Social Media SEOIf you’ve been thinking about launching Google Apps for your business, then now is a great time to take the leap. Google Apps setup, deployment, and integration just got a whole lot easier for everyone with 2 new features: 1) The Google Apps Setup Guide: this step, by step guide walks you through, from beginning […]
There is a battle for the real-time data feed. Up to the minute conversations and real time search are clearly what users want, and Twitter at the moment is delivering that better than anyone. Google is not even close at the moment providing anything that resembles real time search. They did just launch Caffeine, which […]
Is it just me, or is everyone (Google, Facebook, etc…) trying to catch up to Twitter? Just yesterday, Facebook acquired FriendFeed for $50 million or so and then within hours, released a news update about their new search function. Then within hours of that Google comes out and releases Caffeine, their new search functionality. Yet […]
Facebook just announced they have purchased FriendFeed for an undisclosed amount. Although FriendFeeds’ traffic has flattened over the past few months, the user base is very loyal and seemingly drawn to FriendFeeds bipartisan approach to social networks. This acquisition might make FriendFeed users “not very happy”! Full Press Release Below
Recently I’ve been interested in comparing Google Trends and Twitter Trends, and what I’ve found is there is really no comparison whatsoever! What I find is the following: Google Trends: A lagging indicator of what is popular on the web. As blogs, Twitter, and other content sites launch breaking news, the word spreads and then […]
Despite all the recent issues, Google Voice will soon be available on the iPhone, but as a web-based app, according to the The New York Times. Google originally tried to get on the iPhone as an app through Apple’s App Store, but was rejected by Apple. I wrote an article about how I believe that AT&T […]
Apparently Eric Schmidt – Google’s CEO – enjoys his work so much that he decides to relinquish pay from both his company, and other’s as well. As a board member at Apple, Schmidt declined both retention fee and annual salary of $50,000. And at Google, where he is the CEO, he only receives a $1 […]