Archive for July, 2011

Ears to the Ground: Linden Lab is Changing How it Listens to its Customers

2011/07/24

Change is rarely revolutionary. This is probably a good thing, as most people dislike change as a general rule.

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Google: We Recommend You Not Use Meta-Refresh

2011/07/23

Googler, JohnMu said in a Google Webmaster Help thread that you are better off not using the meta refresh HTML tag. In response to why one webmaster was seeing unusual error reports in Google Webmaster Tools, John noticed the site was using the meta refresh tag…

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Yahoo Cupcakes

2011/07/23

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Bing Releases Optimized Mobile Version

2011/07/23

One of the features from Bing that I praise most often is its intuitive, mobile-optimized apps for Android, iOS, and (of course)WP7. But for those who have a mobile phone that either doesn’t support these apps or that you don’t want to download the apponto, Bing has a solution: a new version of Bing’s default mobile version that includes a variety of the site’s most important features. This updated mobile version can be found at m.bing.com, and is accessible from any smartphone that is HTML 5–capable (every version of the iPhone, Android 2.0+ systems, and RIM 6.0+ systems)

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Yahoo Unrolls Search Alliance to 6 New Countries

2011/07/23

For Yahoo, the deal with Microsoft is the single most important part of the big picture business plan. With Microsoft now running the back-end of Yahoo’s search, not to mention the search advertisements, the alliance is a major opportunity for Yahoo to decrease the cost of operations

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Did You Know Google Tried The Alexander Calder Logo Last Year?

2011/07/23

Today, on most of Google’s home pages you will find a logo for Alexander Calder’s birthday. But did you know Google tried posting the logo last year and failed…

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Google’s Interactive Alexander Calder Doodle

2011/07/23

The Google Calder Doodle Alexander Calder was a man of artistic spirit and unrestrained creativity, and those characteristics led to his most-know invention: the mobile. Now a common contraption placed above the cribs of youngsters around the world, the mobile started as an art project that took mediums thought of us thoroughly unartistic (wire and shrapnel) and made them into a masterpiece of abstraction and movement. But what, exactly, does all that have to do with search engines?

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Google Toolbar Does Not Support Firefox 5

2011/07/23

Yesterday I wrote at Search Engine Land, After Six Years, Google Drops Support For Toolbar On Firefox. In my article…

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