Chrome Now Third Most Popular Browser in the World
It’s pretty strange thinking that Google Chrome was only released in September 2008. Google’s web browser might not have been feature packed at release, but it did provide a more lightweight alternative to the now feature rich Firefox as well as providing what it claimed was a more stable web operating environment.
One of the biggest [...]
Facebook Beats Out Google for Christmas Day Usage
We’re used to seeing Google in the top list of websites for pure usage just about every day of the year, at least in American and the UK. But while our own English sights were kept firmly planted on Google over this Christmas period, the Americans strayed on Christmas Day when Facebook overtook Google as [...]
Google Loses Domain Name Lawsuit
Many different sites have tried to court the fame and success of the World’s most popular search engine by creating a domain name and even an entire brand around a similar theme to Google’s. However, Google is quick to deter people by launching lawsuits at everyone and anyone who has tried to imitate their name [...]
Microsoft accused of theft by Asian community site ‘Plurk’
An Asian blogging website called Plurk has accused Microsoft’s new Chinese social networking website of ripping them off – everything from parts of their code to the actual design itself when making their new site.
“Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but blatant theft of code, design, and UI elements is just not cool, [...]
French President Speaks Out Against Google Book Project
US Search Engine Google has been attacked by the miniature President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, due to its plans to put much of the classic literature from the entire world in a digital format. Sarkozy has said that he doesn’t want the French part of classic literature put up online to aid the profits of [...]
Google announces cross domain duplicate content tag
What may come as a surprise to some webmasters is Google’s recent announcement that cross domain content duplication will be allowed. Google is recognizing that there are legitimate reasons to duplicate content across different websites.
For example if you are migrating to a new domain name and using a Web server that cannot perform server-side redirects. [...]
Yahoo to Use Bing Search Engine In New Deal
Microsoft and Yahoo have finally finalised a deal that could go a long way into helping Bing achieve a foothold in the browser market. The deal has been ongoing for around 6 months now, but this week both parties have finally agreed to the terms which will see Bing powering Yahoo’s search for the next [...]
Google Introduces Real Time Search – Kingpin SEO News
Real time search has been rolled out across Google this week, and although the search feature won’t apply to all searches and instead only work with ‘trended’ topics that are likely to take advantage of the feature, SEO companies and brands need to take note of the changes.
Searching in real time involves searching for a [...]
Google extends personalised search to all users – Kingpin seo agency news
Recently Google made the announcement on their blog that personalized search would be extended to signed out users globally. This is a huge step search giant in their continuous efforts to deliver highly relevant search results.
But what does this mean for SEO? Perhaps it’s too early to tell for that. What we can tell you [...]
Google has created place rank with Barcode Stickers – Kingpin SEO Company News
Can you imagine if every store you visited a simple barcode sticker on the window search people out your phone wave it in front of the code and be presented with all sorts of information about that particular business? Phone numbers, photos, and customer reviews all in one simple and easy to use interface.
Starting yesterday [...]