Tag Archive: google

Google Apps finally out of beta!

After 5 long years, the official Google blog has announced that Google Apps is finally out of beta. Google claims that the reason for removing the beta tag, is that businesses have been nervous about installing and relying on beta software.

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bing.com porn – Google was never like this

bing.com has hit the headlines here in the UK, 2 days before its official launch. It seems that users are able to view pornographic videos, without leaving bing.com. By simply hovering the mouse pointer over the video stills. Read on…

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bing.com Microsoft’s latest Google killer

Hey Google, you better watch out because Microsoft is about to launch another search engine, this time called bing.com. According to the promo video (there’s a link to it in the article) it looks interesting – Read on…

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Is cloud computing reliable enough yet?

If you are a Gmail or Google News user, you might have noticed that the service was either down, or extremely ’sluggish’ earlier. Apparently, this problem was caused by what Google Spokesperson Urs Hoelzle referred to as a “traffic jam.”
Google’s downtime raises a question

Of course, with so many people now relying on providers, like Google, for ‘cloud computing’ services – The question is; “Is cloud computing reliable enough yet?” Read on…..

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Is Twitter the Google killer?

Remember how Google came form nowhere to pretty-much own online search and Internet advertising? Well, it seems Twitter is planning a similar move; according to comments made this week by Twitter’s own Santosh Jayaram (a Google Search Quality Manager until recently.)

Here’s why this may not be good news for Twitter users…..

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Pirate Bay Jailed – But Google will be fine

Today, the 4 founders of the Pirate Bay torrent search site were given jail sentences and massive multi-million dollar fines. Are Google next? No – And here’s why…

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Is The Guardian website keyword stuffing?

I read a post this morning from SEO blogger Gregor Spowart, which I want to share with you. In his post, he asks if The Guardian’s website is ‘keyword stuffing.’

When you see the URL they are using for one of their news items, you might find yourself asking the same question…

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Google punishes Google Japan!

Much like an older brother beating up their younger brother, Google has just given a PageRank penalty to Google Japan!
This bizarre state of affairs came about after it was revealed that Google Japan was paying bloggers via CyberBuzz, to write about a new feature on the Google Japan website. This was in [...]

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Can Twitter really beat Google search?

There’s a lot of talk today, about Twitter being a potential ‘Google Search Killer.’  The theory is that by asking your Twitter followers the kind of things you might search for on Google, you are likely to get more reliable answers.  After all, you either know these people or (at least) trust them more than [...]

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Google malware detector broke

Earlier today, if you used Google to search for anything, you will have noticed that Google malware detector was reporting that every site on the web was potentially hosting MALWARE!
Google malware broke
The problem lasted for around 20 minutes and seems to have hit everything; other than YouTube, which of course is owned by Google! Users [...]

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Google Chrome – Homepage and reload please!

So, Google Chrome launched last week to a predominantly positive reception.
I like Chrome – but it needs work!
I am not a fan of Google’s ‘near‘ monopoly of the search market – or the way their founders fly a private airliner all over the world talking about the environment – but I DO like Chrome!
I even [...]

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Linking out for better SEO

If you have a website and you want to improve your search engine optimization, there’s a chance you are not aware of the importance of linking OUT of your website!
Linking out?
Inbound links have long been established as a way to improve your search results.  However, as this interesting post by SEO Guru Gregor Spowart, highlights [...]

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Google Page Rank Inspector – Excellent!

I love Google Page Rank Inspector

How would you like a quick and easy way to find out the Google Page Rank for every page on your website or blog, at the click of a button?
Well, now you can; thanks to a nifty little free tool called “Google Page Rank Inspector.“.
How Google Page Rank Inspector works
Simply [...]

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Google Chrome browser

The Google Chrome browser
UPDATE
- Google Chrome Official – click here!
- Google Chrome Beta Launches in 100 countries TOMORROW – Click here!

The Internet rumour mill has been in overdrive today – thanks to Google and a comic book depicting a ‘new’ Google Internet browser; Google Chrome!.
Google Chrome features
The best place to get initial Google [...]

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StumbleUpon traffic IS BETTER than Google!

StumbleUpon traffic BEATS Google!
There seems to be a belief online, that traffic from StumbleUpon is not ‘as good’ as traffic from other sources.  That’s like saying “computers don’t work” – purely because you are too fricking stupid to use one!
The people who use StumbleUpon are interested in finding great content and sharing that great content [...]

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