A startup from Venice, Italy called GlassUp intends to compete with Google Glass with a pair of glasses that don’t include camera or video capabilities. The prototype is a “receive-only” device that lacks mechanisms for responding to text messages and emails. Its projected screen is monochrome (think old-school UNIX command line) and it places the...
Google recently announced an exact match domain (EMD) algorithm update intended to ensure low-quality EMDs do not rank well in Google search results. Matt Cutts tweeted that the update would “impact 0.6% of English-US queries to a noticeable degree.” So far, the update has had a heavy-handed impact on websites that have built their SEO...
We all know that the Penguin and Panda updates are designed to push Webmasters away from relying on SEO tricks and towards creating more relevant content. So if Google is de-indexing free directories that SEOs and webmasters have often used to artificially build links, it would not come as much surprise. Google has made it clear...
Google co-founder Sergey Brin is worried about a future in which Apple and Facebook rule the Internet. If it was all about a desire for world domination, I’d say that’s a bit like the pot calling the kettle black? But his critique goes further. His problem is that “the two companies threaten freedom and innovation...
Just as you were getting used to using Google+ (maybe) the company releases a redesign. Features of the redesign are just beginning to roll out and include a greater emphasis on photography, hangouts and Google trends among other things. “We think you’ll find it easier to use and nicer to look at, but most importantly,...
Guy Kawasaki – Silicon Valley entrepreneur, former Apple evangelist and investor – just published an e-book about Google+ called What the Plus: Google+ for the Rest of Us. In it he talks about why Google+ is better than Facebook, technically speaking, but lacks warmth that could “inspire true devotion,” and introduces the concept of “WYKC-WYG” or “who you...
It’s been said before. Google gets paid when users click on their ads, not when they arrive at your (webmaster’s) websites. Of course arriving at your website is a consequence of said click, but there is a greater intrinsic value in keeping users on Google as for long as possible. Think about it, Facebook is arguably the...
