This week’s podcast was recorded on Thursday night last as Michele prepared to depart for ICANN in Toronto. It should have been posted on Friday, but I screwed up! Once again we struggled with hotel WiFi – in fact – we gave up on it and I phoned the hotel room. And that’s where our […]
In the world of “contextual advertising” ie. where ads are displayed based on a web page’s content, Google’s Adsense has dominated the market for the last decade. While there have been several attempts by other companies to compete in the space, none of the offerings to date have managed to hit the “critical mass” to […]
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Google’s auto-complete has upset a few people in the past. The latest little “gem” is going to annoy a few people: The reality is that the “suggestion” is based on users’ search patterns etc, so it’s completely automated and the search giant isn’t actually sending any kind of message
As part of the Getting Irish Business Online initiative Google are organising a number of free events this month. They’ll be in Galway on October 15th in the Radisson, Tralee on 19th October and finally Waterford on 22nd October. The events are aimed at Irish businesses that do not have an existing online presence and […]
Google, like a lot of big companies, constantly revise their product and service offering. The latest product to get the chop is “Adsense for feeds” Adsense for feeds allows bloggers to place adverts directly into their RSS feeds and earn money from it. I’ve no idea how much money some of the bigger blogs were […]
Google’s doodles seem to be getting more complex over time. The most recent one is to celebrate the 46th anniversary of the Star Trek TV show Since it’s interactive here’s a screen capture of it: [youtube]http://youtu.be/9gM1_6rVL1o[/youtube] Related articles Google Doodle Boldly Goes Where No Doodle Has Gone Before (mashable.com) Google celebrates Star Trek’s 46th […]
Geektastic infographic from here about the evolution of the technology in the last 10 years
The recently published U.S. survey (commissioned by Citrix) about the public’s knowledge of Cloud Computing makes for interesting reading. “Most respondents believe the cloud is related to weather, while some referred to pillows, drugs and toilet paper.” This makes for great headlines of course, but it’s the “first to mind” answer people gave when asked […]
This is a rather “busy” infographic from Luma Partners that show the social media marketing landscape. Via
