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Will constant access to the Internet make today's young people brilliant multitaskers or shallow, screen-bound hermits? A new opinion poll finds that technology experts believe the answer is "all of the above."

According to a new survey of 1,021 technology experts and critics, hyperconnectivity is a mixed bag. Fifty-five percent of those surveyed agreed that the Internet has wired the under-35 crowd differently, and that this rewiring is a good thing, stimulating multitasking talent and an ability to find relevant information fast online. But 42 percent of experts believe that the hyperconnected brain is shallow, with an unhealthy dependence on the Internet and mobile devices.

"Short attention spans resulting from quick interactions will be detrimental to focusing on the harder problems, and we will probably see a stagnation in many areas: technology, even social venues such as literature," Alvaro Retana, a technologist at HP, responded in the survey. "The people who will strive and lead the charge will be the ones able to disconnect themselves to focus."

Dire predictions

According to the Elon University Imagining the Internet Center and the Pew Internet Project, which conducted the survey, the technology expert split is closer to 50-50 on whether the rise of the Internet is a boon or a bane. Many people who responded that Internet-savvy Generation Y is at a mental advantage tempered that opinion with warnings about the dark side of connectedness. [10 Facts About the Teen Brain]

"While they said access to people and information is intensely improved in the mobile Internet age, they added that they are already witnessing deficiencies in younger people's abilities to focus their attention, be patient and think deeply," Janna Anderson, director of Elon's Imagining the Internet Center and a co-author of the report detailing the findings, said in a statement. "Some expressed concerns that trends are leading to a future in which most people are shallow consumers of information, and several mentioned Orwell's '1984.'"

George Orwell's 1949 book described a dystopian society where information was strictly controlled. One respondent who mentioned the book was Paul Gardner-Stephen, a telecommunications fellow at Flinders University.

"[C]entralized powers that can control access to the Internet will be able to significantly control future generations," Gardner-Stephen wrote. "It will be much as in Orwell's '1984', where control was achieved by using language to shape and limit thought, so future regimes may use control of access to the Internet to shape and limit thought."

Online optimism

Many experts praised the talents needed to navigate the Internet, however, and suggested that people who have grown up connected will blossom.

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We've now seen two Internet marriage proposals in just a few weeks, one onMashableanother onBuzzFeed. Is this an acceptable way to ask for someone's hand in marriage? We discuss.

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Yes! Stop judging. Accept it. Move on.

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It's sweet and thoughtful.Future husband(s): This is not my ideal proposal. But for some women out there, it is! It took Drake Martinet, who Internet-proposed to his now fiancee Stacey Green, more time and brain neurons to createthis infographicthan it takes to buy an engagement ring, go to a fancy restaurant, and ask "the question." Points for effort. Plus, I bet a lot of these online declarations represent some sort of cute personalized moment between these couples. Maybe Martinet and Green have some infographic inside (sex) joke? That makes it a little bit sweeter, right? And, even if zero inside jokes are involved, the Internet proposer goes into it knowing that this type of thing is not yet socially acceptable and most definitely embarrassing, yet, still goes through it anyway! Now that's true love.

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Internet proposals are not any more absurd than real life ones.There are lots of over-the-top ways to propose to someone in real life, too. Like,ordering a 7 ounce steak branded with "Will You Marry Me?"making a proposal trailer and playing it in a movie theater, orvia flash mob, just to give some examples.Internet or not, cringe worthy proposals happen.

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Just accept it, we live on the Internet these days.We date online. We socialize online. We watch TV online. We read online. We work online. And, some even have sex, or facilitate something like it, online. The Internet isn't just some B-list society for computer nerds and freaks. It's a world we, the normals, inhabit. If it's totally acceptable to live the rest of our lives on this here web, marriage proposals can happen online, too. In fact, with the rest of our lives here, the cyber world is the most natural place to get proposed to now-a-days -- the Internet is our modern village. A proposal is supposed to be the public declaration of that union. Back in the olden-days that meant a community celebration, these days, the Internet is our public arena, thus the most logical place to tell the world how much you love that special someone. And, the entire world will indeed hear, because, well, this is the Internet.

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I recently tested out the software SEO SpyGlass which is part of the SEO Powersuite. SEO SpyGlass is a simple-to-use backlink checker. If you want to do well in SEO you have to understand the importance of keeping track of your competitors back-linking strategies. SEO SpyGlass can help you do that and also help you find high-quality links for your website.

SEO SpyGlass helps you see, on your own computer, what strategies your competitors have employed and this data is what you need to create a winning strategy of your own. This important information is for you to keep private and wont be published online for others to see. This is a plus.

SEO SpyGlass answers some pretty serious questions:

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Step one of the process, add a URL of a competitor. If you chose next without the show expert options checked you were given some basic information to start. I chose to not check it for test one.

The software then asked if I wanted to update search engine data.

I, of course, said yes and was given many options to choose from. I was also given the chance to add more backlink factors of my own. Some factors you dont see in the image below:

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PLR Internet Marketing's forum participants are a growing community of internet marketers who talk about a wide range of internet marketing topics from search engine marketing to backlinking to best- and worst-practices. But the blog commenting forum to help bloggers get more traffic is a new piece of the puzzle, recently added to PLR Internet Marketing's forum to add more value.

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PLR Internet Marketing's forum participants are a growing community of internet marketers who talk about a wide range of internet marketing topics from search engine marketing to backlinking to best- and worst-practices. But the blog commenting forum to help bloggers get more traffic is a new piece of the puzzle, recently added to PLR Internet Marketing's forum to add more value.

Warren Wooden, CEO of PLR Internet Marketing, said: "We have a great group of forum participants who know their stuff, and the information they discuss is valuable. But one opportunity we saw was in helping bloggers get real, practical traffic growth and comments on their blog with a Blog Commenting Tribe."

Blog Commenting Tribes are an increasingly popular way of jumpstarting the conversation on a blog. They drive more traffic to a blog and they help to generate positive, non-spam comments. Not only is this encouraging to the blog owner, readers benefit too. It's a great way for blog owners to start getting feedback and comments on an otherwise quiet blog and that always helps to build credibility.

A Blog Commenting Tribe works like this: A blogger starts a group on PLR Internet Marketing's Blog Commenting Tribe forum. A total of ten bloggers (including the group's founder) can participate in that group. They commit to reading and commenting on the blog posts of other members.

"Everyone wins with a Blog Commenting Tribe," says Wooden. "The blog owner gets invaluable feedback and helps to eliminate that embarrassing "no comments" phrase on his or her blog post. The other members of the Blog Commenting Tribe get similar feedback and gain exposure to new ideas. And silent blog readers (the mass of readers of who read blog posts but never comment) are inspired to join the conversation."

There is no requirement that a blog must be about a certain topic. Any blogger of any industry who is trying to grow their blog can participate. "And it's free to use," added Wooden. "The only requirement is that bloggers participate by giving comments to other members of their blog commenting group."

PLR Internet Marketing's Blog Commenting Tribe is set up so that any number of blog commenting groups can be created, allowing more and more bloggers to participate.

"Although each blogger usually gets involved in just one group, there is the possibility for hundreds or even thousands of blogs to be positively impacted," said Wooden, "and that's an another exciting way for PLR Internet Marketing to help internet marketers become more successful.

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Most businesses don't last through the first year of business, and the fail-rate of online businesses seems even higher. So when an internet marketing business does well, that's cause for celebration. And when an internet marketing business does really well, that's even more exciting. PLR Internet Marketing has just completed its second year of business and there's no stopping them.

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PLR Internet Marketing is an internet marketing company based in Alberta, Canada. Founded in March 2010 by Warren Wooden, it enjoyed a meteoric rise through the search engines, achieving a page 1 placement on Google for the term "Internet Marketing" a feat that most internet marketing firms spend years attempting but failing.

CEO Warren Wooden said, "I left my corporate job in early 2010 and knew that it was the right time to start a business. I'd had some entrepreneurial experience before and the time seemed right to pursue this opportunity."

Wooden started the website and added content. That is where most entrepreneurs would stop but Wooden was just getting started. He became an expert internet marketer very quickly, growing his search engine placement, web traffic, and social media followings, and leaving his mark on the internet marketing community as someone who proactively adds value.

In his second year, he wrote and sold an ebook, started a forum, and developed several services that will help other entrepreneurs in their business, and launched some related websites in a joint venture with another entrepreneur.

PLR Internet Marketing is operating in a niche where internet marketing companies come and go like flashes in a pan, and Wooden's company has already outlasted many competitors as it celebrates its second anniversary. But Wooden knows that this is no time to rest. The industry is always changing and Wooden also has a fianc and a baby on the way.

"Life presents us with opportunities and challenges," said Wooden, "and the most successful people 'show up' every day and work on their goals." PLR Internet Marketing is proof of that mindset.

What does the third year hold for Wooden and PLR Internet Marketing? He is putting the finishing touches on his second ebook and he's focusing on growing his community of subscribers, social media followers, and forum participants as he adds value to everyone connected to his company.

"We're also going to grow web traffic and income," added Wooden. "There are a lot of internet marketers out there. I want to be known as the person who gives away the most value while running a successful business."

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