With the first quarter of 2014 behind us, we wanted to take a quick look at some of the biggest news on the SEO / Google front so far this year. January: Webmasters speculate that an unconfirmed algorithm update occurred between January 8-10 due to shifts in placement and traffic drops. Google punishes a large […]
As reported by CNET, Google is experimenting with using micropayments for individual articles and other content on the internet. Micropayments have been an idea for purchasing web content for a long time, but no one has ever used it effectively. Users will be able to pay for internet content using Google Wallet. The idea is […]
On Monday, Google Inc. surpassed Microsoft Corp. to become the world’s second-largest technology company behind Apple. The Washington Post reports that Google’s stock rose 0.7% to $759.98 for a market capitalization of about $249.2 billion. Microsoft, however, dropped 0.3% to $29.67 a share, for a market capitalization of about a $248.7 billion. One of the […]
As reported by CNN, Google’s stock hit a record high of $750.04 in late trading Monday. The stock reached $747.84 around noon Eastern Time, passing a previous all-time high set in November 2007 of $747.24. During the economic crisis in 2009, Google’s shares traded below $300 and investors worried that Google had peaked. Today, Google […]
According to research firm eMarketer, Google is likely to exceed Facebook in selling online display ads in the United States. Google is expected to have a 15.4% share of the U.S. market. eMarketer said Google is projected to make $2.31 billion in revenue from online display ads. These are more profitable than the text-based ads […]
As reported by tech-news website The Droid Guy, Microsoft is adopting the methods of the Pepsi Challenge in their new “Bing it on” challenge against the Google search engine. The challenge pits Bing up against Google in a side-by-side comparison (with the brand names removed) to see which service provides better and more relevant search […]
Google has taken its famous “I’m Feeling Lucky” button, which takes you directly to the top search result, and has turned it into a scrolling advertisement for Google services, projects, and games. With the additions of toolbar search and Google Instant, it has become a rarely used feature. Now, if you go to the Google […]
