Search Engine Metrics Are Horrible (And Why That’s Okay)
The condition of standard SEO metrics search engines provide the web community (if the term “metric” can even be used here) is pretty deplorable right now. Back in February, I wrote: “…the convention...
View ArticleGov’t To Okay Google-ITA Deal After Google Agrees To Burdensome Conditions
The Justice Department (DOJ) has signed off on the Google acquisition of travel software company ITA, but says Google must meet certain conditions. The Justice Department said that as originally...
View ArticleIs It Okay to Friend Your Boss on Facebook? (66% Say No)
The increasingly digital world in which we now not only live, but also work, gives rise to a whole new set of questions about professional etiquette. When working from a public cafe, is it rude to jump...
View ArticleRead/Write Daily: Let’s Avoid Black Holes, Okay?
Today’s theme is stellar bodies. Human spaceflight might be in a state of limbo lately, but we’re still getting some breathtaking images from our automated explorers. Whether far away or close to...
View ArticleCartoon: Okay, So One iPhone Prediction Was A Little Off
See more of Rob’s cartoons at Noise to Signal. View full post on ReadWriteWeb
View ArticleDear Android: It Is Now Perfectly Okay To Go Out And Do Donuts In The Parking...
Android now holds 75% share of the smartphone market, according to new numbers from IDC, while Apple in the most recent quarter had 15% share. That means Android is outselling Apple five to one. Last...
View ArticleIf AI Means The End Of Us, Maybe That’s Okay
For a while now I have been wanting to write an essay or even a book with the title, “The Last of Our Kind,” looking ahead to a time when machines become more intelligent than humans and/or humans...
View ArticleGoogle’s Matt Cutts Says It Is Okay To Link Your Sites Together But In...
In a recent Matt Cutts video, where the head of Google’s search spam team answered the question “Does linking my two sites together violate the quality guidelines?” The short answer is no but, there is...
View ArticleTeens To Facebook: “Okay, Bye!”
Facebook finally admitted what many people have long predicted, and what CEO Mark Zuckerberg denied this summer: Facebook is losing its cool with teens. During today’s earnings call—initially...
View ArticleGoogle’s Matt Cutts: 25-30% Of The Web’s Content Is Duplicate Content &...
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, posted a video today about duplicate content and the repercussions of it within Google’s search results. Matt said that somewhere between 25% to 30% of the...
View ArticleSearchCap: Bing + Twitter, Foursquare Fees & Okay Google
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing Ups Its Twitter Game: Rolls Out Hashtag & Twitter...
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