Social media brands are the most popular terms searched using voice on mobile. Mobile phone “voice user interface” inventor, Vlingo, has just released a list of the 10 most popular voice-powered mobile web searches of 2009. (more…)
Archive for December, 2009
Top Voice-Powered Mobile Searches Of 2009
Wednesday, 30th December 2009Tags: mobile, mobile search, mobile search marketing, mobile web, voice
Posted in mobile | 3 Comments »
Hulu Launches Video Scene Search
Tuesday, 29th December 2009Online video service Hulu, which allows viewers to watch TV series and movies online, has recently launched a new feature called Captions Search. (more…)
Tags: hulu, search, video, video-search
Posted in video | 4 Comments »
Google Doesn’t Practice What They Preach For Open Source
Thursday, 24th December 2009Just this week Google’s V.P. of Product Management Jonathan Rosenberg published a memo declaring that Google is an open source company. An insightful article on the Silicon Alley Insider points out how all Google’s talk about opennes is really just “empty posturing”. (more…)
Tags: android, chrome, google, microsoft, mobile search, search engine marketing, seo
Posted in google | 4 Comments »
Mobile Web Growing Fastest In Developing Countries
Wednesday, 23rd December 2009Everybody has been predicting that the mobile Web is set to grow bigger than it already is, and 2009 had even been called the year of the mobile Web (like almost every other year in this decade!). But it’s not just a bunch of PR hype. (more…)
Tags: mobile, mobile web, mobile-internet
Posted in mobile | 3 Comments »
Yelp Walks Away From Google Deal
Monday, 21st December 2009Last week it looked almost certain that Yelp would sign a deal with Google. However, sources now reveal that Yelp has decided to back out of the deal. (more…)
Tags: google, local-search, mergers and acquisitions, yelp
Posted in google | 2 Comments »
X-Factor Shows Meteoric Mobile Traffic Rise
Thursday, 17th December 2009Reality shows on T.V. really have their audiences engaged, and this spills over into increased mobile web traffic. One of the most popular shows in the UK, X-Factor proves this. (more…)
Tags: mobile, mobile web, mobile-internet, mobile-tv, tv, x-factor
Posted in mobile | 1 Comment »
Google Pushing Chrome Everywhere They Can
Tuesday, 15th December 2009Google has started marketing their browser, Chrome, quite vehemently now. Ads for Chrome are showing up on a variety of media in the UK. (more…)
Tags: browser, chrome, google, Traditional media
Posted in google | 1 Comment »
Microsoft Users Click More
Monday, 14th December 2009Data released by advertising network Chitika should be of great interest to online marketers and advertisers. Their research revealed that Microsoft users tend to click more on ads than users of other operating systems, search engines and browsers. (more…)
Tags: aol, apple, chrom, chrome, display-advertising, firefox, google, microsoft, pay per click, ppc, windows
Posted in internet | No Comments »
Confirmed: Google Making Own Phone
Friday, 11th December 2009It has finally been confirmed that the rumors floating around about Google making their own phone are true. (more…)
Tags: android, google, google mobile, mobile, mobile search
Posted in google, mobile | No Comments »
AdSense Publishers Can Search And Review Ads
Thursday, 10th December 2009Since the recent introduction of the new AdSense interface, Google has continued to improve the way the Ad Review Center works. The latest improvement allows publishers to search for ads targeting their site. (more…)
Tags: content-network, display-advertising, google-adsense, pay per click, ppc
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Google Real Estate Search In U.K.
Wednesday, 9th December 2009According to reports from the Financial Times, Google is planning to start a property portal on their site by early 2010. (more…)
Tags: google, google maps, local-search, real estate, seo
Posted in google | 5 Comments »
Google’s All For Making The Web Faster
Tuesday, 8th December 2009Google has just introduced 2 new services that will help make the web faster for their clients. One of them is a tool for webmasters to monitor their website’s speed and the other is a public DNS service. (more…)
Tags: google, internet, seo, website
Posted in google | 1 Comment »
India To Block 25 Million Mobile Handsets
Wednesday, 2nd December 2009With the rise in terrorist activities and threats across the country, the government of India has passed a directive to block all mobile handsets that do not have a valid identity number. (more…)
Tags: india, mobile, terrorism
Posted in mobile | 2 Comments »
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