A burst of 7 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Top Global Apps – December 2013 | Blog | Distimo In line with our ongoing market analysis, the graph above displays the past six months, showing the development of the relative market shares between the Apple App Store and...Read More
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A new feature in Google Inc’s Gmail will result in some users receiving messages from people with whom they have not shared their email addresses, raising concerns among some privacy advocates. The change, which Google announced on Thursday, broadens the list of contacts available to Gmail users so it includes both...Read More
Automattic Matt Mullenweg, creator of WordPress and co-founder of Automattic Automattic, the creator of WordPress, is one of the most unique companies in the world, powering almost 19% of the Internet with only 225 employees, almost none of whom work in the same office, or even the same cities. And according to CEO Matt Mullenweg,...Read More
A content strategy is important for any marketing effort. But developing a content strategy for international marketing efforts has some unique challenges. Here’s how to craft a content strategy as part of an international SEO campaign. What is Content Strategy? The term content strategyis how we refer to the purpose, creation, and distribution of information...Read More
The photo of Ann Dieleman posted on SexyExecs.blogspot.com.(Photo: The Des Moines Register) Story Highlights Exec’s photo posted on SexyExecs.blogspot.com Google refused request from company to remove photo Case illustrates growing pushback against those who post photos without permission, observers say DES MOINES — A photo posted to a blog that mocks corporate headshots has pitted...Read More
If you’ve ever searched for song lyrics online, you have probably noticed a wide range of sites offering lyrics, along with associated ads for ring tones and downloads. In such a competitive web space, lyric sites do whatever they can to gain an edge in the search rankings. Unfortunately for startup Rap Genius, all it...Read More
SEO experts and webmasters spend a lot of time worrying about Google algorithm changes. In 2013, the search engine giant tweaked the algorithm 15 times, and in 2012, it was updated 37 times. Worrying about algorithm updates may make sense for SEO experts and webmasters, but content creators don’t have time to keep up with...Read More
STW WordPress plugin WordPress is the world’s leading CMS platform and many of our users were asking for a way to embed screenshots via shortcode. Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) January 06, 2014 WordPress users have been searching for an automated website screenshot feature to populate their portfolios of websites and for other similar implementations. However, the...Read More
Rap Genius returns to the first page of Google search results after being removed due to misguided SEO strategies. After a dispute in which Rap Genius self-deemed themselves as overstepping their boundaries and deserving “to get smacked,” Google reinstated Rap Genius’ SEO rankings. The lyric website giant issued a statement recently explaining their actions saying:...Read More
Under Larry Page, Google has had the stated strategic goal of putting “more wood behind fewer arrows.” The company may dabble in robotics, but the company has steadily reduce the number of products it supports for public web users. Simultaneous with these efforts, I noticed the demotion of Scholar among the company’s offerings. Product updates...Read More
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