It’s engraved on our minds, constantly in front of us and will never go away. So they say. Whoever “they” are, is right. Unless we de-engrave. Remove. Act like it never happened. Since 2004, we’ve been dealing with this problem. Google has been easing our search pains for over seven years. If you can’t Google [...]
Stats like the following make me one wonder if the technology is really new or simply no one cares about participating. A recent study by the Pew Report shows only 8% of US adults use Twitter. With the majority of growth taking place between adults 18-29. Most adults are now getting used to the idea [...]
Whoever first uttered the phrase, “nothing in life is free,”…they weren’t lying. Nor were they aware of Google’s future 10% raise and $1k bonus to all employees. Wow, what a generous move, you might say. I repeat: nothing is free. For the employee who gleefully shared the news to family, friends and possibly media – [...]
As the war heats up for the hearts and minds of Internet lovers… Google has made it clear: we mean business. At least to Facebook anyway. Facebook users will no longer be able to access their Gmail contacts from the popular social networking site – regardless if they give prior approval. Basically, what we are [...]
Yep, you read correctly. As of Wednesday, Google has started displaying Promoted Tweets above organic listings aiming to bring in revenue from businesses trying to push a product or specific Twitter account. This is the first sighting of Promoted Tweets above Google SERP’s…however, the pact “with the devil” was made last October – with Twitter [...]
Well, you can chalk up another win for the Mountain View people. And, a big one too. In a recent decision by a federal judge, it was decided Google is not in violation of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act law…when over 100,000 videos were uploaded to it’s video site, YouTube. Viacom was seeking $1 [...]
While moving forward with your online marketing efforts, have you ever stopped to ponder…how much is it really worth? Of course you have. Any half-way descent marketing manager continually asks this question – i.e…If I do A, will I achieve B? More specifically in search engine optimization (SEO), does ranking really matter? As you continue [...]
It appears all of the Bing ads have started to pay off. Slightly. According to the latest Nielsen Search Rankings, Bing jumped from 9.9% market share in December, to 10.9% in Janruary 2010. A whole whopping 1%. It’s not the 1% that’s special. Taking away searches from their largest competitor is what matters…with Google dropping [...]
Yes, I’ve seen the commercials. Bing has a lush background with waterfalls and sunsets. It’s a decision engine. Google is the old pioneer of search with that boring white interface. It’s a search engine. Is there really a difference? This is what I’ve been asking myself. Now that Bing has taken over Yahoo Search, they’ve [...]
Worried about Google invading your personal life? So are we, I wanted to share this satirical video a friend shared about the Google toilet.
If you’re wondering what Google’s been up to besides Android….and, yes Android…well, it’s what they won’t be doing that’s made news recently. As a vote towards Human Rights and open search results, Google executives have made the decision to stop censoring results on Google.cn and leave the China market. This recent decision has already reaped [...]
If you’ve ever Googled the term “make money online” or anything of the like…I’m sure the phrase Make Money With Google, or, ” Government Subsidized Grants rings a bell. In what appears to be a world wide crackdown on companies making false claims about college grants, income earning opportunities, mortgages and bogus reward programs, The [...]
