While parts of the country are starting to cool down, other areas remain stuck in the simmering heat (often called “the dog days of summer”). Here’s a truly cute 24-second video (and potential way to help you stay cool):

For my friends down-under, just heading into summer, you might consider this strategy for staying cool, too, LOL!

In the olden days, personal computers were large, clunky, definitely non-mobile creatures, and there was no such thing as a laptop, let alone an apple laptop. However, Apple didn’t stand still and just take it on the chin. We all know the story. Two guys get together, develop, fight, and part ways. But for those lucky enough to enjoy the wonders of any Apple product, their new selection of an apple laptop for those in the market for mobility is amazingly diverse.

Why Choose An Apple Laptop?

Apple users have always been thought of as a breed apart. PC users have been lured into the idea that Apple products are not the way to go. Lots of marketing ploys, but the truth is far different than the picture painted.

A good friend of ours, who lives in the Los Angeles area, is a truly loyal Apple user, a real apple laptop fan. In fact, I believe you’d have to pry it from his cold, dead hands (sorry it’s just an expression). However, he does love it that much

And, are you aware that the big manufacturers you associate with pc’s also make sure they have a large selection of apple laptops in their arsenals? It’s true. Hewlett-Packard has more than 280 apple-related products, Acer clocks in with more than 180, Toshiba with 153. Those are just some of the “big name” manufacturers, long trusted to supply the best of the best laptops.

A Mobile World Means An Apple Laptop

In a world that moves at the speed of light, having a MacBook Air Notebook (for example) at the ready is a must. Weighing in at a mere 3 pounds, along with its amazing 1.6 GHz 2/64 Flash, what Apple did was take what they had learned by designing the iPad and incorporated those features and more into this highly portable machine.

Of course, there are many, many, many more choices in a variety of sizes, prices, and features. So the next time you’re in the market for a computer, be sure to put an apple laptop on your list to investigate when you go shopping!

After watching this video sent to me by a good friend, I went hunting for more out on YouTube. I don’t know about you, but I’m a bit (okay more than a bit) afraid of bees (click those words to see why). It’s called Apiphobia for any of you wondering what the term is that describes this, perhaps unnecessary fear.

But still I am and the link above gives me even more reason. The video below was chosen because YouTube gave me the embed code:

However, the first link is the one that will have you truly freaking out AND checking your house with a vigilant eye. Bees do serve a purpose, and a darn vital one. Just living with them isn’t in my game plan

It seems strange to me that there are groups of individuals online de-stressing the continued importance of SEO. For those who don’t yet know the term (if any such person exists), it stands for search engine optimization firm. Well actually SEO itself leaves off the “firm” part, but you get my drift

Ignore SEO?

The fact is that everything and anything you do that “sticks” online needs to be optimized. Disregard SEO and the many other factors that accompany site creation, and you’ll never be found. A good search engine marketing firm understands the primary purpose to web site and even blog creation… get into the search engines!

SEO and Hot Marketing

SEO is the backbone to the goal of being one among the many returned results when a person does a search in Google, Yahoo!, MSN, and a bunch of other search methods. Most who try on their own do a royally poor job of optimization. I’ve seen sites so jammed full of terms unrelated to what their site is about, all the way to those who take phrases or “keywords” that haven’t a thing to do with what their web site is selling.

Wasted space. Waste of time.

To properly promote, you need not thousands of keywords or keyword phrases but a select, very focused choice of words. You let your content itself pick up or support the rest. Search engine algorithms all work differently, so by playing to all sides of the circle, proper SEO is sure to land your website or blog where it needs to be – in your hottest market, the search engines themselves.