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Google Riding The Wave!

This week Google released Google Wave to around 100,000 trial users, described by Google as an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration.
Google appears to be trying to grab a hold of the Social Media world, by creating a tool that could rival MSN Live Messenger and perhaps even Facebook. This is what they hope to achieve anyway, but is it really that unique?Read More

Yahoo “It’s You” Campaign Begins!

The new Yahoo campaign reported last week at Search Engine Land began today in the US!
This is the single-largest global integrated Yahoo marketing campaign ever and it is set to hit the rest of the world, on TV, Radio and Online from the 5th of October and throughout 2010.
For those who haven’t seen it yet, here is the TV advertisement-
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BT Yahoo Portal Chooses Google To Power Search

The BT Yahoo portal has recently changed natural search provider to Google. It appears that a deal between the 3 companies has permitted BT to use Google results.
Although BT has a deal with Yahoo to provide portal services until 2011, it appears that a deal has been done to allow Google to gain a bigger market share in the UK market.
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W3C Validation, Is it worth it?

There is often debate about the use of the w3c validator for SEO. Is it really worth your time and effort to get that green “Passed” sign on the w3c validator?


On the whole…Yes
In terms of SEO…No, not really.
Rand Fishkin talks about w3c validation in his interview with Mike McDonald at WebProNews.com, he states-
“In terms of SEO... Read More

Badda Bing!

So Microsoft is trying to compete with Google, and in a big way!
Microsoft released Bing at the end of May and it looks like they are aiming to compete with Google, good luck with that!
Microsoft describe Bing as “a new Decision Engine and consumer brand, providing customers with a first step in moving beyond search to help make faster, more informed decisions”
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