Inside the massive data centers run by Equinix, the lights are on in some cages, but off in others. Photo: Peter McCollough/Wired.com Just how far will Google go to hide its custom-built data-center hardware from the rest of the world? In one Silicon Valley data center, the company is apparently so paranoid about competitors catching...Read More
Marketing firm Slingshot SEO is picking up where Microsoft left off. Five years ago Microsoft/Atlas began trying to educate marketers and the marketplace about the fact that more online sources than the “last click†were responsible for conversions. This was partly an effort to undermine the centrality of Google, which gets lots of credit for...Read More
Google may still be raking in the profits, but the mojo behind Gmail, Chrome, News, Translate, and Docs has started to fade in the face of stiffer competition. Is Google+ an asset or a distraction? (Credit: Screenshot by Ben Parr/CNET) Google’s empire is under direct assault from Facebook. Its big weapons — Search, AdWords, and...Read More
advertisement Need more evidence that Twitter is ready to put on the big boy pants and become bigger than 140-characters per tweet? It just bought blogging platform Posterous for a unspecified amount of money. Started in 2008, Posterous is a blogging platform that enables its users to share and create content to post on their...Read More
Put that black hat away. Shady SEO tactics can get your site severely penalized by search engines. Punishments can range from losing organic traffic for a few days to losing it permanently. For any business, its website is a business asset with value that accrues over time and should be treated as such. Here are...Read More
Google Music no longer exists as a standalone service. Google TV was an embarrassment. YouTube may lose music videos next year. Sources say not everybody at YouTube and Android is pulling in the same direction. Google can’t seem to get the hang of selling music and movies over the Internet–a goal that has similarly befuddled...Read More
A limitation built recently into Google Chrome to detect and block Flash Player exploits ended up breaking certain Flash-based applications and games for some users. Suspecting that someone would try to hack Chrome via a Flash exploit at this year’s Pwn2Own contest, the browser’s developers decided to restrict the maximum allowed size of Flash JIT...Read More
With its “Don’t Be Evil” motto, Google (GOOG) has always held itself to a higher moral standard. Now Google observers, including many longtime admirers of the search giant, say the Mountain View company is behaving more like something it vowed never to become: a conventional company where the bottom line drives decisions. The signs of...Read More
SEO has a bad reputation, lets face it. Shady linkbuilding, key-phrase stuffed doorway pages and secret handshakes are all part and parcel of being a search engine marketing expert. Or are they? The search marketing industry being shrouded in mystery is a myth fuelled by unethical agencies, bedroom SEOs that don’t educate clients and people...Read More
Austin, Texas (CNN) — After concerns over a revamped Google privacy policy surfaced last month, some questioned whether the Web giant is still living up to its longstanding motto: “Don’t be evil.” Absolutely, says Vic Gundotra, the man behind social network Google+. The company has to. “If we do things that are evil, with one...Read More
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