Archive for November 9th, 2009

Docs Faceoff: Microsoft Office vs. Google Docs

We’ve been witnessing some blockbuster fights in our Web Faceoff series. For last seven weeks, we’ve pitted two popular web or tech apps against each other and allowing you, the reader, vote on who is more worthy of the title of Web Faceoff Champion. [ READ MORE ]

Did You Know the Verizon Droid Can Crush Rocks? [VIDEO]

Verizon has been going after the iPhone in its ad campaigns as if Apple’s smartphone spit in its Cornflakes. A new ad for the just released Droid pits monochrome axle-greased toughness against colorful blinged out iPhone cases, insinuating that the carrier’s first Android phone isn’t “wussy” like that other smartphone. [ READ MORE ]

What’s Trending in Your City? Soon, Twitter Will Tell You

When Twitter announced that it would soon attach location to tweets, we began to imagine the possibilities. In fact, we made a wishlist of geolocation features we’d like to see Twitter implement. Our top request was the ability to see trending topics by country, state, and city. [ READ MORE ]

Loopt for BlackBerry Now Works More Like Loopt for iPhone

One of the emerging trends in social media is geolocation. It makes a lot of sense because connecting with people and activities going on around you is a great way to enhance and actively use the real-time nature of social networking. [ READ MORE ]

The Top 100 Twitter News Sources [Stats]

We’re always interested in understanding the habits, preferences, and future trends of Twitter and its users. For example, we were fascinated by a report listing the most engaging celebrities on Twitter, and by a new site that analyzes the 50 hottest brands on Twitter on a daily basis. And as of today, we now know [ READ MORE ]

TWITTER SACKED: Larry Johnson Released by Chiefs After Inflammatory Tweets

Although we expected Larry Johnson to be disciplined for his inflammatory comments on Twitter several weeks ago (which he was), we can’t say we saw this twist coming: the Kansas City Chiefs have released the former Pro Bowl running back. [ READ MORE ]

SEO: How it Works – Los Angeles Public Relations News

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Tweeting for SEO – SEO Consult – SEO News (blog)

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Rupert Murdoch Plans To Hide His Sites From Google, The World Yawns

The media today is widely reporting an excerpt from Rupert Murdoch’s interview with Sky News Australia, in which he says he plans to make News Corp sites invisible to Google’s search engine. [ READ MORE ]

Integrating SEO every step of the way can save effort on site design – Brafton

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BREAKING: Google Acquires Mobile Ad Network AdMob for $750 Million

Merger Monday is back in the tech space. Just hours after Electronic Arts announced it was buying social gaming outfit Playfish for up to 0 million, Google has announced that it’s buying mobile ad network AdMob for 0 million in stock. [ READ MORE ]

Organic Search Engine Optimization Pays – ad:tech New York

Feed Your Brain, Part III: Advanced Analytics Well ad:tech saved some of the best for last here at ad:tech New York. In part III of ‘Feed Your Brain’ two presentations were featured and each explored how advanced analytics can be leveraged to optimize organic search. The presenters are as follows: Amir Ashkenazi, CEO and Co-Founder, [ READ MORE ]

7 Ways to Get More Out of LinkedIn

Sharlyn Lauby is the president of Internal Talent Management (ITM) which specializes in employee training and human resources consulting. She authors a blog at hrbartender.com. [ READ MORE ]

BREAKING: EA Acquires Facebook Game Maker Playfish For Up to $400 Million

If you needed proof that social gaming is huge business, look no further than today’s blockbuster news. [ READ MORE ]

Gigabyte Fixes Windows 7/iPhone Sync Issues

Last week we posted about syncing issues some Windows 7 users were having with their iPhones. [ READ MORE ]

Twitter and Penguins: How the San Francisco Zoo Uses Twitter [VIDEO]

We know there are a lot of interesting and unique uses for Twitter. We’ve seen Twitter used for customer service, tweets to monitor power usage, and even 140 character marriage proposals, but we never thought about it being used to quickly respond to incidents such as a kid being bit by an otter. [ READ MORE ]

Google Wave: Better than Twitter for Conference Chatter?

Google Wave debuted in a whirlwind of buzz and expectation, and yet few of us have managed to make it part of our workflow. What is Google Wave good for anyway? Those use cases are still emerging, it seems. [ READ MORE ]

netedge Computing Solution offers the best ethical SEO services in India, for … – BigNews.biz (press release)

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SEO Service Provider launching seoserviceprovider.net – Online PR News (press release)

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Search Engine Optimization SEO Tutorial

Search Engine Optimization SEO Tutorial by WebBizIdeas is for beginners. We will cover SEO techniques that you can use TODAY that will increase your search [ READ MORE ]