Archive for Jake Doran
Google News Round Up: Wave, Images and Net Neutrality
If this were the 1920s and I were a 12 year old newspaper tyke in Chicago, I’d be shouting ‘Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Google news, hot off the press!’
Top 5 Alternative Search Engines
When it comes to online search, the general consensus is that there can only be one – Google. And for good reason: it’s great at finding stuff. So good in fact, that Google is now synonymous with the word search itself. Google it.
David Bowie, Sitemaps & Google Travel: Together at Last
Now that England’s World Cup is over and Wimbledon has come to an end, we can all get back to focusing on my favourite activity – Google watching. Here’s all the latest news from Google.
Sharks, Sushi, Caffeine & Other New Things: A Google News Round-Up
Google is a lot like a shark. Not in that it is a predatory beast, preying on the weak, consuming all in its path in an endless and furious rampage. More in the way that it doesn’t have a swim bladder and so has to keep continually moving, lest it die.
Google I/O: The News So Far
This week is Google I/O week. It’s a big week for people who like acronyms – HTML5, APIs, I/O. WTF? You’re also in for a treat if you enjoy watching videos of men standing on stages saying things like, ‘We are today open-sourcing additional components of our production code and in particular the in-browser editor.’ Dirty… Say it again, but slower this time.
Web News: Things That Have Changed
The only reason we would sit in a stinking hide for 12 hours with only a Thermos of tea for company is to catch a glimpse of a Flightless Google, observe its habits and mating rituals and report all that we find on the internet…
A Google Round-Up Blog Post: Classical Poetry Edition
It is said that some vast and trunkless blogs posts about Google stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, half sunk, a shattered laptop lies. And on that screen, these words appear:
‘My name is Content and Motion,
Look upon my blog posts, ye Mighty, and despair!’
We Know What Goo(gle) Did Last Summer
Like Sting and the Police sang in the 80s, every move Google makes, every breath Google takes, we’ll be watching it, like a stalker hiding in the bushes with a replica pistol. Consider this a warning, Google. We just want to be close to you. If you don’t remove that restraining order we might do something that we can’t take back….
The Google Round-up Rodeo
Every morning, my first thought on waking is, invariably, ‘What have Google been doing while I was asleep?’ I rub my bleary eyes, stretch, and let out a moan so wretched and foul that nuns across the world shudder as one, cross themselves and invoke the Holy Father. Why do I get so upset? Because no one has compiled a short blog post rounding up minor changes that Google have made to their search engine.
What Skittles Did Next… Social Media Re-Mixed
Skittles’ recent social media campaign has garnered quite a bit of comment in recent months. In one of the bravest moves by a large brand in recent memory, Skittles transformed their entire website into a feed displaying all mentions of Skittles on Twitter.
News + Social Media = Social News?
How do you find news on the web? Do you go straight to your favourite blogs and news sites or do you use an RSS reader? Or are both of these options too old hat? Facebook and Twitter look to be changing things.
Rich Snippets: Who is He?
Last year Google introduced Rich Snippets to their search results (we even blogged about it here). Originally, there were options to enhance results with reviews and information about people. They have since added support for videos and most recently, events. Why? And who is the mysterious man ‘Rich Snippets’
Sentiment Analysis and Helping the Robots Understand Sarcasm
As we all know from watching Terminator 2 and The Matrix, robot-human communication can be rocky. Machines can’t understand human love or sarcasm. However, an enterprising company from America has aimed a little lower with a tool to help robots understand that other mystery: sarcasm.
How Google Uses Synonyms to Expand Search Results…
Google has long used synonyms to gather more accurate search results. So far, it seems that Google has only used this technique for simple searches like place names and abbreviations. It is beginning to look as though Google will expand the use of similar words into wider search terms, having recently filed a new patent for search using synonyms.
What’s a Social Media Agency?
Rocket science not included. Proceed at ease...
Get the Scoop on Social Media PR…
Been there, seen it, bought T-Shirt, wrote it up....
What the Hell is Social SEO?
Clue: it's not spammy and it adds value to users....
ONLINE PR & SOCIAL MEDIA AGENCY KNOW-HOW
Online PR & Social Media Blog /// MORE
Say Hello to Paul, Our Very Affable New Head of Accounts
As our original ad for the role stated, Paul’s job is to be more Mad Men than IM, Twitter, Foursquare and the rest. His job is to talk to all of our clients – preferably at a distance of three paces, and to get the Martinis in whenever they’re needed. Oh, and to always have a glowing report to hand.
Why do 95.769% of Social Media Projects Fail? PLANNING!
In C&M’s experience, failure to deliver value on Social Media projects is 95.769% down to the lack of a plan. Why? Because 95.6579% of the time Social Media is seen as free
