An Android tablet made by Motorola has almost caught Google’s own flagship device? Say it ain’t so! Well, it’s true; the Xoom is already almost as widely-used an Internet device as the Nexus One.
Category: Search Engines
Google Change Nails Content Farms
Last week, Google dropped a hammer on the Internet. With 12% of their queries affected, have you seen changes to your search traffic? Or, do you find their results to be more relevant?
Blekko: Awesome SEO Tool
Blekko may have a long way to go before they become a major player in the search market, but their innovative /seo slashtag gives web publishers an incredibly valuable tool.
Omnibox Accounts for 54% of North American Chrome Google Searches
The Google Omnibox is one of our favorite features of Chrome, and Google has just announced a whole slew of interesting extensions to its functionality. How will that affect Chrome users? Well, considering 54% of Chrome searches come from the Omnibox, the effects could be pretty impressive.
The Google/Bing Search Bar Brouhaha
Google accuses Bing of using IE to steal their search results. Bing accuses Google of stealing their search innovations. Now, there’s some info as to whether Google is doing what they accused Microsoft of doing, but on a smaller scale. Confused?
SEOs: Think Bing, Not Google
In the race for search dominance, could Bing be the tortoise, slowly and steadily catching up to the hare, Google? SEOs should be paying more attention to the world of Bing, because the world of Bing is starting to pay attention to them.
Chrome OS: A Viable Desktop Operating System?
Today at the Mobile World Conference, covered by Matt Rosoff at Business Insider, Google CEO Eric Schmidt revealed details of the future of Android, and also about the Operating System fragmentation strategy employed by Google. Also briefly mentioned within Rosoff’s article, as well as Rob Jackson’s at phandroid.com, is Schmidt’s plan to push Chrome OS… Continue reading Chrome OS: A Viable Desktop Operating System?
AOL Ad Revenue May Be Down, But User Base Still Valuable
Difficult times are afoot for Aol, with their Q4 advertising earnings 30% lower than last year. However, things aren’t completely gloomy: Aol’s user base is still one of the most valuable on a per-user basis.
Is The Effect Of Google’s File Sharing Censorship Overblown?
Google made some news last week when it was discovered that they were censoring searches for file-sharing. As Rob Young pointed out this morning on Search Engine Journal, it’s an interesting decision for a company that trumpets the importance of an open Internet; it seems to be totally unlike the Google that took a well-publicized… Continue reading Is The Effect Of Google’s File Sharing Censorship Overblown?
Can Ashton Kutcher Twitter-fy Blekko?
Ever heard of Blekko? If you haven’t, don’t feel bad – it’s an upstart startup search engine with a tiny bit of traffic and a huge chunk of publicity and funding. As of today, it’s also part of Ashton Kutcher’s investment portfolio, according to a TechCrunch report by Michael Arrington this morning.