Google: Drive to Space

Last week I shot the blog in the foot by talking about Google Drive and Planetary Resources 1 week early. Now that the wraps are off both what’s to talk about? Google Drive: Go signup! Drive is alive! You can get started by clicking here: drive.google.com/start http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wKJ9KzGQq0w Obviously that video is REALLY bad as it’s […]

Google develops ARGs for Pirates

“Arrrgh! Shiver me timbers! Mizen the topsail! Be that land I see through my metal eye?!” Okay so Google’s new Augmented Reality Glasses aren’t just for one-eyed pirates, heck even a two eyed pirate can find a use for these ‘La Forge’ inspired techno goggles. Yesterday Google was showing off a working prototype of their […]

The New Facebook Timeline & Branding

There was a really good post from Michael Gray called Facebook Brand Page Timeline Checklist in which he detailed some very important steps for companies to take in making the transition over the new Facebook Timeline feature. Starting March 30th, Facebook will be rolling out the new Timeline format across all Facebook brand and personal […]

Employer’s Asking for Facebook Credentials

There has been a rash of complaints and public outcry arising over companies asking potential employees for their Facebook login credentials. Several complaints have been filed in Canada and the United States of documented cases in which job applicants have been asked to surrender their Facebook username and password during job interviews. Using social profiles […]

Don’t drink the link bait..

Thanks to the recent (April/March) Google updates, ‘tread lightly’ has never been better advice to anyone in the SEO industry. Between extra offers in my inbox to ‘exchange links’, ‘sell links’, ‘purchase links’, that all seem to be coming from GMail accounts, and reports of simple Java-script causing pages to drop from Google’s index, I’m […]

Newest Panda Attacks Onsite Optimization

Google will be penalizing websites that overuse onsite optimization tactics. Matt Cutts of Google, announced the new algorithm update during a panel discussion with Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Land and Microsoft’s Senior Product Marketing Manager of Bing at SXSW named “Dear Google & Bing: Help Me Rank Better!” Cutts reveals that over the last […]

A Blogger’s Paradise

FACT: People are still writing blogs. Despite suggestions that blogs are passé, it seems that more and more people are still writing blog content now more than ever. Blogging remains as an important avenue for consumer expression. Consumer generated blogs have been showing significant growth since 2006 when NM Incite began tracking them according to […]

Much ado about Nothing – HTTPS and Ion Cannons

Technology news was a real mixed bag this morning. Google’s official move to HTTPS forced searches was front page for the last few days, but is it news? I can’t mention Ion Cannons without including this pic. Sorry. No. Not really. We mentioned the Google HTTPS move with a heap of sarcasm back in October […]

Google Places Failure

I am usually not one to rant about things that frustrate me but I would like to relate my recent experience trying to maintain a Google Places account. I have used the Places service many times to create profiles for business as part of an overall marketing strategy. It was not until I needed to […]