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April Fools: The games are in full effect!

1. April 2010

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It’s that time of year again, April Fools Day!, and the online hoaxing is everywhere! You’ve probably already seen them everywhere today. That amazing deal, or that new app that sounds too good to be true, chances are….it probably is — very few companies take April 1st seriously, but its all in good fun! Here are some [...]

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Google Base Joins the Online Market

8. March 2010

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With its advent of a free content submission program, Google has joined Craig’s List and eBay in the competitive online marketplace. Google Base and Google Merchant Center, released respectively in November 2006 and September 2009, allow individuals to post online and offline content for Google to make searchable. How does it work? Through Google Base and [...]

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Google and China Engage in Online Battle

1. February 2010

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In a country driven by the internet, where a good book or a delicious pizza are just a click away, it is hard not to take our freedom to search the web for granted. However, some countries do not allow their citizens the same liberties we cherish when it comes to online searching. On January [...]

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Google hopping on the QR Code bandwagon

14. December 2009

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A QR (Quick Reference) code is a variation of a barcode, having a pixilated rectangular image rather than a series of stripes, and can store pretty much any information you want. QR codes have been widely used in Asia for some times, and Japan is going nuts over them! QR codes can appear on items [...]

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Everyone’s buzzing about Windows 7

22. October 2009

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Windows 7 has been a long time coming, but finally went on sale today. Windows 7 is now available on new PCs as well as available as an upgrade on some old ones. No shock to anyone, it is rapidly becoming one the most talked about topics on the web. Everyone is talking about it on [...]

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Google Makes Video Indexing Easier

15. September 2009

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To improve video indexing, Google Webmaster has now added support for Facebook Share and Yahoo! SearchMonkey RDFa markup format to let you specify information like a video’s title and description, within the HTML of a video page. As Video search is becoming more and more popular, Google wants webmasters who offer video content to be able to get their videos [...]

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Google improves its speed with a boost of “Caffeine”

13. August 2009

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With both Microsoft and Yahoo partnering against Google in the search market and now Facebook this week announcing its new real-time search page, the search giant is holding its head up high with a much-needed performance boost of its own. Google is calling this new test version of its boost, “Caffeine“, and claims it will [...]

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Search Engine Taste Test?

11. August 2009

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Blindsearch removes the branding from three search engines to see if that influences your decision on who you think is the best or not. Then you vote for one.

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Watch out Twitter, you’re not the only one with real-time search

11. August 2009

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Facebook and Google have now implemented real-time search into their products.

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How does Binghoo change what you knew about SEO?

7. August 2009

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Bing presents new opportunities and challenges to businesses trying to rank high. The same traditional ranking factors apply and more.

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