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ICANN Releasing New Generic Top Level Domains

by Travis Unwin June 20, 2011

Tweet After years of deliberation and discussion, ICANN, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, voted to launch an initiative that will effectively allow for an unlimited number of Top Level Domains, or TLDs. As of right now, 22 TLDs exist — with .com, .net and .org the most recognizable — as well as [...]

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Is Google +1 The New “Like” Button?

by Chris Corak April 14, 2011

Tweet Google is making significant effort in 2011 to blend social elements into its standard search results. In February, Google launched an update to further integrate Twitter, Flickr and Quora information within its standard search results. Only one month later, nearly a year after Facebook’s launch of the “Like” button, Google announced its rival, the [...]

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Yahoo! Search Direct Competing With Google Instant

by Chris Corak April 12, 2011

Tweet Yahoo! recently rolled out its rival to Google Instant, called Yahoo! Search Direct. Similar to Google Instant, Search Direct provides “Answers” to a user’s query as the user types. Yahoo! claims its new feature is faster and produces more relevant results than Google Instant. Yahoo! claims Search Direct supports 15 different categories at this [...]

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Avoid Black-Hat Like The Black Plague: Ask Questions

by Travis Unwin February 18, 2011

Tweet By now, you’ve heard the story about how retailing giant JC Penny got caught up in the perils of “link building.” Google is applying little “negative feedback” (my term) which will likely prove more costly than the fees they paid to the black-hat-wearing SEO firm that did the deed. Several SEO pundits, including Search [...]

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Foursquare and Yelp and Places, Oh My

by Dustin Diehl November 30, 2010

Tweet Over the past few weeks we’ve talked a lot about new coupon/deal/discount features that have been rolling out on popular location-based service platforms. Well, apparently, we’re not done. Last week, just in time for Black Friday, there were several announcements and examples that caught my eye: PepsiCo and Vons step it up on Foursquare [...]

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Qwiki: Is This The Lazy Man’s Search Engine Or Is It Perfect For TV?

by Andrew Bagley November 22, 2010

Is Qwiki the next generation of web-based TV search?

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