The
advent of the internet obliterated the gaps between people in opposite sides of
the globe and built intersecting bridges to connect them. The development of its
services is relentless; each innovation is aimed at overcoming the deficiencies
of the previous one. One example is the search engine Google. With the dawn of the
Google revolution, the world will continue to shrink until distance becomes but
a virtual thing.
A
frivolous video to promote her business blog was Ms. Kring Elenzano’s objectification
of creativity. Supplement her own antics and marketing strategies and her blog grew
that the once channel for sentimental ideas has become an instrument for interaction
between salesman and customers. “For the awareness of brand and promotion of
special events” (as she said was the goal of a business blog), her business
blog contained animated and casual posts while it retained its business-y mood.
I for one can be a testimony to a top benefit of maintaining a business blog. When
looking for reviews about or how to apply certain products, I have come across blogs
similar to hers. This is because business blogs are in the search engine. I
find it more appealing, too, when the blogger touches on other subjects other than
her business, just anything not relevant to it. This should be kept minimal but
hey, it might be the ticket to “more shares, more leads, more sales”! ( Ms.
Kring mentioned that more pages means more chances to be ranked and shared.)
It’s
as if the lights were dimmed and a world map was pulled down to reveal
something that will intentionally capture our eyes. But it wasn’t a map; it was
the story of Yolanda. With the onslaught of the typhoon, the Google Person
Finder became a beneficial tool for the victims’ relatives to be informed about
their whereabouts. Its function is not bound by the necessities of
calamity-stricken areas because of it functions as OFW-finder. It does so much
to underline the convenience enjoyed by people who have access to today’s
technology. Unfortunately though, our country has yet to establish its own Crisis
Response. But just being a witness of how fast-paced their progress is, I am
pretty sure soon enough this “easy access to critical information” will be
within our reach.
Probably
the most amusing creation we got to hear about was the MapUps. It is as if
anyone can construct his own neighbourhood or regions like in novels, except
that in this one, what you put up is real. Of course the motive to promote
business is omnipresent (since you can advertise for free), but I am kind of
thrilled just knowing I can look up the itineraries, roads, routes, etc. of a
place in an online map. Then maybe I can accumulate photos and data then print them
and lay them in front of me while I gasp and stare at the actual place.
