and central to the remainder of Holy Scripture and Biblical Christianity than creation. The RPCUS clearly has taken its stand with the Westminster Standards. The Bible teaches that God created the heavens and the earth in the space of six days [six twenty-four hour days] and rested on the Sabbath day [seventh day], thereby instituting the Sabbath day and declaring it very good. What difference does it make? The seeds of neo-orthodoxy are found in the accommodating views that we see today such as: the day age theory, gap theory, and the poetic view of creation. These views cuddle up to an evolutionary view of origins and make room for interpretations of Scripture that do violence to the Bible's own interpretation of itself. It is the chief tool of neo-orthodoxy to take the Word of God and make it say something that it really doesn't say or mean. By this contorted method of hermeneutics, which is the kingpin of neo-orthodoxy, such issues as homosexuality and abortion have been championed and legitimized in our culture. This same method of interpreting the Scripture has been used to deny such cardinal doctrines as the virgin birth and the bodily resurrection of Christ. The very seeds of apostasy and unbelief are being sown and nurtured in my own denomination today. Man after man comes up to me and says, "Well now, Henry, I personally believe in the twenty-four hour day, but you just can't force that view. Scripture just isn't clear and just doesn't say." I want to be part of a denomination that is willing to take a stand on what the Bible clearly teaches regardless of its popularity.
The roles of men and women. A growing number of elders in the PCA advocate women becoming deacons. Others advocate women leading in worship services and preaching the Word of God as long as it is "under the oversight of the session". This erroneous position is held even in the face of the very clear teaching of I Timothy 2 (forbidding the women in the church to teach or exercise authority over a man in the church), and I Timothy 3:1ff (a qualification for elders and deacons being "the husband of one wife"). In the PCA accommodation to the values of our egalitarian, evolutionary, and humanistic culture is becoming more prevalent than submission to the Bible. We also see women being allowed to lead worship services, teach men in adult Sunday school classes and even "preach" in PCA churches. Where will it end? Only the Lord knows. But if these men are consistent with the hermeneutic that they have adopted, then they will find themselves or their disciples advocating the same thing that we see in the neo-orthodox denominations of our day. Here the position is purported that there is no distinction between men and women in the church or in the home, in spite of Scripture (Genesis 1,2,and 3,; 1Timothy 2,3, and 5; Proverbs 31; Ephesians 5). The Lord God has given a glorious work to men and women to serve the Lord together. Although they do not labor in the same roles, they do complement each other as they work together as a team. The neo-orthodox position is not God's design, however politically correct it may be. The RPCUS believes that the Scripture and not the whims of a godless culture must be the rule. The RPCUS unashamedly seeks to live by the Word of God in the roles of men and women. That means no woman may hold the office of deacon or elder or may lead men in teaching and public worship. There are no elders advocating, let alone practicing such things in the RPCUS. This is why I want to join the RPCUS.
Christian Education. In distinction to the PCA, where the seeds of rebellion against God are being sown, nurtured and watered, the officers of the RPCUS believe, preach and practice the Covenant in the Christian nurture of our children. Malachi 4:6 declares, "And He will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the land with a curse." When a person is converted, one of the first things that needs to take place is the application of the Gospel to his family. The home must be brought under the sway of Jesus Christ and His saving power. If the church of the Lord Jesus is going to prosper, if we would see this culture turned back from the brink of destruction and disaster, if the church is to be made strong and vibrant again, then it must be filled with families that are strong, solid, covenantal families under the rule of the Lord Jesus Christ. While everyone ought to give their children a distinctly Christian Education, an elder must. (See Ephesians 6:4 and Deuteronomy 6:4-8, 1 Timothy 3:1-7.) A distinctly Christian Education is where either: 1) the parents are exercising their responsibility to teach the children the fear of the Lord directly; or 2) are delegating that responsibility to someone in a good Christian school who will give their child an education based upon the Bible, focusing upon the Lord Jesus Christ, and bringing every thought captive to Him. In the PCA we have men who say, "Yes, we want our young people to be trained and taught to have a Christian worldview." Yet they see no problem turning these young people over to the public school system of the day. This system is based upon the premise that you don't need Jesus Christ and the Bible to know truth. Proverbs 1:7, Colossians 2:3-4. Romans 1:18-32 reveals God's assessment of so-called neutral thinking that leaves God and His Redeemer out of the equation of truth. Through instruction and personal example, the elders must show their congregations how to fulfill the great commission. A fundamental way they do this through giving their children a distinctivly Christian Education. How can it be that men who are elders in the PCA could be so blind as to think that the public school system is good and acceptable in the sight of our covenant God? Modern public education clearly repudiates Proverbs 1:7 ("The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.") and Colossians 2:3 ("in Christ Himself are hidden all of the treasures of wisdom and knowledge."). The commands of Scripture are plain concerning the teaching of children, (Deuteronomy 6:4-25 and Ephesians 6:4). How can elders deny such plain Scripture? Yes, we want to reach out to people who do not yet understand these things. Yes, we want to work with people where they are as they come to the Lord Christ. However, we must begin with the elders holding up the standard of God's Word. Martin Luther said, "I am much afraid that schools will prove to be the great gates of hell unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures, engraving them upon the hearts of youth. I advise no one to place his child where the scriptures do not reign paramount. Every institution in which men are not increasingly occupied with the Word of God must become corrupt." This denial of the covenant by God's people, especially the elders in the PCA, is a tragedy, but praise God He is raising up a denomination full of elders who bow to the authority of God and his Word. The RPCUS is a denomination that is not ashamed of the God-given goal of every Christian, not only for individuals but also for our children. (Joshua 24:15 – "but as for me and my house we will serve the Lord;" 2 Corinthians 10:5 – "We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of Christ, and we are taking every thought captive to Christ"). It is the practice of every elder in the RPCUS to give his children a distinctly Christian Education.
Numerous other examples of the commitment of the RPCUS to be true to the Scripture include:1) The RPCUS believes and proclaims the application of the law of God in every realm of life. [See Romans 13 and the Westminster Standards, application of OT law to every realm of life, personal family church civil etc. See the exposition of the ten commandments in the WLC Q&A 91-154 and the 19th Chapter of the WCF.( There is a growing antagonism to the law of God in the PCA.)] 2) The RPCUS not only says it is Presbyterian, but it also practices Biblical church government. We are Presbyterian not congregational, or hierarchical in our view of church government. (The PCA is increasingly becoming more congregationalist and hierarchical. There have been recent rulings that higher courts may not determine the rulings or the makeup of the lower courts. Also, the permanent committees and agencies of the church are functioning more like boards and autonomous self-determining bodies.) 3) The RPCUS will not allow practicing Masons to serve as elders in any of its churches. The PCA, however, has numerous elders who are also Masons. 4) The RPCUS stands against the unbiblical practices and philosophy of the "anything goes mentality" of the church growth movement. (The PCA has churches that use clowns, "baseball Sunday", and dance classes on Sunday afternoon to attract people to the Gospel). 5) The RPCUS uses the qualifications of the Bible to assess church planters and missionaries. (The PCA requires her church planters and missionaries to pass a secular humanistic psychological test to be 'qualified' with the blessing of the hierarchy of Atlanta.); 6) The RPCUS is committed to the purity and the peace of the church and practices loving biblical discipline. (Today we see a hesitation and many times the outright refusal of the modern church, including the PCA, to practice loving Biblical church discipline for the glory of Christ, for the safe-keeping of the rest of the flock, and for the reclamation of the offending brother.) The RPCUS stands with Jesus and the Apostles upon the Word of God in this practice, see Matthew 18:15ff and 1 Corinthians 5:1ff.
True To The Reformed Faith.
Martin Luther once said, "If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved and to be steady on all the battlefield besides is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that one point." The reformers were not ashamed of any part of the Bible. They proclaimed the whole counsel of God. They declared Jesus Christ as the focus of Scripture, and in His face they preached the whole counsel of God. All 66 books of the Bible teach us of Jesus and His saving power, of His rule for faith and life. The Reformers summarized the main teachings of Scripture in the historic creeds especially the Westminster Standards. The RPCUS is not ashamed to believe and preach all these doctrines. The PCA has a growing minority of men who will preach through the Scriptures and the Standards for fear that they will not be palatable enough for the appetite of the people in the pews. The length of sermons is a good indication of the spiritual plight of many elders in the PCA. There is also a lack of desire for the bread of heaven by the people in the pew. When a 10-15 minute sermonett suffices, you see an impoverished people. Hosea 4:6. It has been said that such 'sermonettes' will only produce 'Christianettes'. As a result, we see a country full of shallow superficial 'Christianettes' who are taking our country into the realm of darkness at breakneck speed. Praise God for a denomination like the RPCUS. Not ashamed to stand with Luther, Calvin, Knox, with the Apostles, with those who love the Word, the Sovereign God and His revealed will, His very Word the Bible!
True to the Great Commission.
The RPCUS believes the great commission according to Scripture (Matthew 28:18). First, she believes that Jesus is the reigning King upon His throne. The One who sends us to preach the Word is Great. The scope is great. We are sent with the message of life to dead sinners, see Ephesians 2 and Ezekiel 37. Only Jesus Christ can and will save His lost sheep. The Father draws all His elect to Christ by his Spirit through the preaching of the Gospel. The RPCUS believes WLC Q&A # 191 and the power of God to accomplish all His good promises concerning the spread of the Gospel to the ends of the earth. The Lord has sent us to disciple all the nations. Did He send us on a fool's errand? No. The Bible indeed give us great promises of the Lord yet bringing a great harvest, not only of individuals to come and bow before the Lord Jesus, but whole nations running to the Savior and loving His law and walking in His ways (See Psalm 2, Psalm 22 Psalm 45,47,110, Isaiah 2, 9,11,52,53, 60,61, Matthew 13, Romans 16:20-27 and Revelation 15:3-4). The content of the Gospel is the glorious claims of our Lord Jesus Christ. Repent and believe is what we declare. Justification by grace through faith alone in Christ is the only source of our righteousness before the Sovereign of the universe. He grants repentance and faith to all His lost sheep. The content of the Gospel is also, "teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you." Look at the preaching of the great herald of Messiah, John the Baptist, in Luke 3:18-20. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is focused on the person and work of Christ and also speaks the whole counsel of God from the whole of Scripture to the whole of life! There is not a single area of life that is is excepted from the sovereign claims of Jesus Christ. Not only a person's heart and mind, but also his entire being is obligated to serve Jesus. His family, his business, his money, his time, his culture, the institutions, and the civil government ought to be laid as a living sacrifice at the feet of Jesus by people who love and embrace Jesus as their King and Savior. This is what the apostles preached. This is the Gospel according to Scripture. The RPCUS believes and spreads this Gospel. This is why I want to join the RPCUS.
Psalm 11:3-6 says "If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?" It then shows us the Lamb upon His throne. He is the One to whom we look to rebuild the foundations. It is time to start rebuilding. By the grace of God the old foundation is being laid again for the house of God in this land. I believe that the time for me to work for reformation in my present denomination is drawing to a close. We ought to do all within our power to hand down to our children and grandchildren a faithful bride. It is time to build upon the Rock of Ages and His Word, the Bible, to see the church revived and made strong again. May He grant reformation to His bride in our day. He is on the throne. He is at work building His Kingdom. It is with confidence in the One who said that He would build His church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it that I take my stand with Martin Luther, who once reportedly said, "Here I stand. I can do no other. God help me". It is because of these reasons that I joyfully look forward to joining with my brothers and sisters in the RPCUS in humble obedience to my triune God.
True To The Scriptures, The Reformed Faith, And The Great Commission.
It still is a great motto, this motto that was prominently displayed in the beginning of the PCA. It is my prayer that our Lord will bring revival and reformation to the church of the Lord Jesus Christ in these United States. May the PCA repent and return to her first love. It is also my prayer that until she turns from her wanderings in the wilderness, He will keep the fire of His Gospel burning in the pulpits and in the hearts of the RPCUS. May He use her to fan into flames the spark of revival and reformation that burns in His faithful bride. May His Spirit send His fire to sweep over this entire nation and beyond. May He give grace to many of my brothers who would despise the day of small beginnings, "Not by might, not by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord."


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You picked your neighborhood, know your price range and are ready to start shopping for a new home. But before you start your hunt, it's important to identify what kind of buyer you to avoid wasting time.
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For many home buyers, school district, neighborhood and affordability dominate the decision-making process, but knowing your "buyer personality" will help define and focus your search.
For instance, if you want a move-in-ready home but never convey that to your realtor, you can waste time looking at fixer uppers. Or if you care about the environment, you may want to see only green homes, which could require a more specialized agent.
"Right now inventory is quite low," says Edward Achtner, senior vice president and regional sales executive at Bank of America (NYSE:BAC). "Determining what type of home buyer you are is key to understanding what you are looking for."
Achtner identifies five different types of homebuyers, here they are and what they mean for the home-search process.
Personality No.1: The Move-in-Ready Buyer
These are the homebuyers that want to purchase a house that only requires the to move in their furniture and start decorating.
These buyers are not afraid to look at many properties to find the perfect home that won't force them to roll up their sleeves for improvements or repairs.
"You don't need a big budget," as a move-in-ready buyer, says Achtner. "You just need more time seeing a lot of properties until you find one that is perfect."
Personality No.2: The Minimalist Buyer
Minimalist buyers aren't afraid to make changes to a home as long as they are minor. This type of buyer is drawn to homes that are structurally sound, but may need some new paint, updated curb appeal or other minor cosmetic changes.
"The minimalist is a combination of DIY and turn key," says Achtner. "It's someone who is looking for a property that doesn't have much to change."
Personality No.3: The Fixer Up Buyer
This group of buyers can see the potential of almost any home and isn't afraid to buy a home needing renovations.
Sometimes these buyers are first-time buyers looking for a home to put their stamp on something and other times it's a savvy buyer looking to make money off a property with a repairs and renovations. Either way, a fixer-up buyer won't think twice about remodeling the basement, bathroom or even the entire house.
"Now that we are seeing a lack of inventory, a fixer upper is a greater phenomenon," says Achtner. "Not only should you work with the right realtor, but also a financial institution with expertise [in fixer uppers]."
Personality No.4: The Life Timer Buyer
The recession has changed the way people view the homebuying process, and many first-time home buyers aren't looking for the starter home. Achtner says they are seeking out a home they can stay in for 10, 20 or even 30 years.
These buyers tend to have young children, planning a family or have multiple generations living under one roof. They plan to buy a home and stay in it for the long haul. "If you believe in the future you might have a parent moving in then find a property with a bedroom on the main level," says Achtner.
Life-time buyers may not be at a certain life cycle when they purchase the home but have the ability to plan for the future and purchase accordingly, he says.
Personality No.5: The Eco-Warrior Buyer
For this type of buyer, going green isn't a fad--it's a lifestyle. The eco-warrior buyer is always looking for ways to conserve natural resources and wants to buy a home that is energy efficient and uses minimal water and electricity.
An eco-warrior also wants a home that is close to work, entertainment and groceries to reduce his/her carbon footprint. Since eco-warriors have very specific requirements whether its geo thermal heating or solar panels, they should go with a real estate agent that specializes in that area.


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I'm a self rated intermediate (3/3.5) and looking for partner to play on weekdays.
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Hey Alex,
This Tennisopolis site is so confusing. Anyone can respond to posts, whether they are for them or not.
If you were responding to me, Lee, then I'm available to play around 11 am, Monday, Tuesday or Friday.
Or after work(~7pm) on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
I work in Mountain view, someplace close, like Rengstorff Park, would work best for me.
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I haven't tried on Google Project Glass, which attempts to overlay virtual data contextually on objects seen through a custom manufactured ocular device that resembles eyeglasses. Here's Google co-founder Sergey Brin wearing one:
Recently, Google let non-Googlers (photographers) try it out publicly for the first time, as it begins its seeding program to get the concept out there. Some think "Google Glasses are Preparing us for the Post-Phone World" and that may be. Others wrote about how Project Glass might be a bit jarring and too in-your-face after the release of a demo video from Google.
I like the general premise, but ceding so much intimate information with such precise temporal and spatial context to an information monopolist with a very questionable regard and record for personal privacy would be disturbing. On a more practical level, I had a few questions:
Optics — If you look at the photo above, you'll see that Project Glass doesn't require glasses. It does use the extremely familiar eyeglasses form factor, but without the glasses. Leaving aside aesthetic considerations, from an industrial design point of view, that's a bit problematic. The Vision Council of America estimates "approximately 75% of adults use some sort of vision correction. About 64% of them wear eyeglasses, and about 11% wear contact lenses, either exclusively, or with glasses."
Project Glass is said to cost between $250 and $600. I don't know if it would even be possible to bolt Project Glass' essential apparatus onto a user's own prescription eyewear. Or how much more money might be required to somehow refit Project Glass with one's own prescription lenses. Or how lenses customized for myopia, hyperopia, presbyopia, astigmatism or combinations thereof can be used in connection with Project Glass. Or if those who also wear prescription sunglasses, would have to duplicate their Project Glass setup. It sounds like the combined cost of custom made prescription lenses and Project Glass may be prohibitively expensive to all but the geeky avant guard. If prescription lenses and Project Glass can't affordably interoperate, does that mean Google's writing off 50-75% of the population as potential users right off the bat?
Input — Given its diminutive size, voice prompts seem to be the only method of input into the system. What happens when a user grows dependent on Project Glass for way-finding or other semi-critical tasks but voice input is unavailable in a quiet or a noisy zone or due to network inaccessibility? It would be as frustrating as an obvious affordance, like a door handle, not responding to expected behavior, but more so.
Output — The device allows easy capture of still photographs as well as video in real time. Over many decades, people have come to expect the presence of a camera or, more often than not, the raising of it to eye level for the photo/video capture process to take place. Once the physical nature of the camera is exposed, the subjects being captured can either ignore it or demand the recording to be stopped, for example in some conservative cultures or in protected areas. By being utterly stealthy, Project Glass avoids these century-old conventions to allow secret visual recordings. Google Chairman Eric Schmidt had previously indicated that "The Google policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it." Is Project Glass crossing that "creepy" line?
Data — Speaking of creepy, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the data collected by Google of a Project Glass user (who's not otherwise under broad surveillance) would far exceed any other attempt by a commercial entity in history.
Two years ago Eric Schmidt foretold this clearly: "It's a future where you don't forget anything…In this new future you're never lost…We will know your position down to the foot and down to the inch over time…you're never lonely…"
What happens when the state subpoenas your omnipresent and omniscient "invisible friend" Google for that extraordinarily comprehensive data collection on you where "nothing is forgotten"? What happens when your spouse does that in divorce proceedings? In a country like the United States where citizens don't even have a national identity card, what happens when you can't ever be practically "alone"? Exaggeration? In just a few years, the number of people who do not use a cellphone has come to belong to what Businessweek had dubbed "America's Most Exclusive Club". Data collected by Project Glass would dwarf cellphone tracking. Do we really have a legal framework for such commercial surveillance?
At this stage of development (from what can publicly be observed), it's hard to tell if Project Glass is meant to be a mainstream product to be released by the end of this year, a Hollywood summer blockbuster or another windfarm-type pie-in-the-sky Google project.


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Are You There God? It's Me, Brain.
How our innate theory of mind gives rise to the divine creator.
The following is an edited excerpt from The Belief Instinct, which will be published Feb. 7.
The scientific jury is still out on whether our species is unique among social mammals in being able to conceptualize mental states—other species, such as chimps, dogs, scrub jays and dolphins, may have some modest capacity in this regard. But there's absolutely no question that we're much better at it than the rest of the animal kingdom. We are natural psychologists, exquisitely attuned to the unseen psychological world. Reasoning about abstract mental states is as much a trademark of our species as walking upright on two legs, learning a language, and raising our offspring into their teens.
There is a scientific term for this way of thinking—"theory of mind." It's perhaps easiest to grasp the concept when considering how we struggle to make sense of someone else's bizarre or unexpected behavior. If you've ever seen an unfortunate woman at the grocery store wearing a midriff-revealing top and packed into a pair of lavender tights like meat in a sausage wrapper, or a follicularly challenged man with a hairpiece two shades off and three centimeters adrift, and asked yourself what on Earth those people were thinking when they looked in the mirror before leaving the house, this is a good sign that your theory of mind (not to mention your fashion sense) is in working order. When others violate our expectations for normalcy or stump us with surprising behaviors, our tendency to mind-read goes into overdrive. We literally "theorize" about the minds that are causing ostensible behavior.
The evolutionary significance of this mind-reading system hinges on one gigantic question: Is this psychological capacity—this theory of mind, this seeing souls glimmering beneath the skin, spirits twinkling behind orbiting eyes, thoughts in the flurry of movement—is this the "one big thing" that could help us finally understand what it means to be human? Could it tell us something about how we find meaning in the universe?
As a human being, you're prone to overextending your theory of mind to categories for which it doesn't properly belong. Many people remember fondly the classic film Le Ballon Rouge ("The Red Balloon," 1956) by French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse, in which a sensitive schoolboy—in reality Lamorisse's own 5-year-old son, Pascal—is befriended by a good-natured, cherry-red helium balloon. Absent dialogue, the camera follows the joyful two, boy and balloon, through the somber, working-class streets of the Ménilmontant neighborhood of Paris, the glossy red balloon contrasting sharply with the bleak old-Europe atmosphere while adults, oblivious to the presence of an inanimate object that has apparently been ensouled by an intelligent gas, are largely indifferent, even hostile, to the pair. Eventually, a mob of cruel children corners the boy and begins pelting the "kindhearted" balloon with stones, ultimately popping it.
The plot of Le Ballon Rouge exemplifies how our evolved brains have become hypersocial filters, such that our theory of mind is applied not only to the mental innards of other people and animals, but also, in error, to categories that haven't any mental innards at all, such as ebullient skins of elastic stretched by an inert gas. If it weren't for our theory of mind, we couldn't follow the premise of the movie, let alone enjoy Lamorisse's particular oeuvre of magical realism. When the balloon hovers outside Pascal's flat after his grandmother tries to get rid of it, we perceive a charismatic personality that "wants" to be with the boy and is "trying" to leverage itself against the window panes; it "sees" Pascal and "knows" he's inside. Our theory of mind is so effortlessly applied under such conditions that it's impossible to see the scene any other way. In fact, part of what makes the movie so effective is that the young boy in the lead role genuinely believed that the balloon was alive. "The Red Balloon was my friend," recalled a much older Pascal Lamorisse in a 2007 interview. "When you were filming it, did you really feel that way?" asked the reporter. "Yes, yes, he was a real character with a spirit of his own."
As a direct consequence of the evolution of the human social brain, and owing to the importance of our theory-of-mind skills in that process, we sometimes can't help but see intentions, desires, and beliefs in things that haven't even a smidgeon of a neural system. In particular, when inanimate objects do unexpected things, we sometimes reason about them just as we do for oddly behaving—or misbehaving—people. More than a few of us have kicked our broken-down vehicles in the sides and verbally abused our incompetent computers. Most of us stop short of actually believing these objects possess mental states—indeed, we would likely be hauled away to an asylum if we genuinely believed that they held malicious intent—but our emotions and behaviors toward such objects seem to betray our primitive, unconscious thinking: we act as though they're morally culpable for their actions.
Some developmental psychologists even believe that this cognitive bias to see intentions in inanimate objects—and thus formulate a very basic theory of mind—can be found in babies just a few months out of the womb. For example, Hungarian psychologists György Gergely and Gergely Csibra from the Central European University in Budapest have shown that babies, on the basis of their staring response, act surprised when a dot on a computer screen continues to butt up against an empty space on the screen after a computerized barrier blocking its path has been deleted. It's as if the baby is trying to figure out why the dot is acting as though it "thinks" the barrier is still there. By contrast, the infants are not especially interested—that is, they don't stare in surprise—when the dot stops in front of the block, or when the dot continues along its path in the absence of the barrier.
The most famous example of this cognitive phenomenon of seeing minds in nonliving objects, however, is a 1944 American Journal of Psychology study by Austrian researchers Fritz Heider and Mary-Ann Simmel. The scientists put together a simplistic animated film depicting three moving, black-and-white figures: a large triangle, a small triangle, and a small circle. Participants watched the figures moving about on the screen for a while and then were asked to describe what they had just seen. Most fell back on a human social behavioral narrative—for example, seeing the large triangle as "bullying" the "timid" smaller triangle, both of "whom" were "seeking" the "affections" of the "female" circle.
So it would appear that having a theory of mind was so useful for our ancestors in explaining and predicting other people's behaviors that it has completely flooded our evolved social brains. As a result, today we overshoot our mental-state attributions to things that are, in reality, completely mindless. And all of this leads us, rather inevitably, to a very important question: What if I were to tell you that God's mental states, too, were all in your mind? That God, like a tiny speck floating at the edge of your cornea producing the image of a hazy, out-of-reach orb accompanying your every turn, was in fact a psychological illusion, a sort of evolved blemish etched onto the core cognitive substrate of your brain? It may feel as if there is something grander out there . . . watching, knowing, caring. Perhaps even judging. But, in fact, that's just your overactive theory of mind. In reality, there is only the air you breathe.
After all, once we scrub away all the theological bric-a-brac and pluck the exotic cross-cultural plumage of religious beliefs from all over the world, once we get under God's skin, isn't He really just another mind—one with emotions, beliefs, knowledge, understanding, and, perhaps above all else, intentions? Aren't theologians really just playing the role of God's translators, and isn't every holy book ever written a detailed psychoanalysis of God? That strangely sticky sense that God "willfully" created us as individuals, "wants" us to behave in particular ways, "observes" and "knows" about our otherwise private actions, "communicates" messages to us in code through natural events, and "intends" to meet us after we die would have also been felt, in some form, by our Pleistocene ancestors.
Consider, briefly, the implications of seeing God this way, as a sort of scratch on our psychological lenses rather than the enigmatic figure out there in the heavenly world that most people believe Him to be. Subjectively, God would still be present in our lives. (For some people, rather annoyingly so.) He would continue to suffuse our experiences with an elusive meaning and give the sense that the universe is communicating with us in various ways. But this notion of God as an illusion is a radical and, some would say, even dangerous idea because it raises important questions about whether God is an autonomous, independent agent that lives outside human brain cells, or instead a phantom cast out upon the world by our species' own peculiarly evolved theory of mind. Since the human brain, like any physical organ, is a product of evolution, and since natural selection works without recourse to intelligent forethought, this mental apparatus of ours evolved to think about God quite without need of the latter's consultation, let alone His being real.
Then again, one can never rule out the possibility that God microengineered the evolution of the human brain so that we've come to see Him more clearly, a sort of divine LASIK procedure, or scraping off the bestial glare that clouds the minds of other animals.
Either way, this cognitive capacity, this theory of mind, has baked itself into our heads when it comes to our pondering of life's big questions. Unlike any science-literate generation that has come before, we now possess the intellectual tools to observe our own minds at work and to understand how God came to be there. And we alone are poised to ask, "Has our species' unique cognitive evolution duped us into believing in this, the grandest mind of all?"


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Lupus is chronic and complex, and is often difficult to diagnose.
There is no single laboratory test that can determine if a person has lupus.
To complicate matters, many symptoms of lupus are similar to those of other diseases, and can come and go over weeks and months. It can often take years for a diagnosis to be made.
To diagnose lupus, a doctor should be able to find physical or laboratory evidence of the condition, such as swelling of joints, protein in the urine, fluid around the lungs or heart, or a skin biopsy (test of a sample) that shows evidence of the disease. The doctor also will look at a person's medical history and special tests to rule out other diseases.
Doctors use the American College of Rheumatology's "Eleven Criteria of Lupus" to help make—or exclude—a diagnosis of lupus.
Typically, four or more of the following criteria must be present to make a diagnosis of systemic lupus.
The "Eleven Criteria"
1. Malar rash: butterfly-shaped rash across cheeks and nose
2. Discoid (skin) rash: raised red patches
3. Photosensitivity: skin rash as result of unusual reaction to sunlight
4. Mouth or nose ulcers: usually painless
5. Arthritis (nonerosive) in two or more joints, along with tenderness, swelling, or effusion. With nonerosive arthritis, the bones around joints don't get destroyed.
6. Cardio-pulmonary involvement: inflammation of the lining around the heart (pericarditis) and/or lungs (pleuritis)
7. Neurologic disorder: seizures and/or psychosis
8.Renal (kidney) disorder: excessive protein in the urine, or cellular casts in the urine
9. Hematologic (blood) disorder: hemolytic anemia, low white blood cell count, or low platelet count
10. Immunologic disorder: antibodies to double stranded DNA, antibodies to Sm, or antibodies to cardiolipin
11. Antinuclear antibodies (ANA): a positive test in the absence of drugs known to induce it. A special note on the ANA test
Other Types of Lupus
Although the broad term "lupus" usually refers to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or S.L.E., this is only one type of lupus. Other types of lupus are:
• Cutaneous or "skin" lupus erythematosus. This form of lupus mainly affects the skin—not the rest of the body. Signs include a rash on the face, scalp, or elsewhere that may last for days or years, and can recur. Unlike systemic lupus, cutaneous lupus does not threaten the health of other organs and tissues in the body. And although it's clearly a concern, it's not that common for cutaneous lupus to turn into systemic lupus. A type of cutaneous lupus called "discoid" lupus involves potentially scarring sores with inflammation, typically on the face, scalp, and ears. These lesions can scar.
• "Drug-induced lupus" is triggered by the use of certain medicines. It usually goes away once the triggering medicines are stopped. Symptoms of this form of lupus are often relatively mild.
If You've Been Diagnosed With Lupus
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I don't want to get too sidetracked since this has already been debated but SSDs tend to really only help where the disk is the bottleneck. In a gaming machine this is much more likely than in a laptop or older computer. While originally not convinced, I think there's something to be said for SSDs in these since they're gaming systems.
The disk is nearly always a bottleneck in pretty much any PC built in the last 20 years, maybe more. The only time it's not is when the rest of your system can't pull or feed data to it fast enough. Downloading or uploading over a connection slower than the drive's write speeds, or read speed. Other than that or some ridiculously intense CPU or GPU operation where it's just churning on calculations, you're waiting on the disk for something unless the system is idling.
Anything that reduces that wait is good.
I'm not so sure this is the case any longer. At least not for the average user. I just installed an SSD into my 1.8GHz Power Mac and while it has reduced application startup times I still see the spinning beach ball way too often. Needless to say I was very disappointed in the lack of performance offered by the SSD (this is the second such example as I have an SSD in my work laptop too). In the end this is a Power Mac. A $300 Micro Center special would provide a better improvement.
This is not to say SSDs don't have benefit. But for the average user I think the cost/capacity ratio is too high.


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While Hummingbird has been much discussed, not many people understand it yet, or appreciate its benefits because it isn't an obvious feature of Google search. If you want to try it, go to Google on your smartphone and click on the microphone to activate a voice search.
For a bit of fun, say 'Tottenham Hotspur'. Google will search for the greatest team in the world (guest opinion - Ed), and then read out an up to date fact, perhaps the latest result and information about the next match.
Next, click the microphone again and ask a related question, such as 'how old are they?' Google will then show you the Wikipedia information about the club. Ask another question, such as 'where do they play?' and Google will show you information about White Hart Lane.
So, that is Hummingbird in a nutshell - a clever way of linking queries so that, instead of starting each search from scratch, Google can show you more pertinent information related to your previous search.
How does Hummingbird relate to content marketing?
Linking searches in this way turns the search experience into more of a conversation. You shouldn't require a degree in astro-physics to work out where this is going to go. The search engine will soon be able to predict what we want before we know to ask it. That's where the connection to content marketing comes in.
Think about it. If someone has landed on your website having searched for something, there's a strong chance they will have another query that needs answering. Online content publishing has evolved radically, due to a number of factors.
There used to be a trend for creating endless articles full of repeated keywords because Google would reward sites with lots of fresh content and because the repeated use of keywords would help rankings.
That changed when Google decided that too much of the stuff reaching the top of the results lacked substance or any genuine value. Recently, the trend has been to produce more long-form content, where more information can be included in one article. Some long-form articles are long enough to be ebooks.
Now, Hummingbird should make us all re-think about the way we plan and write content. There's an excellent logic to it and, applied properly, websites should be better for it.
Understanding intent is the key to thinking like Hummingbird
In a nutshell, think about why people are looking for something rather than what they are looking for. A content strategy should be designed to answer their needs, not just provide them with facts.
Hummingbird links different websites together to answer questions, but if you follow the same logic, you can plan a chain of connected pieces of information on your website.
Let's use white goods as an example, specifically washing machines. A retailer might feature a range of washing machines, with images and specifications and that might be that, but there are several things a buyer might want to know at different stages of the sales cycle.
Here are some examples of content that could match the intent of these users.
Top of the funnel: just looking for information
- How do washing machines work?
- What's the difference between bio and non-bio washing?
- How much electricity do washing machines use?
- Which washing machines are made in the UK?
- Does hard water damage washing machines?
Middle of the funnel: shopping around, exploring options
- Top washing machine brands compared
- What different functions are available on washing machines?
- Which washing machines are most energy efficient?
- How long does the average wash cycle take?
- What's the best detergent to use in a washing machine?
Bottom of the funnel: ready to buy, comparing retailers and prices
- What delivery and installation options are available?
- What do customer reviews say about xxxxxxx?
- How easy is it to install?
- How noisy is it - in comparison with other machines?
- Compare prices
After sales care: information for customers
- How does the guarantee work? Do you fix it on site?
- Do I need to keep checking the filter?
- Help with the program - it seems to have an error
- Why is powder collecting in the detergent tray?
- Which program is best for different washes?
Now you need to connect it all together
Following the Hummingbird mentality, you need to connect dots for the user with a logical process.
If they want to know one thing, there may be other relating things or follow-on questions they want answers to. Any one of the ideas above could be broken down into a series of helpful articles, or link to video guides or instructographics.
The key is to avoid dead ends but also to avoid making the user have to hunt around to find the answers. You don't want to break it down so much that they feel they are being led through a labyrinth with a never-ending array of answers. Your aim is to solve their problem, but sometimes you can't solve everyone's problem on one page.
Think about how different pieces of information can be linked together so that users can find these related articles in a way that is easy to navigate. Information architecture is a skill in itself.
How does this all help with content marketing?
So, you have used the Hummingbird mentality to create content that answers natural questions in a way that covers all the bases. What this should give you is two things, depending on how it is all published.
First, you should be better placed to benefit from search results, because you have content that answers specific, niche questions. Second, such helpful content is the kind of stuff that customers might share socially and in forums, such as Ask Yahoo!, when they want to be helpful to others.
This article was co-written with Steve Masters
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Really helpful article Michelle especially the funnel; hummingbird appears to be a "silent" game changer and we'll have to wake up to this reality.
Thanks Shadrach - glad you found it useful. Yes you're spot on - it's already upon us and marketers need to react 'now'!
Hi Michelle, a informative and very well-written article. Content Marketing is the new black and it needs to be created keeping in mind the consumer's wants and needs. We at Tangerine Digital (www.tangerinedigital.com) believes in creating and managing compelling content in the form of great stories for our clients globally.
Thank you so much for an insightful post.
Team Tangerine Digital
Thanks Michelle, nice way to model the user search journey.
I would also place emphasis on mobile devices alongside this. As we move away from point and click and into touch and swipe, I believe we'll start to embrace voice commands more so than ever in our everyday devices in the next few years (think Xbox 1, Google Glass, Motorola X) all veering toward voice command. It's quicker and more intuitive for us as humans. So it's not just about getting set for the new long-tail queries but also in ensuring they're presentable for mobile devices (not just Smartphone and Tablets). Some of which will read the content out, others that will present them in smaller format.
We also have additional areas such as rich snippets and structured data which can all help Google better interpret data, which is what Hummingbird is fundamentally changing. The link between query intent and result for a better UX.
For me, format and structure is as important as the content itself for Hummingbird.
Great article Michelle. Many businesses view Google's updates as tedious new rules designed to complicate their SEO efforts. If you look at the core intention of changes, like Hummingbird, it's clear that they're all designed to keep Google ahead in the search engine market, and that's a good thing in my book. There's no room for stagnancy in today's competitive digital marketplace.
Amazing article, Michelle. By reading the article, I still say that "Content is the King". I believe that if we stay away from the plagiarism then Google can't harm us! No matter, which updates are out! Thanks for sharing :D
Google is into a perfect search now. They are creating filters that will users will benefit. It's on the online marketers how they will ride along with this updates.
I just wanna say 2014 will be the year of content and social media.
anyhow nice post Michelle Hill
Excellent article. Great infographic. It has got me think more about the content of each website I design. From this I can develop a process that I can use with clients to improve the quality of of the information provided as many clients just think about the buyers part of the funnel as these are the ones who are at the point of handing over money. In reality it is about introducing their brand to the enquirers and browsers for the long term and supporting existing clients building trust and the relationship. Thanks for a very thought provoking article.
Hi Michelle,
Interesting article, thank you. In a previous article about Hummingbird I read that you need to use Schema Markup for the related queries to work and to avoid users to start each (related) query to work. Is this correct?
The implications of this are huge, even for those of us who have been involved with content marketing for some time. I see much greater emphasis on research to understand how potential customers think, planning to ensure we're creating even more of the right kind of content, and measuring to ensure it is the right content and we're using it in the right ways. The good news is that businesses with a genuine customer service ethos should find this a fairly natural approach to marketing.
To reply to Richard's comment, we've started to look more into long-tail keywords recently and be more customer focused (the content we're currently creating is too geared towards promoting ourselves and our products).
Very well written Michelle - an excellent way of demoing to clients - although I might change the name of the football club!
In reply to Nathalie Allard, I do not believe the presence of Schema markup has a direct relationship with Hummingbird.
Basically, Hummingbird is a method for linking a web search to a previous search, based on context and the use of trigger words. The actual search is a fresh web search.
If you search for one thing and then ask Google "how old is it?", Hummingbird uses the "it" to refer to what you just searched for. It then runs a search for "how old is it" but replaces the word it with the previous thing you searched for. Each search is effectively a new search.
Where Schema would make a difference is in improving the quality score of your content - the better you mark up your content, the more likely you are to appear as one of the top results in answer to a question, if that makes sense.
Schema is not a requirement because Google makes its own decisions what to show for any given search.
Good article, but I'm not 100% sure about that funnel - some of those searches don't look like they are being run by the same people, to me.
How do washing machines work?
doesn't seem like the start of a buying funnel - that sounds to me like either schoolchildren doing a project, or someone who has got an old machine and is planning to deconstruct it. Perhaps some content testing should be done to check this?
What's the difference between bio and non-bio washing?
Is that a washing machine question? It sounds more like a washing *liquid* question. Do people buy liquid and machines at the same time from the same place? More research! More testing!
How much electricity do washing machines use?
Which washing machines are made in the UK?
Does hard water damage washing machines?
Those three could be the start of a buying process and you could add things like 'why does my washing machine smell?' and 'why is my washing machine not spinning' to the list.
But of course this tactic is not new for Hummingbird - it's been a good content generation strategy for a long time. I guess one consideration is likely to be how much time and effort it will take to keep it updated though, which for many smaller businesses is a real worry.
Thanks for clarifying this Steve. For the Schema, we're looking into using it more to increase the CTR in Google search results although I wasn't aware that it's up to Google if they want to show it.
Really useful blog. For writers, journalists, emarketers and webmasters, the key to providing content - on whatever level and for whoever - is to understand the connections and the clarity in the information.
That's a great article and your list of questions for trying out Hummingbird was particularly good. I agree with Victoria though, I don't think people buying washing machines care how they work, they probably just need one that DOES work to replace the one they have that DOESN'T work. But that is nitpicking. Sorry.
Hi Victoria, and Sarah. Those example questions are supposed to be illustrative of the level of the sales funnel. I agree that they are unlikely to be performed by the same person, and certainly not on the same occasion.
The idea for choosing those is to reflect relationships. The whole top of funnel scenario is about reaching everyone and then filtering from there. Some brands would think it's worth reaching students. They may, after all, want to buy a washing machine at some point and brand awareness could be useful in that context.
Likewise with questions about bio v non-bio. Just because it is a question about powder/liquid and not the machine itself, that doesn't mean the asker won't be in the market for a washing machine at some point. People don't buy a washing machine every day, but you can help them with content that is relevant to their everyday laundry needs, in order to build a brand relationship with them. Why wait only until they are ready to buy a machine?
I think Hummingbird actually makes the job of the white hat-inclined SEO easier - if anything, it's the companies that hire the SEOs that have to embrace the new reality of higher prices. Instead of merely automating backlinking strategies and submitting articles everywhere, now you've REALLY got to focus on writing great content that fulfills a need. The tips-and-tricks era is slowly drawing to a close, in favor of outstanding content. We at serpstar.org have always stressed content over blog commenting, directory submissions and all that nonsense, so we'll be able to ride the coming wave easily.
This is what I've noticed too, plenty of people are aware of the update, although not many people look at what it entails or its implications on a wider scale.
Conversational search is something that marketers will need to get used to, although this has been a content tactic for a long time anyway despite the new update. Content should be about your audience first and the search engines second, so this resonates with Hummingbird.
Conversational tone will also find its way into the content you produce if you are working on a big scale project as well. Thanks for sharing Michelle.
Hi Michelle and Steve
Really good article, I have bookmarked this page and also sent it to my team.
"Next, click the microphone again and ask a related question, such as 'how old are they?' Google will then show you the Wikipedia information about the club." ...it's funny for me Siri just replied with, "Interesting question Lucy" and then nothing else. It's still obviously finding its feet or was possibly shocked at the fact a girlie girl like me was asking questions about football ha! I checked with typing in Google too and it didn't pick this up either hmmm.
I'm interested to know how it stops this happening - starting a new search and getting confused thinking you're still after 'Tottenham Hotspur' related searches.
This is definitely one of the best articles I have read on Econ and your thought about 'Information Architecture' is my new favourite sentence.
Thanks you, L.
Hi Lucy - thanks for your comment - it made me laugh! Glad you found the article useful. Yes it's sometimes a bit hit n miss isn't it - will definitely be interesting to see how it develops over this year.
Hi Lucy, that's really great feedback, thank you. It's interesting how you got a different result. I tried it again and it worked. Maybe Siri is working differently in different locations.
You can also try it by searching for Landmark Group. If you do a second search for "where are they", it doesn't link up, but if you ask "where is it?" you get a connected answer.
This is, of course, grammatically correct because a company is a singular thing, not a plural. Perhaps Google is a little too pedantic. :-)
To be honest I would be if I was Google ;) Thanks guys!
This post is really helps who people are fresher to our Marketing Fields.
We value your post. can u suggest some good steps for the hummingbird update, I mean to say what we have to do for seo according to the hummingbird update of Google.
I think Hummingbird actually makes the job of the white hat-inclined SEO easier
This post is really helps who people are fresher to our Marketing Fields.


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