The Google homepage has a new logo that changes colour as you type, and it’s quite likely a big tip-off as to what the company will announce at its “can’t miss” search event on Wednesday.
When you arrive on the search giant homepage today, you’ll be greeted with a gray Google doodle. When you start typing [...]
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The South African wine industry feels that it has been boosted by being the first in the world to be included in Google’s Street View service.
“This is fantastic for our industry from a marketing perspective,” WineNet’s Kevin Kidson told News24.
“It gives you a view of the winery online and it’s a pity that there’s one [...]
Be wary of SEO firms and web consultants or agencies that send you emails out of the blue. “Dear Mr. Smith, I visited your website and noticed that you are not listed in most of the major search engines and directories …” Reserve the same skepticism for unsolicited email as for “burn fat at night [...]
When Google launched its panoramic photo mapping service back in 2007, it was the first time many cybercitizen had the chance to explore an envelop of detailed street-level photos from their armchairs.
In the U.S., Street View’s rivals now include Microsoft’s Silverlight-powered “Streetside” via Bing Maps and MapQuest’s 360 View. Elsewhere in the world, other international [...]
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Europeans are increasingly using their cellphones for satellite navigation in cars, directly threatening the personal navigation industry says comScore.
Competition for satellite navigation users has increased this year as the world’s largest cellphone maker Nokia in January followed Google in starting to offer free navigation on phones.
In February 21.1 million consumers in five large European markets [...]
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Google is giving users even more tools for finding and understanding their website’s visitor stats. The company has just announced they’re opening a full App Gallery for Google Analytics.
Apps are available in 12 categories, including business intelligence, campaign management, content, data collection, e-commerce, email marketing, mobile marketing, phone tracking, reporting tools, SEO, site auditing, and [...]
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Facebook is the fourth largest distributor of news content on the web as people spend more time on social networking websites.
Last year Facebook overtook Google News rising from just over 1% in January 2009 to 3.5% last week.
Google News accounted for only 1.39% of visits to news and media sites last month while Google Reader, [...]
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Google has unveiled a tool that lets scientists and protectors of the environment use the Internet to track what is left of the Earth’s forests.
“We hope this technology will help stop the destruction of the world’s rapidly-disappearing forests,” Rebecca Moore and Amy Luers of the US Internet giant’s philanthropic arm Google.org said in a blog post.
The [...]
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