Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s airship company, LTA Research, has received a green light from the FAA to fly the Pathfinder 1 airship. Airships were a common sight nearly a century ago, before the Hindenburg disaster sounded the death knell for…
Year: 2023
What your teacher didn’t tell you about optimizing site speed
Site speed impacts your search engine ranks, so how can you make improvements? Columnist Brian Harnish details a few ways to decrease page load time for your top-performing pages. Despite site speed being a ranking factor in Google search results, fast websites…
Microsoft’s $15 Million Check-in: Will Redmond Buy Foursquare?
Microsoft has invested $15 million in Foursquare and said it will license the former’s location data according to news released yesterday. Foursquare aspires to be “the location layer for the internet.” With real-time feedback about local data accuracy, based on user…
Google Hotel Finder Goes Mobile
Google’s Hotel Finder, which launched in June , is now available on mobile devices. Google said all you need to do is go to www.google.com/hotels directly on your smart phone and search for your destination. Listings will come up almost…
Time For SMBs To Tackle – Or Be Tackled By – Online Reviews
So much of search focuses on being found. But being found doesn’t do much good unless you’re also chosen. The only thing worse than not being found is being found and rejected from consideration. There’s no doubt that online reviews…
SEM For B2B Companies That See No Value In Search
Not every company sees the value of SEM in the B2B space. Companies that only do two or three deals per year based solely on lead nurturing will have no need to rank for keywords or for building site traffic.…
When Big Brands Fail With Local SEO
Large, multi-location businesses are poised for local search success, yet it often eludes them. Contributor Jared Del Prete provides some solutions to common roadblocks. By now, big brands and franchises recognize the importance of local search and the impact it…
Tesla Targets November Cybertruck Deliveries, Claims 125,000 Annual Production Capacity
Tesla is finally preparing to deliver Cybertrucks to customers and claims it can product 125,000 of the vehicles annually. The Cybertruck has been plagued with issues, with some critics doubting if Tesla will ever be able to deliver the truck without a…
Why You Should Attend Local Search And Geo-Marketing Intensive At SMX West
SMX West is coming up fast. On March 2 there are a number of workshops and intensives being held before the main conference starts on Tuesday, March 3. One of those is the Local Search Advantage. In truth every digital…
Microsoft’s “Revenge Porn” Reporting Page Helps Victims Get Photos & Videos Out Of Search Results
Users can submit requests to remove links to explicit photos or videos that have been posted online without their consent. Last month, Google announced it would be making efforts to help eliminate “revenge porn” from appearing in its search results by creating…