How Google’s +1 Button Affects SEO
Since the days of Google Buzz, the +1 button has been a mystery to users and content producers alike. It’s different from Facebook’s “Like” button, in that it doesn’t directly share content to a user’s social stream. But the cultivation of a social graph has long been the goal of Google, and its connection to [...]
Google reveals action over Mosley
Google has removed hundreds of web pages relating to former Formula 1 boss Max Mosley’s sex life from its search results index, Britain’s Leveson Inquiry on press standards has heard. But the internet giant said it dealt with requests for material to be excluded on a country-by-country basis, meaning articles and videos might remain accessible [...]
Schmidt Out as Google CEO
Google just dropped a bombshell: Eric Schmidt is out as CEO (as announced in the company’s earnings report. We’ll be covering the company’s earnings call, which is sure to have more on this. He will step down from the role starting April 4, and co-founder Larry Page will take charge of Google’s day-to-day operations as [...]
Microsoft Core Search Query Volume Rebounds
Microsoft, which saw its total core search engine query volume drop 4% month-over-month in November 2010, rebounded strongly in December 2010 with a 9% gain, according to new comScore qSearch data. Microsoft’s core search queries grew from about 2.01 billion to 2.18 billion, placing it third overall. Overall, Americans conducted about 18.2 billion total core [...]
Web founder says Facebook a danger
The man credited with inventing the internet has lashed out at Facebook and other social networking sites saying they are moving the web away from its founding principles. In an essay in Scientific American magazine, Tim Berners-Lee says social networking sites are tightly controlling the information put on there by users meaning the internet’s being [...]
