Is Yahoo! Making a Comeback?
How many of us still use Yahoo! as their preferred search engine? Statistics say not that many and to be precise current figure suggests 12%. Although its piece of the pie is not that great compared to...
View ArticleWho is The New Player in The Social Search Market?
As an internet user and lets face it, most of us in the developed world are pretty much addicted to the Internet, you would be performing one or more of the 1 billion searches – every day! That’s...
View Article4 Benefits of Building or Investing in Online Business
Whether you are looking to start a business or even seeking to invest in a business, a product or a service that is offered via the internet is always a good start. Sure, there are a lots of online...
View ArticleJan 2013: Google Makes Another Change to the Algorithm?
Webmaster and SEO world has been shaken once again with the latest changes in the organic search engine results page rankings. According to the renowned SEO blog, Search Engine Round Table, the big G...
View ArticleGoogle Places Error? Pending, Being Reviewed
Recently I was helping one of my customers claim their Google Places listing. This involves verifying that you are a business owner or an authorised representative of the listing. How does any business...
View ArticleGoogle Head of Search Quality Team Matt Cutts Answers: Is PageRank Being...
One way that Google measures relevancy and authority of a certain website is what’s known as Page Rank (PR). Although every single PAGE of every website out there is ranked using this measure, the word...
View ArticleExpert Advice: How To Best Deal With Developing News Webpages On Your Website
If you’ve ever written a news article about the current and developing story that you wanted to update, do you create a new article or do you update the existing post? It is certainly a dilemma I was...
View ArticleWhy do Some Low Authority and Low Quality Pages Rank Highly on Google?
Seeing that many Search Engine professionals and blogs have observed varying results on Google results pages, a head of Google’s webspam (or anti-webspam) team Matt Cuts was asked a question as to why...
View ArticleHot off the press: Google Announces SEO Changes and Penguin 2.0 Release?
Matt Cutts who is a head of Google’s search quality (anti-spam) team has announced the latest changes that Google is going to implement in the next few months that will be permanent (at least for some...
View ArticleHow NSA breached privacy thousands of times: new report
Further documents from whistleblower and former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden suggest the NSA broke US privacy rules thousands of times in the past two years. Citing internal audit...
View ArticleExposed: new report reveals Google’s Aussie ad billions
A new report by Australian telecoms market research company Telsyte has suggested – without actually naming the company – that Google pulled in revenue of almost A$1.7 billion from Australian search...
View ArticleDon’t blame Internet – we now get fined for parking automatically – makes...
ADELAIDE – The Internet of Things appears to be happening in Adelaide after a suburban council said it plans extend an automated parking fines system after a trial found it to be far more effective...
View ArticleNBN – What they don’t want you to know about this ‘new fast Internet’?
SYDNEY – About 400 of the almost 3000 staff at NBN Co are each being paid more than $200,000 a year, according to an Australian IT report. Collectively they are scoring more than $80 million a year. On...
View ArticleFacebook tests (introduces?) video ads
The social-networking service plans to offer 15-second spots. While the company already allows advertisers to upload videos to a Facebook page and then broadcast them to a user’s news-feed, the new...
View ArticleIs Facebook introducing ‘dislike’ button?
SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook is offering two new features including “Dislike” and “Donate” buttons. The Dislike button has been one of the most requested features by Facebook users but it will not be...
View ArticleIs this how Google is ridding Internet of SPAM?
Long gone are the days when you used to search on Google and get all sorts of spammy results returned that made you frustrated after spending hours searching that sent you on tangents. How often do you...
View ArticleWill Microsoft Windows Phone/RT become free to phone manufacturers?
SAN FRANCISCO – Following the Google model, Microsoft is considering offering free versions of its Windows Phone and Windows RT to mobile device manufacturers. Google’s free Android software has...
View ArticleGovt. urged: End the monopoly and open NBN to all comers
CANBERRA – David Teoh’s aggressive TPG group – already a major force in the telecoms and broadband sector – has urged the Abbott Government to end the National Broadband Network monopoly on the rollout...
View ArticleSpy-like Google Glass on sale to public but there’s a catch
How and where to buy Google glass? SAN FRANCISCO – Google Glass will go on sale for one day only this week – at US$1500. That’s the offer posted on Google Plus to attract people who want to become...
View ArticleGoogle: A Must for Every Local Small Business and it’s FREE?
What has Google re-branded half dozen times that is essential for small local business owners and is FREE? The answer varied depending of the year you posed the question and Google finally promises to...
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