Google is updating their search algorithm again on April 21, 2015 and mobile optimization will become a lot more important. The new update will expand their mobile-friendliness ranking signal to affect mobile searches in all languages worldwide and “will have a significant impact in our search results.”* This means you may see a dramatic decrease…
TriMet and Google are teaming up again to bring real-time transit information to riders. The new feature will utilize Google Bluetooth Beacons installed at TriMet’s 87 MAX light rail station platforms. They will be integrated with Google Maps seamlessly to automatically provide “…information that is valuable to riders, including transit schedules and alerts…”* directly to…
The first step to monetizing a podcast is to make sure you are producing something of value. This means you have to create a podcast that actually helps people in some way and involves topics they care passionately about. Your podcast needs to educate, entertain, inspire, inform, empower, solves problems, relieve pains, or offers solutions…
Twitter will soon be taking over even more of the search result pages on Google now that Google and Twitter have partnered up. This news comes directly after many big brands experienced a 105% increase in engagement on Twitter in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared to the previous year.* Although the details regarding Twitter’s…
Google has quietly launched their new mortgage calculator feature that provides instant answers for users directly on the search result page. For the first time ever, you can now calculate monthly mortgage payments, the total cost of a mortgage, and the maximum loan amount you can afford based on a monthly payment, in real time…
Is Google The New “Big Brother?” Soon Google will know far more about who you are and what you do online. The internet powerhouse released a statement last week detailing their plans to track users across their vast network of websites, including YouTube, Gmail and of course their search giant Google.com. Google has been collecting…
Gmail Updated For quite a long time many, many users have been begging to get Gmail updated. More tech-savvy people in the past had to turn to scripts such as Gmail Redesigned in order to get a better look and more functionality via on-page load CSS styling through plugins. Now, users can finally experience that…
Last week Google Bought Patent Powerhouse Motorola for $12.5 billion in the hopes that their patents would stave off all the suits against Android platform and its partners. Motorola has 17,000 registered patents and then they have another 7,500 patents pending.
