Archive for August, 2011

Google Adds Weather Layer to Maps

2011/08/23

Google is continuing to expands its Maps feature with a “weather” layer. This layer lets you see the precise weather for a region directly on top of the Google Maps image. The Google Maps Weather Layer The weather feature has been added throug..

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Google Adds Weather Layer to Maps

2011/08/23

Google is continuing to expands its Maps feature with a “weather” layer. This layer lets you see the precise weather for a region directly on top of the Google Maps image. The Google Maps Weather Layer The weather feature has been added throug..

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Bing Gives a List of 18 SEO Fundamentals

2011/08/23

Microsoft is systematically killing off the mystery of Bing-Yahoo optimization. In addition to a post on quality content  that we covered previously, Bing has now told us the 18 fundamental things that webmasters need to know about search engine optimization.

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Blind Social Sharing & Its Effect On Personal Credibility

2011/08/23

Social media may seem like ‘information overload’ for some, especially since there are now thousands of tweets sent per second and millions of people with a Facebook account. But how is this information created and sent

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Content Marketing for the Talent-Impaired

2011/08/23

Posted by Dr. Pete There’s a reason people balk at content marketing – it’s hard.

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"Don’t Be Evil" vs. "Do No Evil" – Google’s Cutts Explains The Difference

2011/08/23

Google’s Don’t Be Evil motto has helped make Google the iconic company they are today and at the same time has caused a lot of negativity towards the company in the past few years…

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Google+ Adds Real-Name Verification

2011/08/23

As a way to ensure that no celebrities or public figures are being impersonated on Google+, Google has added a verification button akin to that found on Twitter. For now, verification is not available to standard users.

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New Facebook Sharing Controls Undermine Google+ Privacy Advantage

2011/08/23

There will be extensive discussion and debate today about whether the broad and welcome array of new privacy, tagging and sharing controls on Facebook are or aren’t a response to Google+. I directly asked Facebook that question and was told that the new features have nothing to do with… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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Google Buys 12 Patents, Protection for Google Related, Instant Pages

2011/08/23

Google has bought 12 patents relating to “cross-referencing information online, techniques for speeding up Web browsing and online advertising” from Northbrook Digital LLC for an undisclosed sum, the Minneapolis Star Tribune repor…

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Google Hiring Spam Fighters In Dublin

2011/08/23

Kaspar Szymanski from Google’s search quality team announced on the Google Webmaster blog that his office is hiring Search Quality Associates to work in the Dublin, Ireland office. Search Quality Associates are basically Google web spam fighters. They are responsible for digging deep into…

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