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!
Social Media…is it just a fad?Social media has clearly become an important part of modern day life and business.
Social media
Its been a huge discussion for over a year, but this video really explains what social media is and what impact it actually has….and why it is not just a fad
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
Top 5 social media news 19/03 – 26/03This week has been fairly quiet on the social media front however here is my top 5 stories in recap -
1. Google pull of out of China
After months of speculation Google have redirected their search engine to Hong Kongese domain www.google.com.hk.
What is social media? What is your favourite social network?With so many social networks available online, I thought to myself it might be interesting to ask people what their favourite social networking site is?
Why did I want to know this?
Well, It is something that is good to know for a start.
The second, what is the preferred choice for the masses.
Thirdly and very importantly, you can help guide clients and help them understand why you suggest them to use Facebook over Twitter or why to target LinkedIn.
It’s always good to offer the bigger picture.
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
Google Buzz tipsGoogle Buzz tips
As a follow up to my first post thought it might be an idea to add some quick and easy tips for Google Buzz. There are many great guides online but here are my pick of the bunch: -
Buzz Search Tips
is:buzz – Type this while searching from your Inbox to find Buzz posts that were emails.
has: [link/video/image] – finds all posts with either a link, video, or image.
author: – finds all posts in your stream authored by the person whose name you enter.
commenter: – finds all the posts in your reading stream that that person commented on.
source: – source: [buzz/twitter/reader/mobile/picasa]
You can also use OR and AND. For example:
author: nitrodigital OR author:”Danny Denhard”
Google Buzz – What’s All the Buzz About?
Hello and welcome to the first official Nitro Digital social media/social networking blog post.
I went through what’s hot online over the last few weeks and felt it only right to tackle a giant in the making….
One of the biggest news and trending topic is and has been the mass roll out of Google Buzz to gmail and googlemail users.
Q. What is Google Buzz?
Well, the easiest way to explain it is…. Google buzz is basically a social network embedded in Google’s webmail, so for gmail and googlemail users. It sits under your inbox and allows you to connect to the huge world of google mail users.
