Archive for May, 2009

Microsoft’s New Bing Search Engine Now Live In “Preview”

Written on May 31, 2009 by admin

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Tired of just hearing about Microsoft’s new Bing search engine?

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Google Local - out of date, riddled with spam but absolutely worth it

Written on May 31, 2009 by admin

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Posted by Tom_C Hello hello, today I’m going to talk a little about Google Local. The things I’m talking about aren’t necessarily new or ground-breaking but I think it’s important to expose them to the Moz readership as Local isn’t something that’s talked about all that often on here and there’s quite a few intricacies which you should be aware of when dealing with local optimisation, particularly for clients who have many many locations and who rely on using a bulk upload to Google Local. Before I go any further, there’s some really really smart people who talk about Google Local optimisation and I’ve been chatting with them recently - I strongly recommend that you check out the further reading at the bottom of this post as they go into a lot more detail about a lot of this stuff than I do (and they probably know more about it than I do too!).

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Google Local - out of date, riddled with spam but absolutely worth it

99% of 18-24 Year Olds On Social Media, But Only 22% Use Twitter

Written on May 31, 2009 by admin

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These two charts say it all really: Of the 22% that do use Twitter: 85 percent follow friends 54 percent follow celebrities 29 percent follow family 29 percent follow companies Not much for brands to cheer about, but keep your chin-up, you have the same attention as Gen Y’s parents. What do you think? I would have thought that more than 22% would be on Twitter, you

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99% of 18-24 Year Olds On Social Media, But Only 22% Use Twitter

Another Googler Joins The Obama Administration

Written on May 29, 2009 by admin

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The New York Times reports that Google is losing Andrew McLaughlin, Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs, to the Obama administration. He’ll be the administration’s deputy chief technology officer, serving below the recently appointed CTO, Aneesh Chopra. McLaughlin has been with Google since January 2004

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Welcome to Google-ington, DC?

Written on May 29, 2009 by admin

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The New York Times is reporting that Google’s head of global public policy, Andrew McLaughlin, is headed to Washington, DC to join the Obama administration. Considering CEO Eric Schmidt’s position on PCAST (President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology) some are wondering if there isn’t a tether attached to the Google Mothership in Mountain View that might raise some eyebrows. The Times reports Mr

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Some Thoughts from the Inbound Marketing Summit - Dallas

Written on May 29, 2009 by admin

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Having spent the last few days in Dallas I am ready to go home.

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Some Thoughts from the Inbound Marketing Summit - Dallas

Finally, Yahoo 360 To Be Shuttered In July

Written on May 29, 2009 by admin

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More than 18 months after first saying that Yahoo 360 would close, the company has finally announced a date: July 13, 2009. Why the delay? Yahoo’s announcement says they’ve been looking for a way to preserve its users’ content: “Before we could retire 360, we had to find a sustainable and adequate solution for your personal information.

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Open Letter To Google & The AP: Reveal The Licensing Terms

Written on May 29, 2009 by admin

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Discussions between Google and the Associated Press about renewing their content licensing deal continue, I assume, but all’s quiet recently on the negotiation front. I want to disrupt that. It would be wrong in this particular case for both parties to reach a deal where “terms are not disclosed.” The future of …

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Google I/O: New Advances In The Searchability of JavaScript and Flash, But Is It Enough?

Written on May 29, 2009 by admin

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This week at Google I/O, Google talked a lot about the evolution of the technological capabilities of the web. HTML 5 is ushering in new era of browser-based development and applications. Eric Schmidt, Google CEO, kicked things off with, “My message to you is that this is the beginning of the real win of cloud …

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Google I/O: New Advances In The Searchability of JavaScript and Flash, But Is It Enough?

Keyword Research: Listen To Your Customers!

Written on May 29, 2009 by admin

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While SEO is a part of our daily lives, the process of digging into keyword research hasn’t gotten any easier. Yet, as we know, keyword research is critical to any SEO effort.

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Keyword Research: Listen To Your Customers!