The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which is currently investigating Google to determine if the search engine is unfairly favoring its own web properties over competitors, announced Thursday that they would be retaining outside counsel. FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz told reporters that the decision to retain a highly-experienced litigator does not indicate that the FTC has [...]

Social media is no longer confined to the Internet. It lives in our everyday lives – at home, and even in the work environment. As you may have heard by now, some employers are trying to take the integration of social media and the workplace a little too far. The Ultimate Invasion of Privacy According [...]

What would you do if you had a Google in your vertical?  Would you patiently abide the pecking order?  Would you beef up your stock, gaining more leverage and money within a respective space?  Alpha, big-boy personalities don’t always play well.  Sometimes they clash in an attempt to spread respective feathers. Have you heard?  Facebook [...]

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty – Ronald Reagan It never ceases to amaze me how Google has become such an integral part of our lives. Search has evolved in such colossal proportions and especially with the advent of Google instant my belief that Google can actually read my mind has only [...]

On Wednesday, Google visited Detroit automakers that can help make Google’s prototype of a self-driving car a production vehicle. Anthony Levandowski, who is the product manager for the self-driving car, told a group of automotive engineers that he believes this product can be brought to the markets soon: “I think it’s time for us to [...]

One of the social sharing sites experiencing great growth these days is Pinterest, an online bulletin board where users can submit their favourite images. It has been rocketing recently, and with its viral nature, no doubt that in the future, it will invite and attract spammers to take advantage of its features. Before this comes [...]

In November of 2011, six Estonian nationals were arrested by the FBI for creating malware that infected computers worldwide. The malware, which was named DNS Changer, manipulated the user’s DNS settings and replaced the ISP’s good DNS servers with rogue DNS servers that were operated by the criminals. Since the criminals controlled the DNS servers, [...]

ONWARD search created a great infographic called PPC Jobs Salary Guide that breaks down the “best job markets, the most in-demand job titles, and salary ranges for PPC professionals“. The guide, for 20 cities, breaks down the saleries for the following jobs: Online Marketing Specialist PPC Specialist Account Manager Director of Internet Marketing PPC Analyst PPC [...]

Google Webmaster Tools has developed in line with the growing demands of the SEO industry over the past year. Many new and powerful features have been added, which are all well worth understanding. Given the vast amount of information that Google don’t give you, when they do give you data, it is important to know. [...]