Webmaster News – Page 22

Let Google Recommend Related Posts For Your Readers

When it comes to showing related posts on your blog there are plenty of services out there that currently do the job – however Google thinks there’s room for one more. As such Google announced on their Inside Adsense blog Matched Content – Google’s own content recommendation tool developed specifically for Adsense publishers. Matched content generates […]

Playing With Google’s New Search Analytics Report Inside Webmaster Tools

Earlier this week Zineb Ait Bahajji of Google announced the launch of a new report titled Search Analytics which has been made available to a random sample of users. Luckily I was within that random sample, so I’ve been playing around with the new report these past couple of days. So, what is it exactly? The […]

France Wants Google To Reveal Their Search Algorithm

According to a recent article by french news website, Le Figaro, the House of Parliament has voted in favor of an amendment to a bill which states that search engines should not only show three more rival companies on their homepage, but also reveal their search algorithms to their users in order to ensure the fairness […]

Starting Your Own eCommerce Business Just Got ALOT Easier!

When it comes to getting into eCommerce there’s one of two things you’ll be doing; selling your own product or selling someone elses. When it comes down to selling someone elses product you generally have to worry about sourcing your product, maintaining inventory, handling your invoices and so forth; and all of this becomes quiet […]

Linode Donates $1.2 Million Worth Of Servers to NJIT

According to an announcement late last week, Cloud hosting provider Linode has donated 420 servers valued at $1.2 million to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in an effort to support research and career development for their students. Being that Rapid Purple is New York based – this is pretty exciting news since NJIT is […]

Skype For Business Has Launched

Skype is currently used by more than 300 million people these days and it many rely on it for more than just personal use. I can think of a few people, cough Illicit cough, who practically refuse all other sorts of communication methods especially for business use. Well, Illicit and everyone using Office 365 and Office […]

YouTube Testing A New Transparent Video Player

As is the usual case with any Google brand – new things are always being tested and worked on. So while YouTube works to get their ad-free service up and running they’re also testing a new UI for their desktop video player. The new UI offers a transparent control bar which automatically hides when it’s […]

Bing Starts Showing Mobile Friendly Badge On Mobile Search Results

It seems Bing has decided to follow along with Google and introduce mobile-friendly badges on mobile search results to help users identify whether or not the link they’re about to click is optimized for their device. The news was first spotted by nomis5 in the WebmasterWorld forums – and since then numerous people have reported seeing the same […]

Amazon Files Lawsuit Against Fake Reviewers

Amazon has established themselves as the go-to source for not only online shopping but also for honest community based product reviews. As such a huge majority of Amazon’s traffic comes from people reading online reviews as they make their shopping decisions. However this popularity of Amazon reviews has a dark side – fake reviews. Fake […]

LinkedIn Acquires Lynda.com For $1.5 Billion

LinkedIn was always focuxed on helping professionals grow their careers – so last weeks announcement regarding the acquisition of online education company Lynda.com made total sense. First off some of my very first webdesign books were Lynda.com books from roughly 20 years ago – so it’s pleasant to see this company grow enough over the […]

Mozilla Firefox Downloaded Over 1.5 Million Times From Google Play Store

As I booted up my tablet this morning and browsed through the Google Play Store I noticed something pretty awesome. The download counter for Mozilla Firefox has surpassed 1.5 million downloads. Late last week Mozilla wrote on their blog that they have surpassed 100 million downloads – and it seems that number skyrocketed some-more over […]

Google Going After Angieslist?

According to BuzzFeed Google is working on a new product which will help connect Google users to local home-service professionals such as electricians, roofers and plumbers. I suppose Google has recognized that as it sits right now easily targeting your local market and designing the perfect Adwords advertisement to provide your contact info and the […]

YouTube Soon To Offer Ad-Free Version

Half way through the day yesterday as I was sorting through my constantly full inbox I noticed a new email from Youtube titled Updated YouTube Partner Terms – and there was something in that email that immediately caught my attention. We’re excited to build on this momentum by taking another big step in favor of choice: […]

Introducing The Perfect GIF – Hulu’s Own GIF Search Engine

GIFs are everywhere these days. Forum posts, Facebook comments, blog posts – people like animated GIFs. They’re entertaining, funny, and allow you to get your point across visually while not actually being in-front of the person you’re speaking to. Furthermore some of the most popular GIFs these days come from movies and television shows – […]

Google Updates Adwords Keyword Planner To Include Comparison Data

Without much fuss, as usual, Google announced a new update to the Google Adwords Keyword Planner tool which is rolling out over the next couple of weeks. The new update will allow you to compare your search term coverage against that of other advertisers – this way you can pick the perfect keyword match for […]