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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Lip-Smacking Sounds of Gelada Baboons Heralded as Missing Link
Christians often get accused of bending the truth and making stretches on observations to prove a point of creationism or Biblical accounts. Unfortunately, the same holds true in the world of science where stretching the imagination and abandoning common sense are often tools of the trade to prove that life on earth was an accident.
It’s front page news that Thore Bergman, a scientist from the University of Ann Arbor, thought that there were people behind him talking when he was working in the mountains of Ethiopia.
“It was unnerving to have primate vocalizations sound so much like human voices,” the scientist said in a press release.
The way that they make sounds, known as “wobbles”, is a rapid lip-smacking that generates noises unlike other primates. Here is a short sampling, the best we were able to find on YouTube:
Freaky? Absolutely. Resembling of human speech? It’s a slight stretch, but compared the shrieks, cries, and roars of other primates it’s definitely the closest to human sounds as possible, not so much because it sounds like the noises that humans normally make but because humans could make similar sounds. It’s definitely an interesting find, a curiosity that makes for a fun YouTube video and possibly even a need for further examination. It definitely does not warrant the attention it’s getting in mainstream media or claims being made by some publications.
Here’s the listing on Google News. It was listed as one of the top stories of the day:
This is so far from being a missing link that many scientists are even calling it a stretch, yet as part of our programming the find is being called a breakthrough in the quest to prove that we evolved from monkeys.
Even if you believe that the sounds could evolve into ancient human speech, there’s one thing that it simply cannot reconcile. The ability to speak has always been a major stumbling block for evolutionists because it requires a sudden jump. Communication from an evolutionary perspective is necessary for many animals. They warn each other of danger, announce moods, participate in mating rituals, and in the case of dolphins and a handful of other creatures, it allows for communication of individuality.
Complex speech cannot, based upon evolutionary standards, happen accidentally. It can and does evolve over time once the basic need to communicate through speech is established, but establishing the need for speech as part of communication is not possible without help. This is where scientific discovery works against itself. Many animals can be taught to communicate. Chimpanzees have famously been taught sign language and other types of complex communication techniques that demonstrate an aptitude, but they must be taught.
The best friend of scientific theories as they pertain to evolution and the formation of the universe is, of course, time. It is used by the vast majority of scientists as the driving force behind their theories in these regards. It makes it to where they don’t have to prove how an actual ability such as speech, flight, or even sight was able to evolve. They simply have to demonstrate that there was something there that could have evolved, then apply large numbers to their hypothesis to account for impossibilities. This is an example. Gelada baboons have the ability to make human-like noises, therefore given 2.5 million years they’ll be able to speak like humans because of evolution.
It doesn’t address the spark. It doesn’t address that for language to evolve, it must exist in the first place. Vocal communication is not speech. There is no evolutionary reason for animals to need to give names to anything in their surroundings such as trees or other animals. Therefore, the ability to speak cannot be born through evolution. Again, speech itself can evolve once established but it must be established first. This cannot happen over 2.5 million years.
Perhaps the easier way to demonstrate this is with sight. Here is how it was explained 7 years ago:
Scientists have traced the origin of eyes back to a transparent blob of living jelly floating in the sea about 600 million years ago.
That creature, the distant ancestor of a modern freshwater animal known as a hydra, could only distinguish light from dark.
But that simple trick was such an advantage that it was passed on from generation to generation of the hydra’s cousins and their myriad descendants. It was the precursor of the wildly different, ever more complex eyes of fish, ants, flies, giraffes and people.
Notice where the story of the evolution of sight starts – with a creature that could distinguish between light and dark. This is a problem for evolutionists because it still does not explain why the creature developed the ability to make that distinction in the first place. For evolution to work, a need must be filled. For a need to be filled, an observable stimulus must trigger the need. How can the ability to distinguish between light and dark come about if the predecessors had no way of known that there was light in the first place?
There are those who will debate it until they’re blue in the face but they cannot determine the sparking factor. The answer that is almost always attributed to the solution is random genetic mutation. Something happened randomly to one and then it grew to spread across entire species. As you walk along the path set before you by Yeshua, remember that there are two primary “reasonable explanations” that others will use to try to convince you of their falsehoods: long lengths of time and genetic mutations. They are the only things that can confuse the issue enough to suspend disbelief.
Unfortunately, they are powerful tools strong enough to keep many in the dark. This is just another example of the same concept. Just look at all of the coverage that this is getting. Don’t be fooled by the silliness of science designed to deceive.
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Facebook Page Marketing: The First Three Steps
Most of the advice out there today pertaining to Facebook marketing assumes a few things. First, it usually assumes that you want more fans. Then, it usually assumes that every fan base is the same and that they should be catering to the same type of content. Third, it assumes that most businesses are dumb.
Thankfully, the advice I posted today for local businesses wanting to get going with their Facebook marketing doesn’t fall into any of these traps. It discusses the three important first steps in getting your Facebook marketing jumpstarted.
I go into details about the three on Techi:
The first three steps in the process are the easiest, the ones that can all be described in a single blog post. The stages beyond the first three get much more complex, not because they’re so much harder but because they become very specific to the goals of the business as well as the personality of the team. We can’t go into those, but the first three should be enough to get you going.
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Monday, April 8, 2013
Your Left Hand Needs to Talk to Your Right Hand in Search
Let’s first take a moment to let the cover image of this story wear off a bit. It’s pretty freaky, I know. Once that’s done, let’s talk about how the evolution of search marketing has come to the point that we need to use freaky images to get your attention.
SEO and PPC are very different which is why for years it has been okay to have one company running one and another company running the other. They have always been complementary of each other but they didn’t necessarily have to talk to each other. The separation between paid and organic has for some time been considered a positive – trying to do both is hard because of the potential conflict in strategy and purpose.
Things have changed in 2013. The two must talk to each other. Whether it’s two different companies working each separately or through a single company that handles both with different departments, the best way to have a solid search marketing strategy is by making sure that efforts on both fronts are truly working together. When done properly, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Here’s why:
- PPC Focus on Organic Weaknesses – SEO takes time. PPC is instant. When there are important keywords that are lagging from an organic perspective, the fastest way to bridge the gap is through PPC.
- Organic Cannibalization – This is a debate that I would love to have with any search professional. If you’re ranked at the top organically for a mid-level search term, you don’t need to pay as much for it (or even buy it at all). Studies have shown that for the types of mid-level search terms that garner clicks based upon choice rather than position, PPC can take organic clicks away and yield the same basic results as not buying that keyword in the first place. In other words, the money is spent but the clicks don’t measurably increase. There is a very specific strategy behind identifying these types of keywords that would take more than this blog post to flesh out, but when the two sides are communicating, money is saved on the same number of clicks. In essence, ROI goes up as a result.
- Double Down Principle – There are certain keywords with which it makes sense to dominate from both a paid and organic perspective. This is where having a shared understanding of the analytics driving both comes into play. For example, is a page ranks at the top organically, a consolidated strategy would have the paid listing pointing to a different landing page. When people click through to one, then the other, they’re greeted with two different types of propositions.
- Rightsized Budgets – This is arguably the most important reason to have organic and paid talking to each other, even being the same entity. There are times when services should compete, but this isn’t one of those times. When the dollars are being managed separately, both sides want more of the budget to prove success. When the budgets are consolidated, the goals align to achieve the most high-value clicks for the amount of money being spent regardless of which hand is doing the spending. It’s the best path to achieve the highest ROI on search marketing spend.
Take a look at your paid and organic search companies. Are they talking to each other? Are either saying that they don’t need to talk to the other because they work independently? If so, it may be time to look at someone else because that sort of thinking is antiquated. Get the two hands talking to each other as soon as possible.
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
What We Want to See: Make Yourself More Personable Online
So you have a Facebook page for your business, you have a Twitter account, you’re doing all you think you need to do to have a good, strong online presence. And that’s very good, but all the tweets in the world might not amount to a hill of beans unless you remember one very important thing: the human factor.
Now I’m sure you’ve seen your average Facebook account from one of your many clients, or even looked into whatever it is your kids might be doing on Facebook too. They share videos, photos, news articles, post on each other’s walls with nonsense, keep constant updates with what is going on in their lives or what they’re eating for lunch. I suggest you do the same.
And I know that your average business wants to maintain an image of staunch professionalism, but a casual image may do wonders to garner more attention from your clientele. You know what people like to see? They like to see employees having fun around the office. Look at Google Headquarters. You see the employees going down slides, fighting with plastic swords, and generally having fun. People respond well to images like that because they feel like they can relate to the company. People like to have fun – you should show them that you and your company like to have fun too. Whether this means posting a video of your employees doing their own version of the Harlem Shake, or perhaps some random thoughts about current events, try your best to relate to your clientele and they will feel a certain fondness towards your company.
Have a new product that you’re looking to announce? Why not tease it a few days in advance to keep your followers waiting with bated breath? Or maybe around Christmas time, you post a video of your employees singing Christmas Carols. Your audience wants to see that there are human beings working behind the brand, and not faceless executives looking to make money. Social media is all about strengthening relationships online, so you must take advantage of every resource available in order to form steady friendships with your customers.
You see other companies like Cheez-It posting humorous photos on Facebook every single day receiving anywhere from 2,000 to 10,000 “likes” every time! These photos not only advertise their product, but also show that the company is capable of making you laugh.
Who would you rather hang out with: the guy showing off his new designer clothes like a putz, or the dude behind him cracking jokes at how seriously the other guy takes himself? Even a less frivolous brand like Q-Tip has taken to posting tips on how to make good use of their products every day that receives anywhere from 30-300 “likes”.
So you can see other companies making good use of social media in order to better appeal towards their clientele. People want to be able to trust their favorite brands, and trust is formed through friendship. Make your company something that your customers want to get to know. Use your best judgment, and have fun with your employees and your customers. Fun is the image you want to advertise, so make your policy a fun one.
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Another Social Media Revolution Video. This Time It’s Good.
If you’re at work or close to a sleeping baby, turn your volume down. The music starts off loud and keeps going.
Then again, so does the video. It starts off with some loud statistics and keeps on going. While some of the statistics are already old (what stats aren’t these days?) the overall message is better than some of the previous Social Media Revolution videos. While it still doesn’t capture the magic of the original, it’s definitely not a bad play.
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