Google is developing a system that will enable web publishers of any size to automatically submit new content to Google for indexing within seconds of that content being published. Search industry analyst Danny Sullivan told us today that this could be “the next chapter” for Google.
Last Fall we were told by Google’s Brett Slatkin, lead developer on the PubSubHubbub (PuSH) real time…
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Google Index to Go Real Time
Posted March 3, 2010 Leave a Comment
Google Solves the Fafebook Problem
Posted March 3, 2010 Leave a Comment
Millions of people around the world don’t know what a browser is, they don’t know the difference between a search bar and an address bar and they sure don’t follow the finer points of Google’s many little changes it makes to their search results. They go to the Google and they type in Facebook login. Then they click on the links that show…
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Facebook on Track for $1 Billion Revenue This Year
Posted March 2, 2010 Leave a Comment
According to figures released today by the singularly focused blog Inside Facebook, the ubiquitous social network made upwards of $700 million in 2009 and is expected to reach a phenomenal $1 billion in revenues in 2010.
Year over year, Facebook’s revenues have typically doubled, from $150 million in 2007 to around $300 million in 2008 and so on.
The breakdown of revenue streams is fascinating, showing the…
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The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Web 2.0: Top 25 Applications to Grow Your Business
Posted March 2, 2010 Leave a Comment
Running a small business isn’t easy! It’s hard to keep up with general administration tasks, stay on top of your finances, and even measure your marketing efforts. And lets face it, that’s just starching the surface… there’s a lot more that you have to do every day.
Luckily enough there are some useful web applications that not only will make your life easier, but they will…
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Nefarious Designs Blog: Website builds using Make
Posted February 26, 2010 Leave a Comment
New from the Nefarious Designs blog today is a comprehensive post on using make to create automated website builds. He looks specifically at how to manage and build the Javascript and CSS portions of a site (but parts of it could be applied to just about any files you might want to automate).
In the interests of improving quality in production, of eliminating repetitive tasks, and…
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An In-Depth Look at Microsoft’s Spy Guide
Posted February 24, 2010 Leave a Comment
We recently reported that a watchdog site, Cryptome, was removed from the Web for refusing to take down a copy of a Microsoft document.
This document, called the Microsoft Online Services Global Criminal Compliance Handbook, or “spy guide,” gives details on how law enforcement can grab user data from a wide range of Microsoft services, from Windows Live ID to Xbox Live to Hotmail.
Microsoft holds and…
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Google’s New Ad Server Goes After the Little Guy
Posted February 22, 2010 Leave a Comment
Google knows you. It knows what type of car you drive from that time, last year, when you looked up the where you could find a cheap set of tires. It knows that you like Mexican food from all the times you’ve looked on Google Maps. And Google knows how to leverage this type of information with services like Google AdWords, AdSense, and DoubleClick Ad…
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Why is Google Afraid of Facebook? Part II: Facebook’s Traffic Passes Yahoo
Posted February 17, 2010 Leave a Comment
Social network Facebook has passed Yahoo! and is now nearing Google in the #1 spot for most monthly unique visitors from the US, according to traffic analyst firm Compete. Compete just published its January numbers this morning and reported that nearly 134 million US web users visited Facebook last month. Google saw nearly 148 million.
Google’s US traffic grew by just over 1 million…
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Faux Facebook Connect Plugin Allows Facebook Users to Comment on WPMU Blogs
Posted December 22, 2009 Leave a Comment
A fantastic new plugin has been released that is going to be very useful to many WPMU site owners. It’s called Faux Facebook Connect and it allows Facebook users to easily comment on WPMU blogs. The plugin is mainly JavaScript and provides single sign on and avatars. The great thing about it is that it doesn’t change anything in the database or add…
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