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Saturday, December 06, 2014
Friday, August 29, 2014
Google authorship eliminated
In a post by John Mueller (@JohnMu) a Webmaster Trends Analyst at Google, Google announced it was eliminating Google Authorship.
If you have any doubt about Authorship being eliminated in entirety, read the discussion in the comments to Mueller’s post.
Google Authorship enabled blog authors to connect the blog posts they published to their Google+ profile. It wasn’t tagging posts to a Google+ profile, per se, that was important for bloggers, it was the ability to tag content to an author to measure a blogger’s degree of influence.
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Sunday, August 24, 2014
Friday, August 15, 2014
Social More Important than Google for Law?
Social more important than Google for law blog traffic?
Who would have thought even a couple years ago that social media may be as important as Google in drawing traffic to your law blog. After all, eight or nine years ago we said BLOG stood for “Better Listing On Google.”
Reading an interview of BuzzFeed’s co-founder and chief executive, Jonah Peretti (@peretti), by The New York Times’ Claire Cain Miller’s (@clairecm) was a real eye opener on the importance of social media for law bloggers.
BuzzFeed, an entertainment and news-focused Internet media company founded eight years ago, has experienced huge growth the last couple years because they move their stories on social media, as opposed to relying on search traffic. So much so that the company is now valued at over $800 million based on a recent investment of $55 million.
Peretti’s message to Miller was that the source of traffic to news, information, and media sites is shifting from search to social. A year ago, readers were much more likely to come to media sites from search engines, but now they are increasingly likely to come from social networks.
The numbers from the Shareaholic network, whose 350,000 client sites get 400 million unique visitors a month are stunning. Last July 13% of the traffic came from social and 41% came from search. This June 31% of the traffic came from social while 29% came from each search.
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Monday, August 11, 2014
Google Settles Lawsuit Over Illegal Internet Pharmacies
Google has agreed to create a $250 million internal program to disrupt rogue online pharmacies as part of a deal to end shareholder litigation over accusations the search company improperly allowed ads from non-U.S. drug sellers. Google said it would make content about prescription drug abuse more visible and work with legitimate pharmacies to counter marketing by rogue sellers, documents filed in an Oakland, Calif. federal court showed.
· Read the article: Re/code
Monday, July 28, 2014
Cable Companies Worried About Google, Netflix
The real threat to online freedom is from Internet giants like Google and Netflix, according to major cable companies. Those sites could block access to popular content and extort tolls out of Internet service providers, the cable companies warn.
· Read the article: National Journal
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Friday, July 18, 2014
Thursday, July 17, 2014
OOOPS: French Judge Fines Blogger Over Restaurant Review
The restaurant argued the negative review's prominence in Google's search results was unfairly harming business
The judge ordered that the post's title be amended and told the blogger Caroline Doudet to pay damages.
Ms Doudet said the decision made it a crime to be highly ranked on search engines.
The restaurant owners said the article's prominence was unfairly hurting their business.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Hamas and Israel step up Social Media Marketing battle for hearts and minds
Israeli military propaganda (left) versus pro-Palestinian cartoon tweeted by Hamas
The latest surge in fighting between Israel and militants in the Gaza Strip has seen both sides revive the intense social media battle that was seen during the last Israeli offensive on the coastal territory, "Operation Pillar of Defence", in November 2012.
Sites such as Twitter, YouTube and Facebook have been inundated with posts seeking to win the hearts and minds of people in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world.
This seems to serve a number of purposes, from live-blogging events on the ground to telling its side of the story.
Israel's "Rocket Counter" as it appears on Twitter
House Kicks Internet Tax To The Curb, Forever
A bill passed by the House on Tuesday forbids state and local governments forever from taxing Internet
access,reports the Hill.
For Republicans, the point of the Internet Tax Freedom Act, originally enacted in 1996, is to reinforce market stability and consumer certainty. The recent measure would renew the almost expired extension passed in 2007.
“This legislation prevents a surprise tax hike on Americans’ critical services this fall,” saidHouse Judiciary Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte. “It also maintains unfettered access to one of the most unique gateways to knowledge and engine of self-improvement in all of human history.”
Although some Democrats like Rep. Judy Chu of California were concerned about the permanent status of removing taxation power, they nevertheless allowed the bill to pass. In particular, Chu was worried that prohibiting governments from taxing Internet access doesn’t take into account changing and unique circumstances which governments sometimes are forced to face.
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A bill passed by the House on Tuesday forbids state and local governments forever from taxing Internet access,reports the Hill.
access,reports the Hill.
For Republicans, the point of the Internet Tax Freedom Act, originally enacted in 1996, is to reinforce market stability and consumer certainty. The recent measure would renew the almost expired extension passed in 2007.
“This legislation prevents a surprise tax hike on Americans’ critical services this fall,” saidHouse Judiciary Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte. “It also maintains unfettered access to one of the most unique gateways to knowledge and engine of self-improvement in all of human history.”
Judiciary Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte. “It also maintains unfettered access to one of the most unique gateways to knowledge and engine of self-improvement in all of human history.”
Although some Democrats like Rep. Judy Chu of California were concerned about the permanent status of removing taxation power, they nevertheless allowed the bill to pass. In particular, Chu was worried that prohibiting governments from taxing Internet access doesn’t take into account changing and unique circumstances which governments sometimes are forced to face.
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
How to Use Google Analytics Audience Data to Improve Your Marketing
Do you need to learn more about the Audience reports in Google Analytics?
Do you want to know more about your website visitors?
Understanding the demographics, behaviors and interests of your website visitors improves your online marketing.
In this article I’ll share what data is found in the Google Analytics’ Audience section and how it can apply to your online marketing strategy.
Take a deeper look into your audience data on Google Analytics.
Note: One way to get the most out of any Google Analytics data is to set up conversion goals. If you haven’t done this already, set up the easiest goal type by reviewing the first point under the Google Analytics Admin header in this Google Analytics Basics post.
Friday, July 11, 2014
Saturday, July 05, 2014
From Google to Amazon: EU goes to war against power of US digital giants
In Europe there is a growing fear of becoming a 'digital colony' ruled by Silicon Valley, whose giant firms wield huge power over privacy – and like to avoid tax. Now regulators are striking back
An anti-Google protest banner hung outside a developer's conference in San Francisco. Photograph: Noah Berger/Reuters
Within the salons of the Elysée Palace, along the corridors of the European parliament and under the glass dome of the Reichstag, OldEurope is preparing for a new war. This is not a battle over religion or politics, over land or natural resources. The raw material that Paris, Brussels and Berlin are mobilising to defend is the digital environment of Europe's inhabitants; their enemies are the Silicon Valley corporations that seek to dominate it.
Coal, gas and oil powered the industrial revolution, but in the digital era, data is replacing fossil fuels as the most valuable resource on Earth, and the ability to collect and interrogate it has created organisations with a power that can at times seem beyond the control of nation states. Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google represent, in the words of Germany's economy minister Sigmar Gabriel, "brutal information capitalism", and Europe must act now to protect itself.
"Either we defend our freedom and change our policies, or we become digitally hypnotised subjects of a digital rulership," Gabriel warned in a passionate call to action published by the Frankfurter Allgemeine. "It is the future of democracy in the digital age, and nothing less, that is at stake here, and with it, the freedom, emancipation, participation and self-determination of 500 million people in Europe."
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Tuesday, July 01, 2014
Engadget Daily: ditching social media, sharpshooting with HUD goggles and more!
BY ANDY BOWEN @AN_DBOWEN
Today, we review Garmin's new Forerunner 15 sports watch, learn how to escape social media, watch a sniper hit his target while looking in another direction and hear what our readers have to say about the new HTC One. Read on for Engadget's news highlights from the last 24 hours.
HOW TO DISAPPEAR (ALMOST) COMPLETELY: A PRACTICAL GUIDE
Ever thought of dumping social media for a more private life? In this week's installment ofHow to Disappear, Dan Cooper discusses some practical first steps toward going completely off the grid. Disclaimer: it's incredibly difficult. You can find part one here.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/30/ditching-social-media-sharpshooting-with-no-eyes/
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Thursday, June 26, 2014
Google's Diversity Problems
Report shows just 30 percent of employees are female, males dominate higher-paying jobs.
Most Silicon Valley companies have big diversity problems, explained David Goldman on CNNMoney, and Google is not an exception. One of its biggest issues is a lack of women, especially female executives, he said.
According to a Google report, only 30 percent of Google employees are women and the company’s higher-paying engineering and leaderships spots are heavily dominated by men.
Google's breakdown:
• 17 percent of the engineers are female.
• 21 percent of the company’s leadership includes women.
• Three of 10 Google directors are women.
• Only one of the company's top 12 executives is a woman. (YouTube chiefSusan Wojcicki).
• 48 percent of the non-technical jobs are held by women.
• Goldman said Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandbergand Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer both left Google in search of higher profile jobs.
• 21 percent of the company’s leadership includes women.
• Three of 10 Google directors are women.
• Only one of the company's top 12 executives is a woman. (YouTube chiefSusan Wojcicki).
• 48 percent of the non-technical jobs are held by women.
• Goldman said Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandbergand Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer both left Google in search of higher profile jobs.
Read more: http://www.lawtechnologynews.com/id=1401714671398/Googles-Diversity-Problems-#ixzz35mYjOMaf
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Google Play store reportedly removes ISIS app
Google has reportedly removed an official ISIS app from its Google Play store.
ITV News reports that the militant group, which has been wreaking havoc in Iraq, reportedly launched “The Dawn of Glad Tidings” app in April. The app, which promised “news from Iraq, Syria and the Islamic World,” had been downloaded by thousands of people prior to its removal.
The app was not available Thursday on the Google Play store.
Google has not yet responded to a request for comment on this story from FoxNews.com, although a spokesman told ITV News that "we remove any applications that breach our community guidelines."
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YouTube Videos Selling Stolen Credit Cards, Group Says
Jun 16, 2014 11:01 PM CT
A review of content on Google Inc. (GOOG)’s YouTube service turned up dozens of videos selling stolen credit card data, according to an Internet-safety research group trying to shed more light on an $18 billion illicit industry.
The group, called the Digital Citizens Alliance, accused YouTube of failing to block the videos while profiting from legitimate advertisements that run next to them. Doing a search for how to get valid 2014 credit card numbers yielded almost 16,000 results, according to a 13-page report released today.
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