Yesterday Google announced their latest feature, the Google Place Search. Place Search allows Google users to easily find information about local businesses, by clustering search results around a specific area. According to Google product manager Jackie Bavaro, writing on the official Google blog yesterday, more than 20% of searches on Google nowadays are related to […]
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In its never ending quest for the most intuitive search technology possible, Google has just released the latest tweak to its user interface: Google Instant. According to Google, it’s a new search enhancement, that lets you see results (for what Google thinks you’re searching for) as you type. At the moment, Google Instant is only […]
Google, in conjunction with the US Small Business Administration, has launched a new site aimed at providing small business owners with the tools and advice they need to help them succeed online. The site, Tools for Online Success, features a range of videos and tutorials produced by small business owners who have successfully used the […]
A recent move by search engine giant Google has left search engine optimisers either shaking their heads, or feeling vindicated. An article appeared on WebProNews earlier this week, backed up by a post on Google Webmaster Central from Webmaster Trends Analyst Susan Moskwa, pointing out that Google has removed their PageRank distribution feature from their […]
Now that Google Maps has officially launched in South Africa, with all the functionality that’s associated with it, it’s become possible to add your business to Google Maps with the Google Local Business Centre. This lets your business appear on Google Maps, complete with address, contact details, and even photos or video. Google’s advanced map […]
Google announced on it’s official blog at the end of last week that it was rolling out the end product of it’s incorporation with DoubleClick, an acquisition that Google made 18 months ago. Google display ads will complement the now familiar text ads that appear alongside Google’s search engine results, to display online billboards and […]
With recent questions regarding cyber-squatting and the protection of domain names, we’ve queried Google itself about the importance of trademarks when it comes to online marketing. We were querying this with particular regard to Google Adwords, when it turned out that somebody could use your company name in their own advertisement. According to Google, as […]
Google Trends is a public web tool released by Google, that provides a graphic representation of how frequently any given term is searched for, according to date, region and language. This lets you see when, and how frequently, people are looking for certain search terms. It also lets you compare up to five different search […]
The relatively recent launch of Microsoft’s new search engine Bing has also launched a new online debate. Which search engine is better? Since Microsoft and Yahoo have partnered up, with Yahoo’s search now powered by Bing, they’ve cornered a respectable, if still nonthreatening, share of the search market. In the US at least. The jury […]
Although the industry is called search engine optimisation (SEO), the truth of the matter is that most websites, especially in South Africa, want and need to optimise for Google. This is because Google lays claim to a majority market share in the search industry. Google truly is the giant of search and to optimise for […]
