Which Social Media Sites Help Your Search Ranking?

You've no doubt heard of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and use it to help make your website more visible to your customers. But SEO is not the only thing you need to consider when you are trying to expand the reach of your business. Social media … [Read more...]

Google Search Plus Your World: A Closer Look

I know we have been talking about changes to Google+ quite a lot over the last few weeks, but the changes Google has made are pretty significant and deserve to be looked at closely. There are a few aspects of Google+ Search Plus Your World that we … [Read more...]

Searching the Internet for the Environment

Ecosia is a typical search engine in that it will help you find what you are looking for on the web. The difference is that through searching, Ecosia gives back to the rainforest. The way this works is that if you saw an interesting sponsored link … [Read more...]

The Evolution of Social Buying

Over the past year, daily deal websites like Groupon and LivingSocial have grown in popularity and have given way to terms such as “social buying.” It is reported that approximately twenty percent of these daily deals go unused, allowing for the … [Read more...]

Looking to Save When Travelling?

Since it’s summer, many individuals, including possibly yourself, will be travelling this summer. Less people are looking at travel agents to book their trip and get them the best deal. Rather, people are going searching online travel sites for the … [Read more...]

Google’s New Search Features

Yesterday, at the “Inside Search” press conference, Google unveiled some new search features, ranging from mobile to voice and image search to new instant search features. Mobile Search Features - including icons for local search: icons for … [Read more...]

Personalized Internet Searching

The Google +1 button has now gone public and users can “+1″ directly in Google search results. It’s similar to the Facebook “like” button and is a vote in Google for specific content which could alter the way you see search results in … [Read more...]

Sports Prevail Once Again

The royal wedding was everywhere on Friday. As much as the world loves tradition and fashion, prince and princess, the Internet has spoken – the world loves sports even more. Akamai, an Internet service provider and traffic monitor reported … [Read more...]

Travelling? Take a Look at Room 77

There are a myriad of sites for aspiring travelers to check out.  Have you heard of Room 77?  If not, I encourage you to check it out. Room 77 is a great functional hotel room database and search engine, where travelers can turn to in order to … [Read more...]

How Social Media is Providing Aid in Japan

We have seen how the internet and social media have aided to rally against and spread the word against political protests. It is now evident how the internet is playing a pivotal role connecting the victim’s of Japan’s 8.9-magnitude earthquake … [Read more...]