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Tag: News

France Trying To Force Disclosure Of Google Algorithm, Wants To Regulate the SERP

In regards the the European Commission’s Statement of Objections (antitrust charges) issue, it seems that France has a case of not wanting to wait for it to resolve.  France is taking action to regulate Google’s search results, as well as compel revelation of its search algorithm. According to TechCrunch, a bill is being reported to be making it’s way […]

Facebook Wants To Help Publishers Fix The Mobile Reading Experience

More and more businesses are trying to get into mobile these days, and it looks like Facebook is no different.  According to Facebook’s chef product officer, Chris Cox, The social media giant is trying to make a case to publishers that they can do a better job serving their content on mobile phones. Cox spoke […]

US Smartphone Penetration Now At 75 Percent

According to comScore, About 75 percent of mobile subscribers in the US are now proud owners of smartphones.  To compare, there was only 65.2 percent of people who owned smartphones back in December of 2013.  Based on these numbers, it’s predicted that by December of this year, the US smartphone penetration will be above 80 to […]

Super Bowl Sets Record For Conversation On Facebook

So, you ever hear of this little event they host every year called the Super Bowl?  Apparently when it aired Sunday, there was a lot of talk that came of it.  A good portion of the conversation that took place online, took place on Facebook.  It was reported by Facebook that 65 million people world-wide created 265 […]

Spanish Newspapers Want Government To Force Google To Keep News Open In Spain

To continue the story we shared last week about Google making the decision to shut down Google News in Spain, the Spanish Newspaper Publishers Association (AEDE) is attempting to stop Google from shutting it down.  Here is our original story about it.  You can find out all the background information you need there. Now the AEDE has […]

Talks At Google: Alain de Botton, “The News: A User’s Manual”

In today’s age of technology, we have access to almost anything, anywhere.  We can be sitting at our desks searching the internet on our computers, or on the park bench surfing the web on your mobile phone.  With such a constant stream of information available to us, such as the news, what is this doing […]

Matt Cutts: Google Mobile Queries May Surpass PC Search This Year

Last week at SMX West, people got to hear from Google’s Matt Cutts.  In his talk, Matt claimed that he “wouldn’t be surprised” to find that mobile search finally exceeded desktop queries this year.  It seems that Mister Cutts isn’t the only one who feels this way, because a Google speaker said the same thing […]

Report: Only 6% Of Buyers Claim Social Media Impacts B2B Buying Process

IN a recent B2B Website Usability Report, it was reported that, in a survey among buyers, a massive majority of people won’t buy due to social media.  In other words, social media and blogging has little traction in influencing B2B buying.  Only 6% of the total surveyed said that social media played a role in their […]

Google’s Matt Cutts On Being A Spam Fighter: Looking For Patterns & Always New Spam Efforts

Can’t get enough Matt Cutts? You’re in luck today!  Matt has posted another Webmaster video, but this time, it’s a bit longer.  In this video, he answers what it is like to fight webspam at Google. The question asked was this: “What is a day in the life of a search spam team member like? […]

9 Tips For Getting Free Clicks Through Google News

News is something that will always be important to us.  The importance of news is a very profound to each of  us, for it is what brings us information as to what is going on in your life, your area, and your world that is prevalent to you in some way, shape and form. Does […]