A blog can be a great addition to any business’ existing website or it can serve as a business’ presence on the Web. And considering that nearly 50% of small businesses do not have a website – and small businesses make up about 99.9% of all businesses – establishing a presence on the Web in [...] Read more »
Google’s China Stand-Off: 10 Reasons It Matters
By Diane Mermigas | Jan 15, 2010 Google’s intensifying stand-off with China has implications for Internet users that exceed the company’s threatened withdrawal from the Asian powerhouse over cyber attacks and censorship. On a macro level, the confrontation focuses global attention on personal data security, freedom of expression, open commerce and reprisals by governments that [...] Read more »
Optimized Search Suggestions Using Your Location
Thursday, January 14, 2010 2:38 PM Typing a query into the search box on a phone can often be slow and difficult. For this reason, relevant search suggestions that match your intended query can meaningfully reduce the time and effort it takes to submit a search. Today in the US, we are happy to announce [...] Read more »
Bing’s Dip Could Be a Blip or Oncoming Trouble
On Jan. 13, Nielsen offered up its December 2009 data for the U.S. search market, finding that Google held 67.3 percent of that market, with Yahoo following at 14.4 percent and Bing in third with 9.9 percent. Granted, this is just one research firm’s report, which will most likely vary from reports by other firms, [...] Read more »
Sizing up Apple’s and Google’s Mobile Moves
By Eric Bader, ClickZ, Jan 8, 2010 It’s only the first week of January and the mobile industry has awakened this winter like a hungry bear during the spring. Consider the recent news: Apple acquired Quattro Wireless, an ad network, this week. Google, this week, unveiled Nexus One, a mobile phone that runs on the Android operating [...] Read more »
