The world’s largest search engine may soon being using its Google +1 button in order to prop up some of the search rankings. This move would be geared towards going more social and fighting spam. According to Wired, “While not surprising, the move would bring Google’s search engine into the social networking era, while simultaneously [...]
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I recently took a look at this humorous t-shirts page, number 77 to be exact that says, “WWGD – What Would Google Do?” This got me to pondering how some people treat Google as if it were the “God of the Internet”, sort of like this almighty being that lives in cyberspace and passes judgment [...]
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By now you’ve most likely noticed that the Google logo is now 20-percent brighter without using any kind of Internet bleach. It must be challenging for Google to keep its homepage clean and free of clutter and at the same time update its product to keep up with the times. Marissa Mayer, Vice President, Search [...]
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Some people like to communicate through email, others through texting. But nothing has beaten the telephone in talking one-on-one. This is why Google has just introduced the Nexus One based on the open source Android operating system. In the past Google has rolled out click to call on their Maps section for local businesses. The [...]
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After an uncomfortable acquisition and ownership of Performics, Google has decided to call it quits and offload the affiliate marketing division. The Publicis Groupe in France is picking up Performics in order to simplify its own offerings. Historically, Google has been at odds with search engine marketing and optimization companies, so some have been screaming [...]
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At the recent Google I/O Conference in Northern California, the search giant said that speed matters. Not in so many words, mind you. But, what Vice President of Search Products Marissa Mayer did say was that users were asked whether they would like 10 or 30 results per page and they chose 30. But, when [...]
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According to a News article from the Land Down Under, Google Backup is coming soon to a computer near you. Now, with some remote online backup services such as Mozy or Carbonite, you’ll pay $4 or $5 per month to copy your data to some offsite servers and hard drives in case your PC is [...]
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Back in late February, we got a sneak peek at Google Health and of course, one of the top concerns with this new program is privacy issues. Knowing this would be a hot button issue, Google addressed the privacy issue in the first bullet point, “Google Health will protect the privacy of your health information [...]
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Google not just about search anymore. It’s about social connections and finding community on the Web. The more Google can connect people to what they are looking for and whom they are looking for the Internet will grow in a positive direction. This is why Google Friend Connect has just been introduced on a limited [...]
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The Google -60 penalty has been talked about in the SEO message boards and forums for some time. Google has not officially stepped forward to weigh in on this specific penalty. It has been up to SEO’s and Webmasters to come up with the name Google -60 Penalty by observation. The observation has been that [...]
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