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    Google Authorship Markup Patent Applications Published

    by Bill Slawski
    Mar 14, 2013
    On September 8, 2011, Google filed a patent named “System and Method for Confirming Authorship of Documents,” (U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/532,511). This provisional patent expired on September 9, 2012 without being prosecuted. A day later, on September 10th, Google filed two new versions of the patent, using the same name for both of [...]

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    Google's Panda Update Graduates To Rolling Update

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Mar 14, 2013
    Last night at SMX West, Google's Matt Cutts announced that the Panda algorithm will be more of a rolling update, as opposed to what it has been as a manually pushed out update.
    I am not sure what I am going to do with my time now. I am no longer going to be able to get confirmations from Google about Panda updates. The updates are going to be less transparent

    Google Hates Me: Closing Google Reader

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Mar 14, 2013
    There are very few people as dependent on Google Reader as myself. Google knows that. No, really, they do, they know I am like the top top user of Google Reader. I switched to it in 2007 from Bloglines and never looked back. Now what am I going to do?
    Google announced last night that they are closing Google Reader July 1, 2013.

    These Are Not The Droids Google is Looking For?

    by Bill Slawski
    Mar 14, 2013
    Yesterday, Google’s CEO Larry Page announced that Andy Rubin would no longer be in charge of the mobile platform Android at Google,, but would be moving on to new challenges at the company. In the announcement, Page urged the entrepreneur and inventor to take “more moonshots please.” Andy Rubin brought Android to Google in 2004, [...]

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    NoUI, YesUI, and appropraite visbility

    by Rian van der Merwe
    Mar 13, 2013
    Frank Chimero has a great follow-up to Tino Arnall’s excellent post No to NoUI. In *The Cloud is Heavy and Design Isn’t Invisible Frank explores what’s appropriate (and what’s not) about using “The Cloud” as a metaphor, and then he makes a great point about the Invisible Design trend:

    Sometimes I wonder if the desire to obfuscate production and make the resulting design invisible or seamless to users diminishes their appreciation for the craft of building systems. I think there’s a...

    Content Marketing Metrics Fun With Google Analytics

    Jill Whalen
    by Jill Whalen
    Mar 13, 2013
    When you add great content to your website on a regular basis and get the word out about it to your target audience, you'll gain more rankings, traffic, conversions, leads and sales.

    Adapt or Die - Stop Trying to Control Your Customers!

    Jill Whalen
    by Jill Whalen
    Mar 13, 2013
    This article chronicles what I learned through shopping for wedding dresses with my daughter: Businesses that operate in an old-fashioned manner trying to control the information they provide their customers will likely not be around much longer.

    Can someone verify ownership of my site by adding a meta tag to the body of my page?

    Mar 13, 2013
    I'm worried that someone might be able to inject meta tags into the body of my content, so they could add a "verify" meta tag and control my site in...

    Google Created Hacked Site Resource

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Mar 13, 2013
    One of the more typical questions I see come up in the various Google Help forum threads is about sites that get hacked. It is always the same thing... A webmaster or site owner feels violated and embarrassed. At first, they think Google got it all wrong. Then they...

    Will Google Now For iPhone & iPad Boost Google Search App Usage?

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    by dannysullivan
    Mar 12, 2013
    Engadget spotted and has archived a promotional video that suggests the Google Search App for iOS may be gaining Google Now support. That support might help boost usage of the Google Search App, which barely makes the iTunes Top 100. Google Now No Longer Android-Only?

    Google Now is Google’s predictive search assistant, which tries to anticipate answers to things before you ask, such as travel times to destinations you frequent. Google Now is available for newer Android devices but not for...