Web Power usage under fire
It is amazing to find that by doing a simple search on Google uses enough power to keep an 11 watt light bulb alight for hour. This is a mere search, so you can imagine the power requirements that are needed to download a music track, TV programme or film!
So in total it has [...]
May 8, 2008Let Google know you’re in the UK
Having a .com site is fine, because it is a universal domain, but when are a specific UK site who only sells to the UK market, you are going to need the site to be right up there on the site rankings for the UK. But what happens when the site turns up on the [...]
May 7, 2008Webmasters doing Google’s job
Being Google must be great; they have help from all sides. Once they were just a search service which people used to find a website and everyone was happy. Apart from Google, they wanted to rule the internet and then go on to rule the world, but they need the help of webmasters and naturally [...]
April 22, 2008How good is your website?
Its okay spend all of that time building a website, but when it is launched and everything is running fine, you need to find out what people are looking at, what they do on your website and where they are from. But in order to this properly there is a need to use one of [...]
April 15, 2008Microsoft under attack from Google and Salesforce
Probably two of Microsoft’s oldest enemies who joined forces a while ago, are due to announce that they will be increasing their efforts in the to attract more customers for their customer management and office software, which is mainly directed at business users.
The combined services will include Google’s suite of office programmes and applications, [...]
April 9, 2008Google and the Olympic torch
Do Google filter out news that is sensitive to certain people? This is the question being asked of them, as on the day when the Olympic Torch relay passed through London, anyone would have thought that the whole thing went off without a hitch.
Yet other media certainly did not hold back on the coverage [...]
March 20, 2008Is Google slipping?
Could the unthinkable really be happening? Well if you listen to some people then you would be forgiven if you believed them, after all most people always love the underdog to come up trumps, rather the big guy.
This has come about because of the data that has been from comScore, this gives and accurate [...]
March 18, 2008Google revises webmaster guidelines
The search engine giant Google are forever trying to improve their service for both users who want to find the best quality search results in the shortest possible time and the owners of websites who are looking to get their website as high up the search engine result as possible.
But in order to keep [...]
March 3, 2008Google bombing in use
This practice also known as link bombing is how someone who has a grudge or is just being a bit mischievous and likes to have a bit of fun at some one else’s expense, this can have a detrimental effect on how the chosen site can perform or redirect traffic from a particular page or [...]
February 27, 2008$21 billion advertising on the net
Revenues coming from online advertising have for the first time reached $21 billion, this milestone was achieved through the year 2007, and when compared to 2006 which showed a revenue of $17 billion, it is clear that there has been a rise of nearly twenty five per cent.
However the industry is saying that this sort [...]
Yahoo slims down design team
Despite being well over valued by Microsoft, it still appears that the company is finding it tough, so much so that they have apparently fired the whole of the design team. Its not as if they had nothing to do, they were supposed to be working on the next generation design ideas.
But as the company [...]
Using Google to the full
Google is so much more than just a search engine, granted it is probably the best search engine to use and everyone wants to be on the first page of their search terms, but it can do much more and here are a few examples which you may find very handy:
Different Types of Files at [...]
Policing web advertising
Advertising on the internet is you would have thought a serious business, but with revenues for the year 2007, the figure was around $36 billion which is a lot of money, but still only around eight per cent of the annual advertising spend across the globe, so there is much scope for improvement or is [...]
January 25, 2008Google translator messes up
Even the mighty Google machine gets it wrong sometimes, despite the amount of cash they have to spend on their various projects like the very handy Google Translator. But when you type in your piece of text how do you know that what is returned is correct?
The example given is a dedication at the sad [...]
New search from Google
The great thing about Google is the fact that they are always looking at improving the service that they offer, which in business is a great thing for both customers and the businesses future.
This new so called experimental search is a glimpse into what we could be seeing from Google in the future, or if [...]
Some great web apps
If we listen to the news, then we would think that the internet is made up of just a few popular websites, who have attracted attention from the bigger companies who have been liberal with their cash when buying a stake in these popular sites.
But this is not a true picture of the internet today, [...]
Master gmail like an expert
Becoming a master of gmail could be a few simple steps away if you were interest in becoming a master gmailer in the first place that is.
By following this course you will be able to master the following skills:
Features:
Creating Labels in Gmail
Creating Filters in Gmail
Learning the keyboard shortcuts is essential to becoming a Gmail Jedi [...]
What’s next for Google?
The problem with success is that you have to keep moving forward. Bringing out new innovations and just generally taking over the world, this is what we have come to know about Google, but what’s in store for us in the future?
Here are some predictions:
1. ‘You’re Watching ABC Google’
2. Get Your Free Google PC
3. ‘Come [...]
Instant translation on IM
Instant messaging is great, unlike email if both parties are online at the time they can communicate in almost real time effect, but what about if the person that you are speaking to does not read or write in the same language as you, this could make things difficult is not impossible making it impractical [...]
December 12, 2007You Tube expands its profit sharing
The reward for placing a video on You Tube is going to be more than just becoming famous, from now on video creators will be able to earn money too.
You Tube will be paying a share of the advertising revenue earned, user will be able to decide which of their videos will have the ads [...]