Project Glass is Google’s newest research and development program in the form of augmented reality eyewear. Similar to smartphone technology, Project Glass will present notifications about your online life and the world around you via a head-mounted display. Although the project has been received well overall, it’s also facing quite a bit of criticism. Specifically [...]
The Rise of Search Engines: A Brief History of the Web’s Most Essential Tool
March 22, 2012 By
The search engine is arguably one of the most important inventions of the 20th century. Without it, we’d be forced to wander through the depths of the Internet without a guide, unable to find what we seek without knowing the exact site URL. The search engine is our virtual compass; it’s our primary way of [...]
Internet Marketing News Weekly Recap: December 20 – 27, 2011
December 27, 2011 By
While people were busy celebrating the Yuletide season last week, the World Wide Web is preoccupied with its many updates and overhauls. From new ad platforms to site improvement, the Internet is definitely gearing up to set new online marketing trends before the year ends. Read more to check out how the Internet marketing industry [...]
Internet Marketing News Weekly Recap: December 5 – 12, 2011
December 12, 2011 By
While people are completely preoccupied with decking the halls, mingling in Yuletide fetes, and surviving the holiday mobs, cyberspace has also been busy with headlines during this festive season. Read further and find out how the Internet marketing industry had a blast this week. Google Casts Math Graph Function on Search Results Google showcases its [...]
Internet Marketing Industry News Weekly Recap: October 28 – November 4, 2011
November 4, 2011 By
What’s boiling this week? Well, it has been an action-packed week for the online marketing world as a range of new, hot and trending topics have come into picture. This article covers important industry news on Internet Marketing for this week! Check out these highlights. Keywords of Logged In Users No Longer in Google [...]
Internet Marketing News Weekly Recap: October 3 – 10, 2011
October 13, 2011 By
It has been an eventful week in the online marketing world. Here are some of top news stories that you may have missed: Google Launches E-Commerce “Trusted Store” Badges Perhaps finally hearing the call of e-commerce, Google has set a new standard with the launching of their “Trusted Store” badges last week. These badges [...]
Google Puts an End to Black Hat Tactics
April 25, 2011 By
While the online world has been buzzing with conjecture about Google’s plans for junk articles and content farms, it sounds like J.C. Penney found out exactly how far the search engine giant will go to back up their promises of more valuable search results for their loyal users. According to a recent New York Times [...]
Why Google’s Pet Panda Might Eat Your Business
March 28, 2011 By
Google is no stranger to updates and innovation when it comes to their search technology. In fact, while we don’t have official numbers, prominent Googler engineer Matt Cutts has told us that more than one update is made each day, on average. However, most of those changes are tweaks, adjustments, and nudges. A recent update [...]
The Top Four SEO Mistakes that Google Will Punish
March 8, 2011 By
Google’s recent disciplinary action against J.C. Penney has made many people in the SEO world sit up and pay attention to black hat SEO techniques, which are the less-than-reputable ways that some companies try to gain better search engine rankings. In February, Google penalized Overstock.com for trying to gain rank by offering discounts to students [...]
SEO Strategies Continue to Focus on Google for Good Reasons
March 4, 2011 By
Image via CrunchBase Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategies largely focus on Google’s ranking system, which uses a variety of factors to determine which websites match a user’s search query best. In the wake of the recent dispute between Google and Bing, many online business owners find themselves wondering whether they should use SEO strategies that [...]
