Goodbye, Google Buzz. The social messaging platform, which was meant to rival Twitter, is being tossed aside by Google in an effort to slim down. Google Buzz launched in February 2010 as a way to share status updates, photos, videos, and links with friends through Gmail. The secret sauce was a “page rank” algorithm that...Read More
Tech Talk In Silicon Valley: Toni Schneider, CEO of Automattic Delicious Newsvine Digg Facebook Google Bookmarks Live Mixx MySpace Reddit Stumble Upon Technorati Twitter Yahoo Bookmarks Yahoo MyWeb Christer Holloman October 10, 2011 10:09 AM You have probably heard about WordPress, the open source blog platform. Some of the founding members of the WordPress ecosystem...Read More
By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO | Thu Oct 13, 2011 4:37pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc’s third-quarter results trounced Wall Street expectations as good cost controls helped boost the Internet search leader’s profit by about 26 percent. Shares of Google were up roughly 6 percent at $592.43 in after-hours trading on Thursday. Google...Read More
Some people seek fame. Some have it thrust upon them. And some find it by merely posting something publicly on Google+, when they meant to post it privately. This morning, Google engineer Steve Yegge is undoubtedly more famous– and not only at Google– than he was yesterday. My virginal reading of Silicon Filter, you see,...Read More
In continuation to a relatively popular article I wrote last month on top web analytics myths, I thought I would expand upon the theme of dispelling myths again this month. This time, I turned to some fellow Search Engine Watch contributors to help crowd-sourced a list of favorite SEO myths we’ve heard over the years....Read More
Computerworld – Steve Jobs’ was praised worldwide as a business visionary following his death last week. Analysts say Jobs’ death also had immediate business impacts on both Apple products and those Android-based machines sold by rivals. For instance, Google and Samsung postponed plans to launch a new smartphone tomorrow because, Google said, “We believe this...Read More
The Government Digital Service (GDS) has relaunched the Civil Service website using the WordPress blog tool, one of the most widely used content management systems on the internet. Details of the project have been made public on the GDS blog, which says the website was relaunched on 30 September. The approach contrasts with that used...Read More
Mollie Vandor is the Associate Product Manager at Cooking.com. Prior to that, she helped launch Ranker.com, where she served as the Product Manager, amongst many other roles. You can reach her @mollierosev, on her blog, or on her latest addiction – Words With Friends, where she plays under the username “Mollierosev.†Search engine optimization isn’t...Read More
These days, if I need to read or write an e-mail when I’m not at a regular computer, I can usually do so on my phone. Wi-Fi is also plentiful — even on planes and trains — when I need to catch up on messaging using my laptop. But I found myself lacking both options...Read More
As we close out our four-part series on the SEO Tactics chart, we touch on the most powerful of all of the pillars – measurement, reporting, and analytics. This is the subject I’m most passionate about as it lies at the core of a solid organic strategy and ultimately the long-term success of an organic...Read More
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