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Top Chrome & Google+ Commercials of 2011
In the past Google hasn’t put much behind advertising on television. However, 2011 saw several high quality commercials put out by Google promoting new or improved products and tools.
Google+, Google Chrome, Android and more were all featured in numerous videos this year. We’ve compile 4 of the ones we think are the best… Enjoy! (more…)
QR Codes, Microsoft Tags, Barcodes Will Never Work, Unless…
You may, or may not, be familiar with this image [to the right and below]. This is called a QR code. It uses technology much like the traditional barcodes, upc codes, etc to read an image and translate it into text.
QR (and other variations) codes have been gaining popularity here in the states but have yet to be accepted on a wide spread scale and therefore have become a painful failure for those pushing them to become a success. (more…)
Posted in Advertising/Marketing Concepts, Featured, Mobile
Tagged barcodes, microsoft tags, qr codes
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“Other Messages” – A Little Known Facebook Secret
A recent article by Slate.com pointed me to an issue with Facebook’s Messaging system that I, and I am sure many others, simply did not know about.
With Facebook Messages replacing traditional E-Mail in many situations it is extremely important that you know about something which, honestly, took me by surprise. (more…)
Posted in Facebook, Featured
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Google Launches a Redesign
this post originally appeared on the Official Google Blog
Six months ago we started rolling out a new look and feel for Search, News, Maps, Translate, Gmail and a bunch of other products.
Our goal was to create a beautifully simple and intuitive user experience across Google. We’re now ready for the next stage of our redesign (more…)
Posted in Featured, Google, Google Tools
Tagged Google Results, Google Search, Google SERPs
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Google+ Offers Guide for Politicians and Candidates
With the launch of Google+ Pages for Business and the upcoming Election season Google has launched a helpful guide to politicians, elected officials, activists, etc. to assist them in setting up their pages.
As stated by the Google+ Guide “by creating a Google+ Page for your public office or campaign, you and your staff can promote an issue, platform or cause across the web”. (more…)
Posted in Acquisitions/Industry News, Featured, Google, Google Tools
Tagged google plus, google+
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Google+ Open for Business(es)
A few weeks ago Google released Google+ Pages for Business opening up the flood gates for businesses to utilize the Social Platform for their business presence.
Google+ continues to evolve and expand as the weeks and months fly by. This newest feature/iteration is long anticipated and has shown the need for a business vertical to the Google+ Social Platform. (more…)
Posted in Acquisitions/Industry News, Featured, Google, Google Tools
Tagged google plus, google webinars, google+
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Websites Seized by Feds Play Antipiracy Message
This past monday [cyber monday] federal agencies seized 150 websites in an effort to cut down on piracy as part of their “Operation In Our Sites” campaign. The basis of the campaign is to seize the names of websites that sell counterfeit merchandise or take part in illegal sharing of copyrighted material (music, movies, etc)
What is very interesting is that while some of the sites are for illegal downloads of music and videos many are not. On many of the sites the Feds dropped an Antipiracy Video [below]. (more…)
The Evolution of Google Search [in 6 minutes]
Google Search has come a long way since it first launched at Standford in the late 1990′s. Larry Page, Sergey Brin and the rest of the Google staff continue pushing the envelope of what SEARCH is and what search results should display.
Initially featuring just links to relevant websites, Google SERP’s now include things like images, videos, ads, instant search, etc. (more…)
Google comes to Troy to help small businesses
originally appeared on saratogian.com
TROY —The familiar red, yellow, green and blue color scheme of Internet giant Google took over the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center on Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s campus Monday for an event aimed at bringing local small businesses online.
Posted in Featured, Google, In The Media
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New York, Get Your Business Online
It was great to get on the road in my home state of New York to help small/mid size businesses get online and expand their online exposure and presence.
More than 60% of businesses nationwide do not have a website and with the 100′s of people that attended these events we believe that number will drop (at least a little). (more…)
Posted in Featured, Google, In The Media, Seminars
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