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Google tracks the flu

Jan 5th, 2009 | By Greg | Category: Google-related, Search Engines, Woo the seekers (SEO)

Google never ceases to amaze me.
Knowing the importance of curbing the spread of the flu, the folks at Google have come up with this Flu Tracking page.
The way it works, apparently, is that as millions of users around the world search for health information online every week, Google tracks flu-related searches.
The folks at Google say [...]



Fed up with Social Networks?

Sep 7th, 2008 | By Greg | Category: Social Networks, Woo the Social Media

You got an invite to Hi5. You got an invite to Plaxo. You got an invite to Friendster! A friend wants you to follow her on Twitter. You coworker tells you to check out her MySpace. Your wife put your kids’ pics on FaceBook. An old friend is on eConozco, and another just got on [...]



Go incognito!

Sep 6th, 2008 | By Greg | Category: Google-related, Software tools, Tools, Web buzz

Do you share your computer with a roomie? Do you loan you laptop to friends? Without going into too much detail about your personal life, let’s just say that you might not want everyone to see every site that you’ve ever visited.
You wouldn’t want an acquaintance to start typing in the URL bar and have [...]



Chrome, baby!

Sep 5th, 2008 | By Greg | Category: Google-related, SEO-SEM buzz, Search Engines, Web buzz, Woo the seekers (SEO)