Archive for 2010

Google Instant is intended to help save searchers time. However, the new feature has many of us in the search industry wondering just how it will impact SEO.

In a Twitter blog post Monday, Twitter co-founder Evan Williams announced that he was stepping down as CEO to focus more on “product strategy.”

This week: 58 percent of Americans turn to the Internet for product research; AOL disables Propeller, its social news website.

According to a study by the Pew Research Center, 58 percent of 3,001 Americans surveyed said that they head to the Internet to find out more about products.

In an announcement posted on their home page last week, social news site Propeller stated that it was shutting down on October 1.

This week: Wikipedia’s new article assessment tool; Google Maps allows rich snippets; and Google doles out mobile devices to small businesses.

Collective encyclopedia giant Wikipedia introduced an article assessment tool that will allow readers to rate articles according to several criteria, including sourcing, completeness, neutrality and readability.

Google Maps/Places now support the display of rich snippets, or rich data such as reviews, people and events to add more context to local search results.

For regional businesses looking to attract local customers, having a local PPC ad is absolutely crucial in drawing in your target customer base.

Google is sending out about 8 million mobile devices to help compete with location-based services such as Foursquare, Yelp and Facebook Places.