According to Nielsen Online, nothing earth-shattering happened in terms of search rankings between August and September; Google didn’t finally corner three-fourths of the market, and no major competitors switched positions. There were some significant losses and gains, though, and they affected the top search companies.
Terrorists On Twitter?
Terrorists. In your closet, under your bed, on Twitter. And Army intelligence, your big brother, is watching closely. Be careful throwing the word “Hezbollah” around in your tweets.
Google Weighs Larger Energy Investments
Google is looking to put more focus on the energy industry in hopes of creating a business opportunity.
Local Customers Use Internet More Than Yellow Pages
A new study has revealed that print yellow pages are no longer the main way customers seek local information. The internet (through search engines, local directories etc.) is now the top way consumers look for local information.
Google Resolves Book Search Lawsuits
Google’s book-scanning and -sharing problems are, in short, almost gone. Pending the approval of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Google has agreed to a host of steps that will satisfy the Authors Guild, John Wiley & Sons, the McGraw-Hill Companies, Pearson Education, the Penguin Group, and Simon & Schuster.
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Is Social Media Good or Bad For Business?
Business owners often struggle with the question of whether or not their employees should be using social media in the workplace. There are obvious reasons why they shouldn’t, but there are certainly potential benefits as well, and unfortunately not a lot of clarity to the matter. So let’s look at this from several different angles. Stats
MTV Offering…Music Videos?
With the launch of a single site, MTV has apparently put my biggest knock against the network to bed. That’s the lack of music videos of course.
Guy Goes to Jail After Pointing Cops to His YouTube Video
What you post about yourself online can come back to haunt you. Who doesn’t know this? Well, a motorcyclist in the UK named Sandor Ferenci apparently didn’t until now. He posted videos of himself doing tricks and speeding at 130 miles-per-hour around Banbury, Oxfordshire before being arrested.
Google Increasing Ad Saturation
If you can think of a way in which Google could monetize something, feel free to contact the company; it would probably be all ears. Google’s made revenue-seeking moves ranging from quite smart to questionable recently, and the sheer volume of them is starting to add up to a significant grab.