In "Can Google be Trusted to Do No Evil? I talked about how Google+ provided a hub by which users could be tied to their websites, content, other users, employers, or locations.virtually any entity, with any attribute.
Yes, I am everything that's evil in the world. Google Glass turned up on auction site eBay yesterday. The augmented reality eyewear apparently fetched bids of more than $95,000, according to Forbes, showing that the product is in high demand.
It used to be free, and Google's turning evil, all they care about are their margins. Google Shopping's move to a paid shopping channel has generated a large amount of confusion and questions in the ecommerce world, particularly for online merchants.
Do No Evil Not long after Google+ was launched, I came to the conclusion that Google didn't build it as just another entry into the social arena. I was certain it ran a lot deeper than that. When authorship launched, it seemed to support my theory...
When the canonical URL tag is implemented incorrectly, the simple and helpful tag can turn evil in a split second. The site may look pretty, but there could be evil gremlins roaming around your code. I use my programming skills on a regular basis...
New effects appear that can look like "evil". On a break, I caught up on local news and was hearing about some local tow truck companies volunteering their time to help people who are stranded on the roads.
I may not always agree with what you believe I'm looking for, but you always give it your best shot; and while the “don't be evil” of years gone by has been replaced by constant strategies to monopolize and monetize, we all knew the younger hippie...
It was more than 20 years ago that evil struck in my own life. The day that evil struck the small town of Newtown and rocked the entire nation back on our heels, social media delivered the news from more than just major news outlets.
No matter how seemingly annoying, unpleasant, jerky, or evil someone appears at first glance, their motivation is always to meet an unmet need. Pretty much everything we do, say, and think about is a form of search: an attempt to scan our...
Scrolling across the top of scroogled.com are quotes from Google's founders stating how paid ads bias search results and other original “don't be evil” position statements that have been completely reversed by the new paid Google Shopping product.
Easter Eggs Kids (re Evil Whiners There is more Halloween fun to be had on Google aside from the Haunted House doodle. If you haven't noticed them already, Google really want you to notice their freebase results which makes the search engine a bit...
But looking at the link disavow tool from the opposite side of the fence, there are some unintended (or perhaps intended) consequences that could see the disavow tool used for evil, instead of as a clean-up tool for webmasters who have no other...
Black Hat SEO – Evil? Does this make black hat SEO evil? Why do so many use our terms so incorrectly? And does Google really hate SEOs? I know all these questions have been addressed in this or that article, like in my discussion with Ken Krogue in...
Your Evil Twin: Identifying and Managing Duplicate Content There are many tools out there, but Screaming Frog is definitely one of the most popular/powerful scrapers and it is the spider of choice for this tutorial.
Make it enthralling, after all you – the mighty SEO in shining armor – rescued the site from the evil Penguin. Bought anything off of Amazon lately without reading the reviews? Probably not, since we’re intrinsically driven to seek out social proof...
At tends to happen on slow news weeks, this development sparked outrage among a tiny fraction of Google users and sparked the usual tired blog posts pointing out that this is just further proof of Google’s evil, monopolistic doings.
With this test, Google is showing an intent for Knowledge Graph as a discovery tool, which would be about the most philanthropic and least evil purpose for it. Google is reportedly testing a new feature in the Knowledge Graph sidebar: the ability...
Averages are a necessary evil when it comes to reporting numbers. News organizations love to report averages. For example, in 2002 the CDC released data about the average height and weight of American adults.
Nothing is inherently evil about trying “to generate advertising revenue through attracting reader page views. Now, there’s nothing inherently evil in hiring “freelance writers to generate large amounts of textual content.
Don’t be Evil” - Can We Just Put This One to Bed? So is Google going to the dark side, turning their back on the “Don’t be evil” mantra? Google certainly isn’t pure evil; they do amazing work around the world and have probably pushed the boundaries...
