First Impressions on Google Buzz for Mobile

While waiting for Google to activate Google Buzz on my Gmail account, I decided to check out  Google Buzz for Mobile on my Nexus One. I would have to say that Google did a pretty fast job of activating the mobile version rather than the web version of Google Buzz. So, the first thing I checked was the mobile web app at buzz.google.com and there it was a simple interface with some nifty … [Read more...]

While waiting for Google to activate Google Buzz on my Gmail account, I decided to check out  Google Buzz for Mobile on my Nexus One. I would have to say that Google did a pretty fast job of activating the mobile version rather than the web version of Google Buzz. So, the first thing I [...]

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February 9, 2010 | 5 Comments | Read Story

Introducing Google Buzz! GMail Social Sharing

Ladies and gentlemen- Google Buzz has now been announced! It looks like Google inadvertently answered my “social hub“ prayers today with everything that Buzz has to offer. First thing I noticed: does Buzz sound familiar? That’s right, Y! Buzz already exists. It seems like Google is going to be direct competition to good old Yahoo. Unfortunately [...]

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8 Ways Google Can Become a Social Hub Overnight

If you can’t tell from my recent posts, I think Google is quite revolutionary. With the implementation of Gtalk with video chat capabilities, Google Wave with the ability to have real-time collaboration, Google Docs & Calendar making document and schedule sharing between colleagues or friends and simply the ability to social share in search results, [...]

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Weekly Search & Social News: 02/09/2010

Welcome to another edition of ‘7 Days of Search and Social‘ – I hope this edition finds you well and 2k10 is rocking so far (busy, but fun over here). Last week was the kind of week a geek like me dies for. There were a ton of great blog posts, plenty of humour, lots [...]

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Anatomy of a Hands-on SEO Site Audit – Part 1

Welcome to part one in a series of articles on the anatomy of a hands-on SEO site audit!  This was originally just going to be one article.  But then my book-length article nature came up squarely against the awareness that true site audits can be extremely complex. And as much as everyone just loves those [...]

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Domain Strategy – Why It’s A Critical Component to SEO Technical Audits

When it comes helping clients with natural search, I’m a firm believer that SEO technical audits are an incredibly important first step for most engagements.  I’ve already written about the power of technical audits and how they often can provide the most SEO bang for your buck.  The reason is simple.  In SEO, without a [...]

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February 9, 2010 | 13 Comments | Read Story

Raven Tools: Enhanced Keyword Research via Wordtracker

In the last week’s post I shared how you can do keyword research using Google Adwords tool right within your Raven tools dashboard. I also shared why it is actually so helpful to have third-party keyword research tool integrated within the advanced toolkit. This way you can manage your lists more efficiently and easier add [...]

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Pros and Cons of In-House SEO

I’m just coming up to the end of my first year of being an In House SEO, and it was clear in the first few months how much more beneficial it was to be on the client side rather thank the agency side. I have now decided to weigh up some pro’s and con’s of [...]

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February 9, 2010 | 4 Comments | Read Story

Google Maps Used to Track Down Street View Car

Do you hate the Google Street View car for its supposed invasion of your privacy? Looks like this is what drove members of the group Free Art & Technology (FAT) when they’ve attached a GPS device to the Street View car containing Google’s camera used for photographing streets in Berlin. So, now with the use [...]

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Google Lowers Nexus One’s Early Termination Fee to $150

Well, what do you know? After the FCC formally sent letters to various mobile operators including Google about the high early termination fees that they are charging consumers, Google seemed to be the first to heed FCC’s call.  So, if you got you’re Nexus One with the T-Mobile contract you can now cancel the deal [...]

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