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Every web page is now a Facebook page.
April 28, 2010 – 11:50 am
It’s not often that a technical change like an API upgrade creates a stir, but Facebook’s announcement last week has generated a vast amount of interest. read more »
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Learn when Google shows your site, and when people click on it.
April 19, 2010 – 3:58 pm
Google has just started sharing more detailed data with web site owners about when their site appears in searches and, more importantly, when it gets clicked on.
The information is in Google’s Webmaster Tools. It tells you which searches which found your site, how many times your site was displayed ( the “impressions” ) and how many times the link to your site was clicked on ( the “clickthrough). read more »
Speed now matters to Google – but not much.
April 14, 2010 – 3:27 pm
Google now includes site speed as a factor in ranking sites. This change is good for us as users : we would rather use a quick site than a slow one. It’s good for us again if it motivates webmasters with slow sites to sort them out. read more »
Google Translate for Animals – talk to anmals using your phone ! ( Happy April 1st )
April 1, 2010 – 7:49 am
Translate for Animals is an application for Android phones that recognises and transcribes words and phrases that are common to a species, like cats for example. To develop Translate for Animals, Google worked closely with many of the world’s top language synthesis teams, and with leaders in the field of animal cognitive linguistics, including senior fellows at the Bodleian Library in Oxford. read more »