New Year Sets a New Tweets Sent Per Second Record
A recent blog post from the official Twitter blog has announced that the record for number of tweets sent per second (or TPS) was smashed over the New Year with the help of Japan. Just four seconds after the stroke of midnight in Japan on…
Another new Google Doodle ahead of today’s press conference
Google is well known for it’s Google Doodle’s, different logos that mark an anniversary or certain event, however this week Google have launched two different doodle’s with no apparent explanation, fueling rumours and clues ahead of their press conference later today (9.30am pacific time, 5.30…
Google Testing Search Results Live as you Type
Google has been testing a new search feature that displays search results live as you type. For example if you are typing a two word search query once you have finished typing the first word the results for that word have already been displayed in…
Tweet button officially launched by Twitter
Yesterday Twitter announced the launch of the official tweet button, which allows users to tweet content without leaving the page they are on. Once the tweet button is clicked a tweet box appears with an already shortened link of the page you are tweeting, then…
RIP Google Wave
Google’s recent attempt to revolutionise email, instant messaging and blogging with their innovation Google wave has officially ceased development.
Celebrities clean up their pasts in Google, using Online Brand Reputation services
Celebrities and high profile figures are using online brand reputation management services to clean up their online search results.
Add Google Analytics to Facebook Fan Pages
So you’ve created a facebook fan page and you’ve got a few fans, but to really know how many people are viewing your page and where they are coming from you need to see the facts and figures. This tutorial will show you how to…
Google Webmaster Tools now showing clickthrough data
Google Webmaster Central released a blog post on Wednesday detailing an update to their Top Search Queries feature in webmaster tools. The update introduces clickthrough rate data and percentages based on impressions for individual search queries. Previously the Top Searches feature simply showed the average…
Google to be Replaced by Bing as Iphone’s Search Engine
Business Week are today reporting that Apple are currently in talks with Microsoft to make Bing the default search engine for Iphone users, replacing the current search engine giant Google. These talks come amid the hot competition between Apple and Google. “The discussions reflect the…
Google Announce deal with Twitter and ‘Search Social’
It was all happening yesterday at the web 2.0 summit in San Francisco. After Bing announced that it had reached a deal with twitter to integrate real time tweets into Bing, Marissa Mayer (Google VP of Search Products and User Experience) announced that they too…