DuckDuckGo Grows Another 50% Adds Cloud Features

DuckDuckGo, the little search engine that could, had another record month for traffic, up 50 percent to 45 million total direct searches for the entire month, an average 1.47 million per day, founder Gabriel Weinberg wrote in an email to users. “Thank you for helping to continue to spread DuckDuckGo,” Weinberg wrote. As part of […]

How to Prep Your SEO for Google

Three simple steps to ensure the new Google algorithm doesn’t throw a wrench in your company’s search engine results. According to a statement released by Webimax, the new upcoming change in Google’s algorithm is expected to be the most substantial one in the history of Google search. More Information For more information go to: http://www.portfolio.com/resources/2012/03/19/steps-to-maximize-seo-with-new-google-algorithm

How Google’s +1 Button Affects SEO

Since the days of Google Buzz, the +1 button has been a mystery to users and content producers alike. It’s different from Facebook’s “Like” button, in that it doesn’t directly share content to a user’s social stream. But the cultivation of a social graph has long been the goal of Google, and its connection to […]

Clicks That Cost: How Google Made Over $32 Billion Last Year

In the past four quarters, Google made a whopping $32.2 billion in advertising revenues. Today, WordStream, a provider of search marketing software, published a nice infographic showing the twenty most expensive keyword categories in AdWords. At the top of the list is “insurance”, with a top CPC (cost per click) of almost $55. There are […]

Google search blocks 11 million websites to fight malware

Google has blocked all .co.cc websites from its search results because the domain has been found to be too “spammy.” The .cc top-level domain, which belongs to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and regular .cc websites are unaffected by Google’s changes, according to The Register. More Information For more information go to: http://www.techspot.com/news/44622-google-search-blocks-11-million-cocc-websites-to-fight-malware.html

How HTML5 Is Influencing Web App Development

Over the last 12 months, the momentum behind HTML5 has continued to build, with application developers, browser makers and hardware vendors fully embracing and supporting the web of the future. Consumers have started to embrace HTML5 as well, especially as more users understand the benefits and potential that HTML5 can mean for the future. With […]