Posts Tagged ‘Google’



Facebook Passes eBay in Value, Becoming No. 3 U.S. Web Company

Facebook Inc.’s estimated worth is now bigger than Ebay Inc.’s valuation, making it the third- largest U.S. Internet business and underscoring the growing allure of social media for investors. Facebook’s stock is trading at more than $16 on SecondMarket Inc., an exchange for shares of privately held companies, said a person familiar with the latest [...]

We Have ALL Been Here!

How many of you can see this picture, and totally relate? Working for any company that directly works for others, you want to do the best to provide for your clients every need, want, and whim. Lets face it, sometimes things fall through the cracks. We all have those 1 or 5 clients that are [...]

Meister Brau, Braniff and 148 Other Trademarks to Be Sold at Auction

CHICAGO (AdAge.com) — Meister Brau occupies an important place in U.S beer history as the precursor to Miller Lite — and, more recently, as the favorite beer of Cousin Eddie, the unforgettable red neck in National Lampoon’s “Vacation” movies. Now it can be yours. http://adage.com/article?article_id=146984

Google to add In-Flight WiFi for Holidays

If you want to fly this holiday season, and happen to have a ticket booked on AirTran, Delta, or Virgin America, you can thank Google for in flight Wi-Fi access! Google Chrome has teamed up once again with the travel industry to provide Gogo Inflight Internet to passengers from November 20, 2010 to January 2, [...]

Major Brands Spending Big Bucks on Google

With Google controlling 65% of U.S. web searches, major companies couldn’t afford not to spend top dollar on search advertising.

Generating Business from Location-Based Social Networks

The time has come for those of you business owners who aren’t utilizing location-based social networks to jump on board. Google Local, Twitter Places, and now Facebook allow users to “check in” to a location and reveal their thoughts/opinions. Equally impressive is the influential ability of one customer; one good review can lead to another, and so on and so forth. Before you know it, you’ve generated a large amount of business from your customers’ opinions.

An Increase in Blogging

It should come as no surprise that companies are using blogs. A lot. In fact, blogs fill a specific niche that other forms of social media do not. It is estimated that this year just over one in three companies have a public-facing blog used for marketing (which is expected to rise to 43% by [...]

The New–Yet Old!–Ask.com

Move over, Google: Ask.com is reverting back to their old methods. The site, which is beta-testing a new version, is going to have users type in a question to ensure an answer (which was their initial method when the site first started). While Google may point you in a general direction, Ask.com is determined to [...]

Gaining Quality Facebook Fans

Let’s face it: we all love seeing the fan numbers increase on our Facebook pages. And while there are many tactics for attracting more, it’s important to bear in mind that those numbers don’t reflect an ensured return on investment. You may have an abrupt increase of a thousand or so fans (and it’ll end [...]