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Wed Mar, 2012 by Derek Mehraban
The data for February’s search market share has been released by comScore. Both Google and Bing have gained share. Combined, they both gained .4% of the market. Both gains come at the expense of Yahoo, which lost the .4%. AOL remains unchanged at 1.6% and in a strange case of numbers not adding up (probably [...]
Fri Feb, 2012 by Derek Mehraban
Thursday morning President Obama introduced a Consumer Bill of Rights. Google, Yahoo!, AOL and Microsoft are all stating they will voluntarily comply with the bill. Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome already have ‘do not track’ options even though they are rarely used. That is the main component of the Bill of Rights. For now all [...]
Mon Feb, 2012 by Derek Mehraban
Tom Schmitz, a consultant, has some interesting advice for setting up a website so it maximizes usability without sacrificing PageRank. Google and others offer up a 100 link ceiling as a way to organize a website, however, Schmitz argues if a brand is lacking PageRank, then 100 links will eat away at the number. Instead [...]
Fri Feb, 2012 by Derek Mehraban
Google is releasing data about searches done on Valentine’s Day. Because of the nature of the holiday we should expect it to be a heavy day for local searches (mainly for restaurants and for products that can be bought immediately). Google’s data supports the expectations, with some surprises. Of all the searches for national restaurants [...]
Mon Feb, 2012 by Derek Mehraban
YouTube is the new television but until the new app was released Google TV did not offer the best YouTube experience. The new app allows Google TV users to access YouTube’s new channels format, which will help it compete with cable and satellite television providers. There is still a content problem, but more and more [...]
Wed Jan, 2012 by Derek Mehraban
Google Maps and Google Earth have now received two updates in 2012. The updates are to better render buildings and tall objects, so the maps will be more realistic and more usable. Google has also developed a new piece of software for faster and better rendering of maps inside a web browser. Google is not [...]
Tue Nov, 2011 by Derek Mehraban
Last week Google announced an update to its algorithm as a part of its “Caffeine” update. They claimed about one in three searches would be affected by the changes with improved results for the sites with the fresher and more up-to-date content. Over the weekend Searchmetrics, a firm specializing in search analytics, examined [...]
Fri Nov, 2011 by Derek Mehraban
Google recently changed Google Reader by removing the share functions and making the interface much more like a newspaper service. Over the past years there had developed a small social network of dedicated users sharing content and comments with one another. Google’s change has destroyed these abilities. Google would like to see them move [...]
Wed Nov, 2011 by Derek Mehraban
Google has announced a new update for Google TV, which was launched last year and was not received with enthusiasm. The update brings a new operating system, Android 3.1, also known as Honeycomb, and with it comes a series of Android apps which are TV-compatible. The update also provides improved search functionality. Some [...]
Fri Oct, 2011 by Derek Mehraban
Google Offers has signed a partnership agreement with 14 daily deal providers in an effort to combat Groupon and LivingSocial. This move, along with the recent personalization quiz, will allow Google Offers a substantial amount of data, which it hopes will help Google compete with the larger daily deal providers. Google has already established [...]