The news of Google Reader's closure didn't go down well with the service's loyal following, with users flocking to the web to bemoan Google's decision to shut it down. Google Reader is no more. Google officially closed the doors on its popular RSS...
The closure of Google Affiliate Network (GAN) will create a lot of work for affiliate marketers. But Google's exit is good news for competitive affiliate networks and affiliate program management companies, which have leapt to snap up the business...
Closure of Yahoo Site Explorer The recent closure of Yahoo Site Explorer has given rise to a number of alternatives from providers such SEOMoz site explorer, Web SEO Analytics, and SEO Book toolbar, which all offer free alternatives alongside...
A core driver of this market is an increased demand for efficiency and automation among agencies, but a significant contributing factor is that many of the free tools offering from search engines' themselves are being downgraded or de-commissioned...
When the Broadway Books store faced closure due to the economic downturn, the owner’s son took to Twitter to spur shoppers to buy local. Five of the currently published Twitter Stories are particularly inspirational for marketers looking for new...
When Google announced the phasing out of Google Health this summer, SEW columnist Dean Stephens offered a few potential reasons for the closure. Users will be allowed to use pseudonyms soon, as Google plans to relax their controversial real names...
The Products Slated for Closure That includes Google Labs, which saw official closure on October 14th, and Boutiques.com and Like.com, both of which now redirect to Google Product Search. Google announced that several products will be shut down by...
This allows Google to work as a fail-safe to abuse, although a stringent verification process for business closure is still – for the time being – conspicuously absent. Another high-profile fake closure was Barbara Oliver Mike Blumenthal is...
The closure of Labs indicates a stronger commitment to a far narrower lineup of projects. Google has announced that its Labs project, which spawned Gmail, Goggles, Maps, Reader, and other products, will be shut down.
The Closure of Google Directory Google's Directory, a relic of eras past, has been removed – with essentially no fanfare. This shutdown is part of a broader effort to focus in on a smaller but more powerful range of services.
Perhaps they can take a page from Twitter and just come up with their own Fail Whale, afterall most people found out about the closure through the Twitter social network. Due to overwhelming response, Google had to shutdown the invites to their...
And new projects like GWT, Closure and MegaStore are sluggish, overengineered Leviathans compared to fast, elegant tools like jQuery and mongoDB. Former Google engineer Dhanji R. Prasanna, who helped design the search and indexing pipeline on Wave...
But until a few years ago, the only way we could reach out and answer these questions in a mobile fashion was via email and/or asking someone on the other end, a process that was inefficient at best and frustrating and without closure at worst.
So in addition to performance issues, customer service issues, economic issues, and the implications of the closure of the Teen Grid (which I'll get to next week), we've got a giant security mess too.
But before I do, I want to point out something I forgot last week, but was kindly pointed out to me by commenter MarillaAnne Slade, which is the upcoming closure of the Teen Grid. So I've been talking about this theory I have about what Linden Lab...
If you're really advanced, you can use Google's Closure Compiler to make your JavaScripts better, faster, and lighter. In the past, it was often arguable how much your front-end site code impacted your site's usability and SEO.
Their admission and apology for data collecting via StreetView and their candidness over the closure of the Nexus One webstore are truly great examples of business blogging. The network of official Google blogs has to be commended for the...
Who knows, maybe is it the constant queries by the five of us on the eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano and the closure of British air space that is driving the Hot Trends. According to Google Trends, three of the latest Hot Topics are...
I know, I'll blame the eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano and the closure of British air space. How did I miss this announcement? Image by SESConferenceSeries via Flickr But, it case you also missed it, Rich Snippets (aka microformats...
He also noted, "Overwhelming these debate-related queries was the eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano and the closure of British air space. Oldham, Software Engineer at Google, posted "Brits search for a leader" last night -- about three...
