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Google Algorithm to filter out sites with too many ads

Matthew Arnold — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:00:30 +0000

Do you have a lot of ads on your website? Google‘s new and improved search algorithm, which is designed to favour sites that maintain a good balance of content and ads, could automatically filter it out of search results pages. The change comes after complaints of searches regularly turning up sites … Continue Reading

The internet Justice League

Matthew Arnold — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:13:53 +0000

What if all the internet superpowers were brought together to form the Internet Justice League? Well here is what it would look like:

No more Gmail app for Blackberry users

Matthew Arnold — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:08:36 +0000

Google has just announced that the Gmail App for Blackberry will be no more. Instead, the company will focus on making Gmail work in the mobile browser.

Google will end support for the Blackberry Gmail app on November 22 — and at that point the app will no longer be … Continue Reading

Google announces Ice Cream Sandwich & Galaxy Nexus

Matthew Arnold — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 08:04:37 +0000

It is finally official, after months of waiting the new Android 4.0 has launched. Wednesday morning in Hong Kong—together with Samsung—Google unveiled the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the first phone designed for the latest release of Android 4.0, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich.

With a super slim profile, Galaxy Nexus features … Continue Reading

The Rise of Google Plus [INFOGRAPHIC]

SirDyl — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 08:48:41 +0000

This infographic fleshes out more details of Google Plus that I would not figure out just by going to the website. I must admit it will be difficult to throw away the Facebook format and adopt a totally new style. Give Google Plus a try if you haven’t already, and … Continue Reading

Where is Google making its money? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Louisa_PV — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:14:27 +0000

via Tech Crunch… Continue Reading

Chrome to be the number 1 browser in 2012?

Matthew Arnold — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 05:53:56 +0000

Google Chrome is growing rapidly, will they be the biggest browser in 2012? In the last three years Chrome has managed to capture 20% of the online browser market, which is no mean feat.

Will their growth continue? The guys at Pingdom have put together some excellent graphs showing predictions over … Continue Reading

Google+ cheat sheet

Louisa_PV — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:34:35 +0000

After signing up to Google+ a couple of weeks ago and trying to figure out where Google+ will be fitting in with my usual social networking, I have realized that it belongs somewhere in between Google Talk and Twitter.

The introduction of circles is great. The office crowd, family and … Continue Reading

The Thank You Economy: How business must adapt to Social Media

Heike_PV — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:21:15 +0000

Brands use social media. They have pages, feed, likes, comments, updates, tweets, etc (they tick all the right boxes), but do they use social media to its full potential? Probably not.

Take a listen to this quick talk by Gary Vaynerchuk, who mentions that brands will need to become … Continue Reading

Google to add +1 button to search results

Matthew Arnold — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:42:23 +0000

Google has announced that they will be adding a new feature to their search results, the ability for users to “like” the results served to them by clicking the +1 button. Google has been trying hard to make search results more personal, more social with your friends opinions shaping the … Continue Reading