Ok, StumbleUpon has nothing to do with Google PageRank, except for the fact that both are toolbar based and reach millions of users. Like PageRank, StumbleUpon also experiences its flaws.. especially on the Top Stumblers page.StumbleUpon’s own Top Stumblers page is flawed because some users there have 100,000+ stumbles while others have less than a [...]
One of the obvious reasons for the Google acquisition of Feedburner, besides gaining access to a major amount of blogs and adding a blog metrics tool for future Google Analytics upgrades, was a monetary channel for Google AdSense ads which can be published in RSS feeds. In turn, the ads would be publised on the [...]
Everex is launching its gPC “Google PC” today at Wal-Mart stores for the low price of $200. The gPC runs off of a mix of Ubuntu Linux, Google Applications and Open Source software like OpenOffice to offer fully functional applications at an affordable price.The gPC runs off a 1.5GHz Via C7-D processor, Via UniChrome Pro [...]
Semantic search engine Hakia has added a social component to its meaning-based search engine called Meet Others. The idea behind Meet Others is to connect users through the queries they used during a search activity in Hakia.So, when you are searching for “search engine optimization”, the Hakia search search results page will include a link [...]
Yahoo Search is updating with some changes to its algorithm and index, which at first seems like one of their monthly weather reports. However, there may be some significant changes going on behind the curtains at Yahoo.The Google PageRank update has been the focus of a good amount of blog and forum coverage over the [...]
As competitive as we get, sometimes brand keywords are the most overlooked. Brand keywords are also some of the cheapest clicks. Not only that, but if someone is typing brand keywords, they are already looking for your site/products/etc (they are already aware) which is usually why the conversion rate is much higher than [...]
Google has added another Halloween logo, marking its eighth year of Halloween logos:Here is a collection of Google’s Halloween logos over the past eight years. Which is your favorite? I think today’s is quite creepy, but 2006’s was the scariest.
Facebook’s Zuckerberg must be laughing right now as he reads the latest buzz on the web about OpenSocial, a group of “other” social networks headed by no less than Google representing Orkut. Joining Google in OpenSocial are social networks LinkedIn, hi5, Friendster, Plaxo and Ning.The New York Times is reporting that “it learned of the [...]
AOL takes a giant step towards its expansion goal with the launch of a local language version of its web search portal in India. Coming into the Indian web market are a slew of AOL web services spearheaded by AOL’s video search portal Truveo. Truveo is launching its international editions in eight major countries today [...]
Video search engine Truveo which was founded sometime in 2004 and was acquired by AOL in 2006, is expanding its operations with the launch of localized video search engine portals in eight major markets worldwide. Kicking off this initial localization project are video search portals in 8 major countries, France, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Spain, [...]
