By: RH Statista put together a look at the numbers that Google is generating. Looking at both their financial performance along with their search numbers. Courtesy of Statista
Continue ReadingGoogle is looking for un natural links
By : RH For those who spend time building links for their developed websites they know that quality, natural links are what counts. Search Engine Watch wrote an article that looks how Google is deindexing sites with un-natural links. From the article: The theory I think holds the most water is Frank Watson’s, who contributed […]
Continue ReadingDanny Sullivan of Search Engine Land on why he thinks Google changes are just pr
By: RH Danny Sullivan from SearchEngineLand.com wrote a very good article on the new changes coming to Google Search. The Wall Street Journal is out with a new story on how Google wiil be making some big changes to search. Sullivan sees this as more of a pr move and that most things are not […]
Continue ReadingHow Google search really works
By: RH Jon Mitchell from Read Write Web did a nice article on how Google search really works. Taken from the article : Last week, I talked to Google Search lead designer Jon Wiley about the process of designing Google's iconic interface. What goes on behind that white box? For the second part of my […]
Continue ReadingGoogle awarded patent on exact match domain, detecting commercial queries
Seo by the Sea posted about a patent awarded to Google for exact match domain. A Google patent, originally filed in 2003, and granted today (with Matt Cutts as one of the listed inventors) describes this problem in more detail and provides some ways that Google could potentially act to lessen the value of keywords […]
Continue ReadingWhat is G.co.uk worth ? Not as much as G.co at least not for Google
The Financial times did an article on the auction of single letter .co.uk names. The most heated auction was for G.co.uk according to the story. "But in the highest-priced auction, Google was outbid for the rights to g.co.uk by Any-Web, a company which collects, builds and resells domain names and is believed to be the […]
Continue ReadingGoogle wants to know who you are
Apparently some of the buzz from the Edinburgh International TV Festival was identity. Google Ceo Eric Schmidt was asked a question about the need for real names. He replied by saying that G+ was built primarily as an identity service, so fundamentally, it depends on people using their real names if they’re going to build […]
Continue ReadingGoogle changing search with expanded organic sitelinks
Google has introduced expanded organic sitelinks. So search for domaining.com for example: Now this is not under every search but it seems if the site is well known, you get these expanded organic listings. If this becomes the norm its going to get interesting.
Continue ReadingGoogle hits $600 a share for the first time since March
Google on the strength of a strong earnings report hit $600 for the first time since March 7. Google reported its strongest quarter in several years, with revenue handily exceeding all expectations, EBITDA margins [held] steady at 54.5%, in line with consensus. The tech giant’s net revenues for the quarter — US$6.92-billion — came in […]
Continue ReadingDow Jones hits new 52 week high, Demand Media hits new low
The Dow Jones industrial average hit a new 52 week high as earnings came in better than expected for some technology leaders including Intel. Demand Media (DMD:NYSE) started the day to the upside but did a quick turn back down. The stock opened up .30 to $16.65 and hit $17 before turning around. The stock closed […]
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