Rob D Young

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Rob has been insatiably obsessed with Google, search engine technology, and the trends of the web-based world since he began life as a webmaster in 2002. His work as an SEO consultant since 2006, and subsequently to content writing for technology and internet-focused publications, has done nothing but fuel this passion.

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Google has long had a policy of “release early, iterate often.” However, the different product lines have very different update schedules. While Google Android gets...

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Rumors are soaring around the Web about the upcoming Google operating systems.  Whether it’s the release date of Gingerbread to current Froyo phones, the introduction...

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In a world where Google is already the reputed source for searching, competitors must find niche doorways into the habits — and attention spans —...

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If there’s one electronics show that stands out more brightly than the others, it’s definitely the Consumer Electronics Show. This show, who’s 2011 rendition just...

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Users who visit Hulu on their Android powered phone today will receive a slightly different notice than what was previously seen. While the old notification...

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We’ve been reporting recently on the dwindling success of Microsoft Internet Explorer both in the U.S. and across Europe. While there’s little doubt that IE is hurting...

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While various companies and analysts have criticized Google, most of these criticisms are either quickly resolved, negligible given the big pictures, or simply false (like DuckDuckGo’s claim...

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Retail, whether online or offline, is certainly the driving force of our economy. When retail sales fade, so does everything else. Luckily, innovators like Google,...

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There’s little doubt, with so many new competitors entering the cloud-based productivity scene, that Google — arguably the company that popularized the concept — must...

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The THVB text bug (that is, the terrible, horrible, very bad bug) has been getting a lot of attention over the last few weeks. The...

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Of the popular posts on the official Google blog last year, the second most visited was Google’s stance on searches in China. This entry discussed...

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While Google’s tactic seems to be to spread further and faster, their competition is doing everything in their power to safeguard their corners of the...

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Windows Phone 7 isn’t the hottest competitor we’ve seen enter the market, but it’s also not giving up any time soon. Like the Little Engine...

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The Nexus S may be the best symbol for why mobile devices are important to Google as a company. The device has the Google name,...

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