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Be Wary of SEO Companies that Contact You First
Google says it flat out in their SEO Webmaster Guidelines, “Be wary of SEO firms and web consultants or agencies that send you email out...
Google’s Wael Ghonim Is Taking Long-Term Leave
While Google has a lot of employees with names worth remembering, one of the most important in recent times was WaelGhonim. Ghonim, apart from his work as...
Google Teams with GigaPan to Show Off Chrome’s HTML 5 Features
While the official word from W3C is that HTML 5 won’t be the standard for another couple of years, we’re already seeing the implementation of...
Google Gmail Speeds Up with Background Sending
We live in an era that’s all about speed – where getting jobs done yesterday just isn’t fast enough, where our smartphones could outdo the...
You Couldn’t Make It Up: The Dangers of Misunderstanding the Power of the Internet
I recently wrote a guest post on why Common Sense is so vital within any SEO campaign as, unfortunately, this is something that seems to...
Heightened Senses: Optimizing Beyond SEO
If you’re looking for something close to a top ten or link bait post talking about some cut-throat SEO strategy, then I highly suggest that you close...
Google May Be Penalized One Million Euros in the Netherlands
It’s little surprise that I’m here announcing that Google is getting in trouble for Street View again. After all, I make just such an announcement...
Google Graduates the “Bob” Gmail Labs, Adds Mobile Undo
Google free webmail, Gmail, is a service that inspires fierce loyalty among its users – even if its total market share pales in comparison to that of...
Yahoo Buzz to Be Officially Sunset on April 21st
Back in December of 2010, everyone (yours truly included) was making a huge deal out of a single image released by a Yahoo staff member....
Google Invests a Hundred Million in Oregon Wind Farm
Google is on a clean energy spending spree. First, they branched out into clean power in Europe by investing approximately five million in a German...
Will the Android / iOS War Be “Winner Takes All”?
When it come to the world of modern technology, there’s a constant – sometimes brutal – war for customers. And while each section of the...
Reading About SEO & Social Media vs. Putting It Together
We’ve been talking a lot about SEO and social media around Level343, lately. Partly because it’s what we do, and partly because there’s always room...
Search Engine Journal Looking for Editor-in-Chief: Are you the one?
We have big plans for SEJ this year! We are excited to announce today that we are searching for a new editor-in-chief. Our EIC will...
Microsoft Releases Panoramic Photo App
It’s already well known that Microsoft is giving a go at the world of smartphone development. The Windows Phone 7, the lofty ambitions of becoming...
Google Chrome OS Goes “Stable,” May Be Released at I/O
It’s been anticipated for quite some time that Google would be announcing further details of Chrome OS at I/O early next month. What those “further...
Google’s Panda Didn’t Maul Demand Media TOO Badly
When Panda was initially released, the audience responded with a combination of enthusiasm, skepticism, praise, criticism, and unadulterated dread. And while the attacks on Google’s...
Google’s Blogger to Close Legacy Accounts
We just reported that Google Videos would be halting all “sharing” operations for video content. In that article we discussed how this is just one...
Google Videos Sharing Features to Be Sunset
In 2005, Google was entering the media-sharing scene through Google Videos. The service never really saw much of a foothold – possibly explaining why the...
Web Content – 6 Free Tools to Generate Great Ideas (and all from Google)
Even if search engine optimization is not part of your job description, you still need to come up with topics for content that is relevant...
Using Negative Thinking to Plan for the Worst in Online Marketing
Since I am a total pessimist with slight OCD, I always envision the worst in any situation. For example, if I need to go and...
Google Chrome at 120 Million DAU, Chrome OS Set for Mid-Year
There’s no doubt at all that Google is investing intensely in their Chrome web browser. Why? Well, it’s been described a lot of ways, but...
Google App Downloads Hit 3 Billion Mark
Quarterly reports are to companies what New Year’s Day is to people: a chance to make new goals, review your progress so far, and have...
Google News Releases Version for Low-End Phones
In the U.S, more than half of all mobile phone subscribers will be using a smartphone. The expanding presence of smartphones is forcing data coverage...
Google Funds Predictive “Regret” Research
Google is certainly no stranger to the research scene, having funded numerous projects directly and having given grants to dozens more. But Google, sainted though...
Google’s Q1 Earnings Break Records While Profits Dwindle
The quarterly revenue reports – and the shareholder dividends that accompany them – are crucial for any company. For companies as big as Google, however,...
Google Apps Gets in Hot Water with U.S. DoJ
It seems like Google is getting in legal trouble a lot these days (and if you need any proof, just look at our recent news...
Microsoft Silverlight Bows to HTML 5
We just reported on Microsoft’s early previews of IE10, where the core concepts centralize around improving the browser’s”new web standards” approach and compatibility. This means that...
Google Makes a Monumental Investment in Solar Power
Just a few days ago we reported on Google’s 49% purchase of a German power plant. That five million (U.S.) dollar deal was the search engine...
Microsoft Shows Off Early-Stage IE10
For Microsoft, IE9 (Internet Explorer 9) was a project with so much techs’ appeal that it was sure to make the world wide web melt when it...
Eight Tips for Monitoring Brand Reputation across Languages
With native English speakers comprising only 22% of all internet users, and evidence showing that 85% of online consumers require information in their native tongue...