Category: Google
Google launches Plus 1 (+1) Social Sharing Button
Google has now launched their Plus One (+1) Social Sharing Button, and they say this is a way for users to rate a piece of web content as ‘cool’. This will enable users with a Google Account to +1 websites and content they like, which is then broadcasted to their Google Contacts and other people […]
Read More | ShareMobile Search Market Share Statistics, April 2011 – Australia
Today let’s have a look at the Mobile Search Market share amongst the leading Search Engines being used in Australia. The 3 main search engines used in Australia are (obviously): – Google – Bing – Yahoo Here is a graph showing the current market shares: As you can see Google has over 99% of the […]
Read More | ShareSearch Engine Market Share Statistics, April 2011 – Australia
We have had a look at the Search Engine Market shares in Australia for April 2011. The main players in the Search space in Australia are: – Google – Bing – Yahoo As I’m sure you already knew! What is interesting though is Google’s penetration into the market still remains far far ahead of any […]
Read More | ShareInternet/ Web Browser Statistics – Australia, April 2011
Let’s have a look at the current Internet Browser Market Shares in Australia. The 5 main Internet/ Web Browsers being used in Australia are: – Internet Explorer – Mozilla Firefox – Google Chrome – Apple Safari – Opera These days all 5 of these browsers are heavily developing their products to take advantage of the […]
Read More | ShareBing & Yahoo USA Search Market Share Growing, Australia Next?
According to new stats released by Experian Hitwise – Bing and Yahoo have increased their share of the United States Search Market during March. According to the figures Bing had 14.32% of the US Search Market, Yahoo had 15.69% (which is now powered by Bing however in Australia Yahoo Search has not switched over to […]
Read More | ShareGoogle to Introduce +1 button, similar to Facebook Like Button
Google is introducing a new Social Feature whereby users are able to mark their approval or a website, product or online property with a +1 mark. This feature by Google will be directly integrated into Google’s web search and Adwords. You will need to be logged into your Google Account/ Profile to take advantage of […]
Read More | ShareThe Future of SEO is Social Even Google Agrees!
Search Engines like Google and Bing have been taking into account social shares for the past year or so, just lately Google has stepped things up with their new Social Graph. Check out this announcement by Gary Vaynerchuk as he ‘blows the lid on Social ROI’ and the idea that many businesses just won’t get […]
Read More | ShareGoogle’s Algorithmic Farmer Update Aims to Rank High Quality Unique Sites
Google has recently rolled out the Google Farmer Update, a major improvement on Google’s secret ranking algorithm, aiming to better rank high quality websites on its search results pages and web index. Danny Sullivan of SearchEngineLand (a popular US Search Engine Blog) has named it as Google ‘Farmer’ update so that there will be a […]
Read More | ShareWhat is Google Social Search and why do I care?
Google Social SearchThe latest news in the Google-sphere is that yesterday the global search giant announced their social search results will no longer be hidden at the bottom of the results page but will now be integrated with the normal results. But what does this really mean – does it spell a search revolution or is it a tad overrated?
Read More | ShareAttack of the Google bomb
There was a time not long ago when a Google search for “Holocaust” revealed top results indicating that it didn’t happen. In 1999, a search using the Google search engine for “more evil than Satan himself” would have led to the Microsoft homepage. Leading up to the Iraq war, an online hunt for “weapons of […]
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