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Google TV Coming to a Console Near You This Fall
Adding another Apple-fighting feature to it’s roster, Google will be launching its web-to-TV service this fall in the U.S. and worldwide next year. CEO Eric...
Google’s Music Service to be Launched by Christmas? It Sure Seems Like It
According to sources very close to the project (as reported by Wired), Google’s Andy Rubin has been in talks with various music labels about a...
Information Architecture – Stop Shooting For The Moon
Our industry is chock full of advise about how the best approach is to go for phrases that aren’t necessarily the most competitive – to...
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Capturing the Long Tail of SEO By Filling a Void [Case Study]
I didn’t plan on writing this post for my column this month, but something happened that I had to write about. If you’ve read previous...
Content and Culture: Localization for Global Businesses
Okay, so you’ve decided to launch fully localized, multilingual versions of your company’s website – that’s great news. And you’ve even painstakingly researched all the...
Consumer Watchdog Uses Google Analytics to Track User Behavior…Wait, What?
Yesterday I posted about a video being shown on a jumbotron in Times Square that showed Google CEO Eric Schmidt as a privacy peeping Tom;...
Reddit Prospers From Digg v4 Debacle
Since the release of the newest version of Digg, v4, launched last week, the less-than-warm reception has caused a massive influx of traffic to their...
Happy 2nd Birthday, Google Chrome!
Two years ago, Google launched Google Chrome – a browser based around the open-source program Chromium. Today, the latest version of the browser was released...
Google and AOL Renew and Expand Long-Time Search Partnership
After almost a decade of being in a search partnership, Google and AOL have announced this morning that they have come to a five-year contract...
Why Small Advertisers Can’t Use Adwords Anymore!
Remember back in 2001, during the good old days (of the internet) when you could actually use Google Adwords as a means to drive quality...
The Four P’s of (Search) Marketing
Search Marketing isn’t all that different than traditional marketing. And, just like the physical market, you have a plethora of vehicles from which to choose. ...
Testing of Google Maps’ “Sponsored Icons” Comes to the U.S.
Google is in the beta testing stages of what they are calling “sponsored map icons” which will appear on Google Maps. These icons will show...
Search Recipe for Success
I love to cook and I love to eat. Whether it’s on the grill or in the kitchen, I love to make and eat good...
SVG Files and Documents Are Now Indexed by Google
Google has announced that they are now going to be indexing SVG documents and files. SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) is an XML-based graphics format specifically...
Introducing Greplin: the Search Engine for Your Personal Online Life
Searching through the entire online world is already something we do, everyday. How about searching through your own personal online world? Y Combinator has just...
Users Still Able to Catch the Google Wave until 2011
Earlier this month Google announced that their real-time communication feature, Wave was no longer going to be developed by them. The communications and collaborations application...
Gmail Launches Email Overload-Fighting Feature
Starting yesterday, Google has begun rolling out its newest feature in Gmail – Priority Inbox. With this handy new tool, users now get a little...
Testing the Water with Link Bait
In the SEM world, “link bait” is a common tactic designed to capture a large audience in the hopes that a given piece of content...
Microsoft Adds Food Cart Finding Layer to Bing Maps
Apparently food carts are a very big deal in Portland, Oregon. So big in fact that Microsoft has developed a new mapping layer that allows...
TweetUp, Now PostUp; Name Change Reflects Expansion into Facebook and LinkedIn
Search engine meets advertising platform start-up, TweetUp, will now be known as PostUp, according to an article by Business Wire. Why, you may ask? Well...
Google Adds Blog-Finding Filter
Instead of just bringing up individual post containing specific keywords used in searches made by Google users, there is now a filter that brings up...
5 Link Building Questions That Make Me Die a Little Inside
If you offer link building as a service, there are a few questions you hear over and over. They are the questions which, like a...
Online Marketing – How Times Have Changed
If you pay attention at all, it’s easy to see how the economic crisis has reached into our everyday lives. Businesses with an online presence...
Watch the 2010 Emmy Awards Online
This Sunday, August 29th the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be airing on NBC at 8pm ET. The insanely popular awards show will be...
Google Fixes Bug That Leaves Some User Blacklisted as Spammers
Over the past few days, ending on Thursday, certain Gmail users were experiencing a problem with their accounts – specifically, having emails resent multiple times...
Google Reports 1 Million Calls Made in First 24 Hours
Google’s new voice client is already a success after just having launched earlier this week. A mere 24 hours after it’s debut, Google reported via...
Google Places Removes Yelp Reviews From Search Results
As of right now, Google has removed all Yelp reviews from its Places feature. Even though the local reviews website’s snippets will no longer be...
Digg 4 is Released, But Are Users “Burying” This New Version?
Digg, the user-powered social news website, has released its new version – Digg 4. If you are not familiar with exactly what Digg is, here’s...
Time for another look at TrustRank concepts
How well do you know your neighbours There is a concept that folks don’t really seem to talk about as much as they once did...
The 4 Hardest Things About Conversion Optimization For Local Search
As I was perusing through some updates on twitter the other day I came across an Alan Bleiweiss article entitled CONVERSION OPTIMIZATION IS THE NEW...