Does Uncensored FCC Street View Report Show Google Lied?
Posted on 30. Apr, 2012 by admin in Search Engine Watch
A report from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has accused Google of knowingly collecting households’ Wi-Fi data, a practice the search giant has long argued happened by mistake during the design of its Street View service. The FCC’s 17-month investigation found that Google supervisors and Street View engineers had known about the plan to [...]
Google Gets Hit With Fine for Obstructing FCC Investigation
Posted on 30. Apr, 2012 by admin in Marketing Pilgrim
Google’s Street View is a very helpful tool when you’re driving to a place you’ve never visited before. But what are we willing to give up in return for the convenience? No one wants to pay in cash for the service, so how about you turn over your web history and email instead? More than [...]
Citi and LinkedIn Partner to Reach Professional Women
Posted on 30. Apr, 2012 by admin in Clickz
In addition to the standard LinkedIn Groups features, the Connect: Professional Women’s Network Powered by Citi will have specially edited content and moderated discussions. LinkedIn editors also will produce a LinkedIn Today Special Edition designed for its members that will include both trending news from publishers and selected content from Citi. Citi already has a [...]
ICANN Plans To Notify All Applicants Over TLD System Data Breaches
Posted on 30. Apr, 2012 by admin in Webmaster World
“We’re very apologetic for the inconvenience to any applicants,” ICANN chief executive Rod Beckstrom told Reuters. “Clearly, we’re going to take every step that we can to make sure that no one takes advantage of any information they may have obtained,” he said in a telephone interview, declining to detail exactly what steps could be [...]
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 30, 2012
Posted on 30. Apr, 2012 by admin in SE Round Table
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Search Engine Roundtable Stories: Poll: Were You Impacted By The Google Penguin Update? With the Google Panda update we ran a poll and noted 40% were negatively impacted [...]
Penguin Joins Panda in Google Web Spam War
Posted on 30. Apr, 2012 by admin in SEOchat
(Page 1 of 2 ) Early last week, Google began using a new algorithm to help it combat webspam from black hat SEOs. Dubbed Penguin, it aims to eliminate from the search engine’s listings websites that engage in certain shady practices. But how well does it work? Google webspam guru Matt Cutts explained the rationale [...]
A pop culture site moves into e-commerce
Posted on 30. Apr, 2012 by admin in Internet Retailer
A screenshot of Karmin on the Popdust Style site. Popdust.com, a music and pop culture news site, is relying on the power of social media to spread word of Popdust Style, its e-commerce arm that opened for business last week. Popdust recruited Amy Heidemann and Nick Noonan, better known as YouTube cover band Karmin, as [...]
Best SEO Company Results in Google UK
Posted on 30. Apr, 2012 by admin in Hobo Web
RECOMMENDED: Check out the best seo tools you should be using Fact 1. The UK is now in recession. You may be thinking of employing a seo company to help you optimise your site. You might even think about searching Google for “best seo company” (if you don’t know any better)….. Fact 2 – Google [...]
When Color is the Branding Tool, Marketers to Draw Carefully
Posted on 30. Apr, 2012 by admin in AllTop
April 30 2012 | Kathy Crosett Marketers, and nonprofits especially, have long turned to color to help brand themselves. In the past few years, we’ve learned to associate the color pink with the fight against breast cancer and fundraising promotions for heart disease prevention usually feature red. Most recently, billboards have been popping up in [...]
Improving the RFP: Better Questions Yield Better Results
Posted on 30. Apr, 2012 by admin in Adage
“Come here often?” “What’s your sign?” “Can I have your number because I seemed to have lost mine?” <!––> Ridiculously bad, right? We’d snicker and turn away if we ever found ourselves on the receiving end of one of one these horrendous pick-up lines. But sadly, the “opening lines” being used today in client request-for-information [...]
