Archive for August, 2010

New Digg (v4) Goes Live

2010/08/25

After a couple months of beta testing with invited Digg members, the new version of Digg — they’re calling it “v4″ for Version 4 — is now live and open to all. Digg founder Kevin Rose announced it here, but that blog post is down as I write this. In that announcement, Rose says the new *** Read the full post by clicking on the headline above ***

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Topsy Lets Us Reminisce on Our Tweets Past…Kind Of

2010/08/25

If you have ever tried to search on Twitter you know that it is pretty frustrating. The search results don’t go back very far at all, only about a week. Twitter isn’t very concerned at the moment, however, with creating a search interface that helps you travel back in time – they have more pressing things to worry about.

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SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 25, 2010

2010/08/25

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Inside The Google Voice Phone Booths Over the coming weeks, UK-style phone booths will pop-up around the US in airports and at universities, allowing anyone to make free calls to anywhere in the world

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Apple Bringing 99 Cent TV Show Rental Service to Fend Off Competition

2010/08/25

Companies like Hulu and Netflix are pretty steep competition for Apple in the online video services arena.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: August 25, 2010

2010/08/25

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web….

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Google Voice Marketing Campaign: High-tech and Old School All At Once

2010/08/25

This will be my third post about Google’s new VoIP service today, so I guess that means they are doing their jobs over their in California. Their promotional product for this feature is an eye-catching one: phone booths.

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Google Voice and Chat in Gmail is a Go

2010/08/25

Early today I made a post about Google testing out a web-based telephone feature that would allow you to make calls straight from the Gmail interface.

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Inside The Google Voice Phone Booths

2010/08/25

Over the coming weeks, UK-style phone booths will pop-up around the US in airports and at universities, allowing anyone to make free calls to anywhere in the world. The promotion is designed to spread awareness of the Google Voice service. Below, a look inside the booth, including a video of it in action.

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Dear Google: Big Brands Aren’t Enough

2010/08/25

Posted by Dr. Pete Google’s recent brand update has gotten a lot of buzz this past week. Previously, the best a single domain could hope for was one listing in the SERPs with possibly 1-2 indented listings

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HOW TO : Choose SEO Web Hosting – Definitive Guide

2010/08/25

Choosing a reliable and SEO-friendly web hosting service is one of the very first and most important steps in your website development and marketing process. No matter how “cliche” it may sound, your website hosting is literally the foundation of its success. This article provides the definitive tutorial on how to make the right choice and never look back: Choose the general basic webhosting option : make sure what you actually need in terms of cost and future performance; Find web hosting reviews : learn what real users have to say

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