Google Stops the World From Working (…for a bit)
According to Mashable, last week’s (exceptionally) fun logo by Google, celebrating the 30th anniversay of the cult 80s videogame, ending up costing the world’s productivity $120,483,800 – or 82 million man-hours.
Rescue Time crunched the numbers, but you have to admit that this is a scary yet-exciting use of the Google brand who were effectively able to stop the world from working!
This weeks top 5 social media news 23/04/10 to 30/04/10This week has been a good week for social media maybe not so great for Google, below will reveal all -
1. Facebook like button now replaces back links?
Something both Google and SEO’ers are slightly concerned about is the new Facebook like button. Facebook have made a very smart move in my opinion by creating a button which tells your friends what you like with one click, maybe something that were inspired by the Retweet back early 2009. Watch this space how it evolves and where the Like button crops up but for now its a watch this space
Internet World 2010As the title suggests Internet World 2010 is everything related to the web in a conference/expo format.
Some of the big web hosts were there, Rackspace were pushing there new no more servers and had a huge stand as you walked in, Ukfast probably had the biggest stand and most appeal with a race car right in the middle of the expo floor, obviously a big win for the amount of men and suits who attended Earls Court 2 (yesterday)
The best free Twitter user guides available onlineOver the last few weeks, there has been many people ask me about Twitter, not just why is it popular but what does “tweet” mean? What are followers? And why should I use Twitter?
Top 5 Social media news stories this week 09/04/10 to 16/04/10Happy Friday.
This week has been a very bizarre week for social media, it has been a very clear week for what has been making the headlines and worth reporting about.
1. Twitter news
Twitter could fill the full five this week. Its been a week in which Twitter rolled out promoted tweets. In short they are tweets which are paid by partners. I did predict this around a month ago. 68% of users have suggested they are unhappy with the thought of promoted tweets.
The promoted tweets were rolled out Tuesday the 13th.
Top 5 social media news 29/03/2010 to 02/04/2010Happy Easter, sorry for the late posting of the weekly update, been a hectic week with extra long Easter weekend.
It’s been a very interesting couple of weeks in social media and search. Last week’s highlights and top 5 news items are -
How Google search worksToday I have had mostly my SEO and search hat on.
I am currently running internal training sessions on SEO (search engine optimisation) and how search engines work.
I came across a really good video made by Googler Matt Cutts. Matt is currently head of webspam for Google and is actually very helpful in creating video’s for beginners and explaining very complex scenario’s.
5 alternative search enginesThe term “google it” is everywhere, everyone’s default search engine Google (90% or so here in the UK) may answer the majority of your questions but do not forget there are a number of good or in some cases better search engines available.
Here is my Danny D’s alternative search engines -
1. Yahoo! – Yahoo The runner up to Google in popularity, Yahoo! used to be the best search engine until Google appeared around 2000.
Yahoo has some really nice features including dedicated section for shopping results and then the winner for me results via social networks. Do not forget Yahoo search will soon be powered by Bing.
2. Ask – Ask Jeeves is the fourth most popular search engine in the UK. Jeeves offers good tools and has a cool question and answer service along with games and currently dress your own Jeeves. Ask is commonly overlooked but a solid search engine.
3. Bing – Microsoft’s very own dedicated search engine, currently third choice in the UK. Bing’s attraction is its ever changing background and the way it displays its results and related searches by popularity. With the Yahoo! search tie in it may start taking back market share.
4. Wolfram Alpha – Some people may disagree with Wolfram’s inclusion, it isn’t the easiest to use but when it has the data or search results the “knowledge engine” works extremely well.
5. Twitter – Another non traditional search engine Twitter real time search offers real time tweets from Twitter users. It can be very useful for reviews, opinions and of course for the occasional laugh.
If I missed any please let me know 
Danny Denhard
