Mexican businessman Carlos Slim Helu has been alleged to be at the head of an overcharging epidemic that is estimated to cost Mexicans some $13.4 billion (USD) every year for phone and internet service. The specific charge under investigation is for overcharging for communications services between 2005-2009 for a total of about $67 billion. The [...]
SEO NEWS: Mexico’s Mobile Industry in Trouble
February 2nd, 2012FCC Turns Its Gaze from Google to Apple
June 11th, 2010Apple iPhone or Google Android? Ads? Technology? Monopoly? The battle rages on. The battle used to be between Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. WIth the virtual removal of Yahoo from the gameboard, and Microsoft gearing up, the main source of acrimony these days is actually between Google and Apple. Starting back last year when Google’s Eric [...]
Bing Adds Twitter, Facebook Shopping Sharing
May 10th, 2010That’s right – social media is going commercial. Bing has launched a new sharing app that lets you share your shopping search results with any of your friends or followers. According to the Bing Blog: 75% of shoppers seek advice from others even when shopping online and now Bing shoppers can too!… You’ve had sharing [...]
Mobile Adspend Set to Triple by 2012
June 19th, 2009According to the results of a study released by eMarketer, Over $760 million is expected to be spent worldwide for mobile search advertising in 2009 – a 20% increase from last year’s total. By 2012, the projected spend is 2.4 billion. Mobile is the new social. It combines all the best of the friend to [...]
What’s Important in Mobile Search?
December 4th, 2008Several reports have surfaced indicating that the rankings for mobile search may be calculated a little differently. It has already been surmised that local sites may be automatically given preference; now it is speculated that PageRank may not be as large a factor in ranking as regular web content. As mobile search continues to explode, [...]