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Google Hits the Billion Monthly Unique Visitors Mark
Roughly one in seven people around the world visit Google monthly. How do we know? Google has just become the first company…
Performance Based SEO: Innovative Pricing or Russian Roulette for Backlinks?
The performance-based SEO model can work, but has a disconcerting mix of over-the-top claims, moral hazards, and aggressive link building tactics that…
Google +1 Counts Appearing in Search Results
In what seems to be an attempt to further push its new Google +1 button, Google is showing the number of +1's…
DuckDuckGo: Ditch Google, Bing for Unfiltered Search
DuckDuckGo, a small-time search engine, focuses its promotions on showing ways it's (supposedly) better than Google. The current message: DuckDuckGo lets you…
Google Street View Halted in Bangalore
Just a few brief weeks after Google Street View cars started driving on the streets of Bangalore, India, Google has halted its…
U.S. Hotel Industry Could Be Losing $1.9 Billion From Branded Search Terms
Hotel brand managers need to issue much stricter brand guidelines to affiliates and channel partners. That's the message from a recent study…
Has Same-Sex Marriage Controversy Caused Google To Retreat From Open Gay Support?
During Gay Pride celebrations last year Google's support was highly visible, as banner-carrying employees attended events around the world. This year, Google's…
4 PRO PR-Optimization Strategies: SEO, Video, Local & Social
It’s time to connect the dots between PR, social media, search marketing, and SEO. As competition gets SEO-smarter, the stream of online…
Google’s New Homepage Test: No Longer “Feeling Lucky”?
A new Google search interface experiment has been discovered. While there have been a few fun design changes, one major Google element…
Google Acquires SageTV for GoogleTV Reinvigoration
Google just picked up SageTV for an undisclosed amount. SageTV, a software and hardware company that built a product for watching and…