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2010-03-11 09:05:35 ~ Web Pro News
Street View Nears Omniscience In The UK
Pick a road, any road. So long as it's in the UK, there's a good chance Google will be able to provide you with pictures taken from it. Today, the search giant made much more Street View imagery available, meaning its photographs now cover about 238,000 miles - or 96 percent - of British roads.The figure below tells most of the story if those numbers don't do it for you. As you can see, just about every street in the UK has been navigated by camera-equipped cars (along with an [...]
2010-03-11 09:05:30 ~ Web Pro News
Twitter Location Features Rolling Out
Last fall, Twitter started including geolocation information in its API, but it was not available through Twitter.com. That appears to be in the process of changing now.This week, Twitter has been rolling out (it appears to still be in the process) geolocation info on tweets at Twitter.com. Various reports from users have been circulating, with those who have access to the feature pointing to a little blue icon by the tweet source on individual tweets, which when clicked, shows location informat[...]
2010-03-11 09:05:26 ~ Web Pro News
Twitter Changes the Update Button to "Tweet"
When Twitter users go to post a new tweet, they have in the past used a button that says "update" (at least from Twitter.com...that varies when you get into all the different apps Twitter users use). Now, that button says "Tweet". We're not sure exactly when the change was made, but it appears to have been very recently, as there is quite an outpour of Tweets from users mentioning that they are now seeing the "tweet" button. Perhaps this is Twitter way of asserting [...]
2010-03-11 08:01:04 ~ Web Pro News
Critical: Improve Your Mobile Search and Advertising Strategy
A Google exec recently said, "In three years' time, desktops will be irrelevant." That's debatable, but there's no question that mobile use will have grown much more than it already has. Based on comments in a recent keynote, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer doesn't seem to think PC use is going to drop too much, but he did say, "Mobile queries are just going to keep going up and up and up." Do you think desktops will be irrelevant in 3 years? Share your thoughts here.A study[...]
2010-03-11 08:00:49 ~ Web Pro News
Motorola Goes Bing on Android-Based Devices
Motorola has announced a "global" alliance with Microsoft, which will see Bing used as the default search engine on Motorola Android-based devices. The move begins in China, where obviously there is some turmoil between Google and that country, but again, this is being called a "global" alliance that is "launching" in China. Motorola says that users will get a pre-loaded Bing bookmark on their mobile browser, and an enhanced search widget with Bing integration, thou[...]
2010-03-11 06:55:18 ~ Web Pro News
FTC Takes Closer Look At Google's AdMob Deal
The "Facts about Google's acquisition of AdMob" page Google established in November of last year apparently hasn't satisfied the Federal Trade Commission's curiosity. A fresh report indicates that the FTC has stepped up its investigation of the deal by seeking sworn declarations from third parties.This isn't a good sign for Google. Todd Shields and Dina Bass heard about the FTC's move from "people with direct knowledge of the matter," so the affair appears to have[...]
2010-03-11 06:46:45 ~ Blog Storm
How to view actual goal numbers rather than percentages in Google Analytics
I’ve never understood why Google Analytics shows percentages rather than actual numbers in the “Goals” report when you are looking at traffic sources. The information below is good but it’s a lot better to just see the numerical amounts.Luckily there is an easy way to show the amounts, if you are at home using custom reports. Simply set up the report using the dimensions below and the information will be available straight away.The screenshot below shows the f[...]
2010-03-10 15:15:12 ~ Web Pro News
More Than Half Of March Madness Fans Will Watch Online
With the 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament starting next week (March 16), it's no surprise the majority (83%) of fans will watch coverage on television, while 44 percent will go online and 10 percent will use a mobile device, according to a new survey by Unicast.Among those planning to follow the tournament online or on a mobile device, a majority will visit ESPN.com (69%). Other branded popular sports sites fans plan to visit include Yahoo Sports (42%), Fox (24%), CBS (29%), and AOL (17%).M[...]
2010-03-10 15:15:10 ~ Web Pro News
Google Scores Major Italian Book Deal
Google Books has done it again. Despite heavy opposition to its book-scanning project, another deal's been established, and this time, the agreement involves the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage (along with the National Libraries of Florence and Rome).Up to one million out-of-copyright works may be digitized as a result of this arrangement, which is one reason it's important. There are probably some academics who would kill for access to just 20 or 30 of them, never mind such a [...]
2010-03-10 15:15:07 ~ Web Pro News
StumbleUpon Launches New Advertising System
StumbleUpon has launched a new advertising system, which the company says helps cost-effectively deliver advertiser content to targeted audiences, while increasing the opportunity for content to go viral. StumbleUpon finds and recommends ad content it deems relevant to targeted audiences' interested based on demographic and topic areas. StumbleUpon users by simple nature of the site choose the content topics of interest to them, and are delivered random content based on this). This makes for an [...]
2010-03-10 14:10:18 ~ Web Pro News
CNN President "Really Afraid Of" Social Networks
Over the years, there have been more than a few arguments about whether online news sites are killing newspapers. Now, due to some almost startling comments made by the president of CNN, it looks like the next round of old media-new media disputes might concern social networks and cable news organizations.According to the AFP, Jonathan Klein's remarks on this subject were in no way ambiguous. He said at Bloomberg BusinessWeek's 2010 Media Summit New York, "The competition I'm re[...]
2010-03-10 13:05:23 ~ Web Pro News
Schmidt On China: "Something Will Happen Soon"
Two Google executives have again assured onlookers that the company is dealing with the situation in China. While in Abu Dhabi, Eric Schmidt indicated today that something will happen sooner rather than later, and Nicole Wong told politicians in D.C. that leaving China is still an option.Unfortunately, not a lot of other details and/or promises were forthcoming. Eric Schmidt's exact words, according to Jerry Dicolo, were "something will happen soon," and whether that's &quo[...]
2010-03-10 12:05:19 ~ Web Pro News
MySpace Launches New Games Site
MySpace launched a new gaming experience at myspace.com/games today. The company says it empowers developers with new tools, analytics, and opportunities for driving usage and revenue. "Gaming is core to the overall entertainment value of MySpace; we are replicating our success from MySpace Music for this next round of platform improvements," a representative for MySpace tells WebProNews. "Nearly a third of MySpace users engage daily in games and there are more than 28 million act[...]
2010-03-10 11:05:13 ~ SEO Black Hat
$200 Twitter Contest: 122 Characters Sent Back 2000 Years
Today, I saw what I thought was an interesting thread over on reddit:If we could transmit a single, 140 character message back to the year 2000, what should it be?But I misread it as:If you could send a single 140 character message back 2000 years, what should it be.And I think my misread is way more interesting. So much so, that I’m making a $200 twitter contest out of it.Now we’ll need room for link, so lets make it 122 characters.The ContestAssume for a second that the message wi[...]
2010-03-10 09:55:29 ~ Web Pro News
Google, Bing Make Small Gains
February was a quiet month for the search market; we're not going to suggest any companies either break out the champagne or fire their CEOs as a result of the small changes that took place. Still, for those who are curious, comScore believes it was Google and Bing that came out looking like winners.Google managed to increase its share of the U.S. search market to 65.5 percent, up from 65.4 percent in January, according to comScore's data. Bing, meanwhile, accomplished a more impress[...]
2010-03-10 09:55:27 ~ Web Pro News
Online Media Key For Local Consumers
Nearly all consumers (97%) now use online media when researching products or services locally, according to a new report from BIA/Kelsey and ConStat.Among consumers surveyed, 90 percent use search engines, 48 percent use Internet Yellow Pages, 24 percent use vertical sites, and 42 percent use comparison shopping sites. "The Internet has indeed become an integral part of consumers' local commercial activity," said Steve Marshall, director of research, BIA/Kelsey. "The data suggest [...]
2010-03-10 08:50:27 ~ Web Pro News
YouTube Launches New Mobile Ads
Google is launching ads on the home page, search page, and browser page on the mobile version of YouTube in the U.S. and Japan. "This is a great way for advertisers to reach YouTube viewers across multiple platforms," says Google Strategic Partner Development Manager Taylor Cascino. "In fact, at launch YouTube will immediately provide one of the largest audiences for a mobile ad campaign anywhere on the mobile web. And because YouTube mobile attracts early adopters, the site can d[...]
2010-03-10 08:50:23 ~ Web Pro News
Longtail SEO For Ecommerce
The significance of longtail keywords can be exemplified by thinking about the following two people: Bill is a cafeteria worker who spends his spare time fishing and has heard that his favorite TV shows will look even better on on this new-fangled technology called “HDTV”. He might as well upgrade from his 20” to something a little larger while he's at it his friends tell him (though they don't know much more about it than he does). He sits at his computer and ent[...]
2010-03-10 07:50:08 ~ Web Pro News
Google Maps Now Has Biking Directions
Google has partnered with Rails-to-Trails (RTC), a nonprofit focused on creating a network of trails from former rail lines, to add biking directions to Google Maps.Google Maps now has biking route details for more than 150 U.S. cities covering more than 12,000 miles of trails and bike lanes. Google says it plans to continue to add new trail information to Google Maps and is requesting feedback from riders via the "Report a Problem" tool.The new feature allows Google Maps users to type[...]
2010-03-10 06:50:09 ~ Web Pro News
Google Apps MarketPlace Greatly Expands Google's Enterprise Offerings
Last night at Campfire One, Google launched the Google Apps Marketplace, where developers can create apps that integrate with Google Apps and sell them to users. According to Google, they can reach over 2 million businesses and 25 million users.Right off the bat, the Google Apps Marketplace launched with over 50 applications from companies like Intuit and Atlassian, with more coming soon from companies like NetSuite and SuccessFactors, a Google spokesperson tells WebProNews. [...]
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