In the never-ending battle between content quality vs. quantity, quality scored game-changing points when Google recently announced a major update to its search engine ranking algorithm.
Facebook Obsession
Social Hype has teamed up with Online Schools to develop an interesting infograph about the 2010 trends with Facebook and its usage over the last year. As expected, the numbers are showing that Facebook is growing leaps and bounds every day. Within 20 minutes, one million links are shared! One out of every 13 people in the world have an account and half of those have logged in on any given day. Over 71 percent of the American Web audience is on Facebook. Really interesting stuff. So, will Facebook turn out to just be another MySpace one day or are they just savvy enough to grow their audience, surpassing Google?
iPhone versus Android: Where Should My App Go?
Currently, the mobile app market is largely split between Apple’s iPhone and devices powered by Android, the mobile operating system developed by Google. One of the first decisions the budget-sensitive marketer has to make, therefore, is where to put my money, iPhone or Android?
Google’s HTML5 Book
“20 Things I Learned” is a good example of HTML5 and CSS3 and a great resource for web newbies. Many argue that HTML5 will become the next web standard, replacing Flash.
Video of the Week: Arcade Fire Teams with Google
This week Parthenon watched the (now famous) Arcade Fire video “The Wilderness Downtown,” produced by Chris Milk in tandem with Google. To fully enjoy the video’s features, you’ll need to download Chrome, Google’s internet browser.
Advocating for Net Neutrality (Part 2 of 3)
When the New York Times posted this story last week, I think my heart really skipped a beat. I thought my worst nightmare was about to come true, and I really didn’t want to delete my Google account, get rid of my Android phone and get lost without my Google navigation.
New and Improved Google News
For those of us who like to read news from a variety of sources, a website that aggregates the news is ideal. Usually, my first go to location is my personalized Google home page, where I have a large number of feeds that “aggregate” in one place. However, Google Newsjust introduced an upgrade to their news service – and it may be worth a look.
Poll: Consumers and Online Privacy Expectations
A weekly poll currently on the American Marketing Association’s website asks: “Should consumers expect unrestricted online privacy?” The results (as of this morning)…
Taking the Google Brain Offline
When I don't know something, I Google it. I seek answers on the Internet at home, at work and in the grocery store. It's instant gratification to get the answer quickly and move on.
Websites You Could Not Live Without
Every once in a while, I like to take a poll around the office to try and learn just a bit more about my co-workers. And, this week’s poll was “What are the top three websites you could not WORK without or LIVE without?”