IE 8 Equipped with Microsoft Live Search Accelerators
A you’re probably aware, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 browser is now generally available. What you may or may not be aware of is that Microsoft has included some accelerators for Live Search within it.
Twitter Experiences 1,392% Growth In February
Most of us would be happy in this economy for any growth that occurred between Feb of 2008 and Feb of 2009. 10 percent would be fine. 50% would be amazing. 100% growth gets you rock star status. So if you are Twitter and Nielsen gave you the news that your subscriber base grew 1,392% in that period you may need to change your shorts.
Kumo Definitely Just a Testing Name (Or is it?)
Update 2: LiveSide who shared that tweet about Microsoft saying Kumo was only a test name is now saying they made an error and the tweet didn’t actually come from Microsoft. So…disregard that. Let’s just say there’s no certainty one way or the other.
Gmail Does Something It Should’ve Done A Long Time Ago
Gmail has been all about improving usability lately. Most recently they’ve announced a big improvement in this area fixing a problem that has annoyed countless emailers including Googlers themselves.
You know how when you get more than one conversation going based on one message, you don’t always have time to read each new one? It can get pretty confusing when trying to remember which ones still need to be read when you go back to them. If you mark the whole thing as unread, then you have to wade through the ones you’ve already read.
How To Create Good Copywriting For Conversions: Creating the Copy
In Part 1 of our series on Creating Good Copywriting For Conversions, we covered using stats and analytics to research and guide your efforts. In Part 2 we break down steps you can follow to help you develop a personal procedure to create effective copywriting.
Google Offers New Coupon Templates for AdWords
Online coupons are incredibly popular these days. In fact, just recently, Nielsen released some data showing that not only are more people going to coupon sites, but the average amount of time spent there has increased.
YouTube Shows You How Viewers Interact with Your Videos
YouTube contacted Murdok this afternoon to tell us about a new analytics feature it has just launched for YouTube Insight. A spokesperson tells me the feature gets more into engagement metrics than YouTube Insight has in the past.
Until now, YouTube Insight has only dealt with information related to views. With this launch it "will give uploaders information on how viewers interact with their videos," she says.
Tips For Organic Keyword Research And Selection
In the session "Organic Keyword Research and Selection" the panel offered strategies for developing keyword lists for organic search engine optimization.
Coverage of PubCon South Austin continues at Murdok Videos. Stay with Murdok for more notes and videos from the event this week.
Seth Wilde, Search Engine Marketing Manager, uShip, talked about keyword research methods.
IE and Google Chrome Browsers Get Upgraded
In the past two days both Google and Microsoft have announced either changes or a new releases for their browser. Both are obviously touting improvements with speed being the main focus of Google and features being that of Microsoft.
Anything You Say On Facebook Can And Will Be Held Against You
Seems like hardly a month goes by without news about somebody’s social network profile getting them in trouble either with their school, with work, or with the court system. The two most recent cases come out of Canada, where a college student was put on probation for badmouthing a professor online, and a litigant may have to divulge information on his private Facebook account.