Archive for May, 2011

Android Has More Check-In Users Than Apple, But Just Barely

2011/05/12

Android has almost a 10% lead over Apple in the smartphone market share race, but its lead in check-in activity is a lot smaller according to a new comScore report out today. According to comScore, Android’s overall US smartphone market share is 34.7%, compared to 25.5 for Apple.

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Report: Google May Pay $500 Million To Settle Complaint Over Illegal Drug Ads

2011/05/12

Earlier this week, Google filed a mysterious report with the Securities and Exchange Commission, saying it was setting aside $500 million related to a “potential resolution” of an advertising-related probe being conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice.

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SPONSORED MESSAGE: Fresh Content is King

2011/05/12

How does Google measure freshness? Find out why fresh content is crucial, and how you can ensure that your site is fresh and linkable. Read more in this e-Solution Spotlight sponsored by textbroker Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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SEOmoz Google Analytics Setup – Whiteboard Friday

2011/05/12

Posted by caseyhen This week, Tom Critchlow from Distilled, talks about the suggestions he has given to SEOmoz to improve our Google Analytics setup.

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Google Maps Cache Issue With Layer Switching

2011/05/12

Amanda L. from Google posted a confirmation of an issue some Google Maps users are having with swapping between various layers on Google Maps. In a Google Maps Help thread Amanda posted on the issue saying it is a “known issue…

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Zanran: New Search Engine That Unearths Data In Charts, Graphs & Tables

2011/05/12

A few days ago, I was looking for a very specific piece of data: the average age of professors in the US. I did a Google search for “average age of us professors” and, after the obligatory and unhelpful Wikipedia result at the top, found some data that was good enough further down the…

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Google Animated Doodle Crashes Microsoft Browser

2011/05/12

The Martha Graham tribute Doodle had problems yesterday. Seems Internet Explorer browsers had problems rendering the script that created the animation and crashed or froze the browser. Amid the praise for the artistry of Ryan Woodward, the nod to Martha Graham as a pioneer of modern dance and Google showcasing its browser scripting skills – there were complaints of its drain on computer resources, slowing of systems and in many cases the freezing or crashing of IE browsers.

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Do You Report Search Spammers To Google?

2011/05/12

Just over three years ago, we polled you asking do you report competitors via spam reports to Google…

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The Importance Of Measuring Mobile Impact On Offline Conversions For Small Businesses

2011/05/12

How often do you perform a mobile phone or Internet search for a business and immediately call that business?

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Is Your SEO Program Chasing Unicorns?

2011/05/12

There are many reasons companies invest in Search Engine Optimization ranging from a desire to attract new customers through online marketing channels to diversifying customer acquisition to ego.  That’s right, ego. Not every marketer makes SEO investment decisions based on a mix of customer-centric keywords that do the best job of pulling in prospects and customers to brand content for engagement and conversions.

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