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Yelp Missing From Google Places

August 27th, 2010

When Google launched Google Places, everyone saw it as a distinct threat to networks like Yelp. The reviews would be in direct competition, a fact not lost on Yelp, which had a formal syndication relationship with Google that ended in 2006. However, when Google Places launched, Yelp reviews were clearly visible:
According to Search Engine Land, [...]

 
 

Google Voice

August 26th, 2010

Wouldn’t it be uber cool to see one of these in an airport, just waiting for you to make an international call for a mere 2-5 cents a minute – or even FREE?? It’s like a nifty red TARDIS crossed with a magical cheap phone rate!
According to Techmeme:
“The purpose? To get people to try [...]

 
 

Google Real Time Updates?

August 24th, 2010

Could Google work fast enough to change search results as you type? Apparently so, as reports came flooding in the other day after people noticed the SERPS changing at amazing speed. According to Neowin,
“SEO consultant Rob Ousbey spotted the change and recorded a video of the new-look page, using a screen capture tool.”
Techcrunch talked to [...]

 
 

First Facebook, Now Google

August 22nd, 2010

With ‘The Social Network’ Facebook movie premiering in less than six weeks, producers are already looking for the next big nerd film… and the story of Google may be it. According to Deadline New York,
“The founders of Facebook aren’t the only game-changing geeks poised to have their story told on a movie screen. Michael [...]

 
 

Tablet Market Set to Explode

August 21st, 2010

Apple iPad won’t be the only game in town for log – there are many competitors lining up to fight for a piece of the action and tablets may become the new soup of the day – causing men to carry man-purses AHEM! excuse me, carriers in order to cart the oversized doodads along.
However, the [...]