Art Schobey Interactive

Businesses Can Now Participate On Google+ With Brand “Pages”

art — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:11 +0000

Google+ pages help you connect with the customers and fans who love you. Read more here

New Google Algorithm to Favor Fresh Timely Content

art — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:01:24 +0000

Google algorithm should make search results much more timely for users, Google said, adding that about 35% of all searches should be affected. Read more here.

Google to change the presentation of local “Places” search results

art — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:57:05 +0000

Soon there will be a new panel to the right of the results where previously only a map appeared with much more information than before. Read Google announcement

Google Drive to Allow Users to Store Files on the Cloud and Transfer Those Files Between Devices

art — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:02:41 +0000

From Search Engine Journal

On Saturday afternoon, a rumor leaked that is likely to have the Dropbox team feeling hung over as they report to work this morning. According to a TechCrunch report, the Google Drive is real, currently being used by the Google team, and poised for a launch prior to the end of this year. Google Drive will allow users to store files on the cloud and seamlessly transfer those files between devices.

Read entire story here…

TechCrunch report about Google Drive

Google AdSense Display Ads Will Soon Feature the +1 Button

art — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 03:09:00 +0000

From the Google AdSense team…

In the next month, we’ll introduce the +1 button and personal recommendations to display ads. The +1 button will begin to appear on AdSense for Content and AdSense for Mobile Content display ad formats — image, animated gif, and Flash. +1s will be one additional signal to help determine an ad’s relevance and we’ll continue to show the ads that will generate the most revenue for you.

We previously launched the +1 button on Google search and for publisher sites to make it easier for people to share and discover content across the web. Soon, your users will be able to endorse specific ads and make the ads more likely to appear to their social connections. We believe that these recommendations could help your readers notice ads on your site more, leading to higher returns for you over time.

If you prefer not to show the +1 buttons on display ads on your pages, you can opt out in your account. For more information please visit the Inside AdSense blog.

Sincerely,

The Google AdSense team

Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO

art — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:07:44 +0000

Here is the just released letter from Steve Jobs… Read here

June 2011 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

art — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 16:19:05 +0000

RESTON, VA, July 13, 2011 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. Google Sites led the explicit core search market in June with 65.5 percent of search queries conducted.

U.S. Explicit Core Search

Google Sites led the U.S. explicit core search market in June with 65.5 percent market share, followed by Yahoo! Sites with 15.9 percent and Microsoft Sites with 14.4 percent (up 0.3 percentage points). Ask Network accounted for 2.9 percent of explicit core searches, followed by AOL, Inc. with 1.4 percent. Read complete story here…

Realizing Your Website is Flawed

art — Mon, 23 May 2011 20:20:44 +0000

The truth hurts, but when it comes down to the two facets of (1) what is good for the webmaster/business owner and (2) what is good for the user, the visitors preference should define the monetary precedence. Failed Conversions can be derived from (1) lack of clarity on your page (2) too many options or (3) overwhelming graphical or textual elements which overpower the feel and function of a page. Don’t Blame the SEO! Read the whole article here

The Power of Google Instant, Now In Your Pocket

art — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 19:40:34 +0000

Google Instant makes search faster by displaying not just predictions but actual search results as you type. This saves valuable time on a desktop browser, but wouldn’t it be great to have Google Instant on mobile devices, where each keystroke and page load is much slower and you frequently have just a moment to find the information you need?

Google Launches Demo Slam

art — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 20:11:59 +0000

Demo Slam: Creative Google Promos

Google Creative Lab came up with a lot of a great ideas to promote Google’s products: from the brilliant Google Chrome ads to the Google Search Stories and the interactive Arcade Fire video.

This time, Google Creative Lab developed a site called Demo Slam, where users can submit tech demos for Google products. “Demo Slam is a place where boring tech demos become (hopefully) gotta-show-my-friends awesome—thanks to the creativity of Google users like you. Beginning today, you can watch Preseason Slams and declare a Champ of the week. Then each week, new featured slams will vie for your attention and a shot at demo glory,” explains Google.

Google’s promotional videos are rarely boring, but not many of them have gone viral. The most popular YouTube video about Google’s products has more than 20 million views and it’s a short introduction to Google Sky, a Google Earth feature. Other popular videos announce draggable driving directions in Google Maps, Google Earth 4.3, Street View and Google Buzz. All these videos have been embedded by Google’s sites and that’s probably the main reason why they have so many views.

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