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New Google Maps game
Here’s a nice idea from Google, a game based on Google Maps. The game is based on WebGL and will be available from Google+Games from February. The game is designed to get more people interacting with Google+ as well as showing off the new ‘indoors view’ feature on Google Maps. Pretty cool stuff. email
Search giants collaborate to change the web
The way people are searching online has changed so dramatically, in such a short space of time, that even the search giants have been slow to realise the ground is moving beneath them. However, now the three largest search engines have announced a new collaboration, called schema.org, that will show website owners and web developers...
Google adds Boost as Tags are binned
Last year Google introduced the ‘tag’, a little yellow marker that allowed businesses to rent for a flat fee each month to highlight themselves on Google Maps. Google has just announced that it is dropping the tag. While tens of thousands of businesses used [and paid for] the tags, Google said it was just a...
SEO and PR solution for Irish tech exporters
A new digital marketing service for technology and business-to-business (B2B) exporters has been launched. Simpson Financial & Technology PR and search engine optimisation (SEO) specialist New Century Media can provide an international digital marketing service for exporters covering online PR and SEO. “Over 90% of B2B buyers search online first. The fact is that international...
Omnicom’s digital deals deliver precision
The advertising world has just become much more ‘accurate’. Global advertising firm Omnicom will now have access to consumer data supplied by Microsoft, Yahoo! And AOL. The planning arms of the ad firm, PHD and OMD, have gained the ability to deliver highly-targeted ad campaigns based on consumers’ gender, age and location. The new partnerships...
Heystaks aims to lead new era of search
HeyStaks Technologies (www.heystaks.com), the NovaUCD social web-search start-up, has launched its initial products in the US market. The launch took place earlier this week at the annual DEMO Spring 2011 conference held in Palm Desert, California. The worldwide DEMO conferences focus on emerging technologies and new product innovations. For 20 years DEMO has earned a...
Goldenpages.ie builds a new ‘find engine’
In a bid to claw back a portion of the market share it has lost to the search engines, goldenpages.ie has invested in a major overhaul to “guarantee richer and more relevant results”. The beta version of the new goldenpages.ie website is up with a new ‘find engine’. Why they didn’t call it a search...
Bing is first engine to integrate Facebook ‘Likes’
And so it has come to pass. A major search engine (Bing) has integrated Facebook’s ‘liked results’ into its searches. Facebook already partners with Microsoft on a number of initiatives and Microsoft was an early investor in the budding social network. The fact Facebook ‘Likes’ are now fully integrated into Bing searches is the biggest...
Planning on a giant HeyStaks
HeyStaks, the UCD web start up has launched to the public today. The site allows searchers to collaborate with friends and colleagues as they search for information online. It can increase the productivity of the average search by up to 50%, claims the company. “We can all do with a little more help when we...
How the world searched – the Google Zeitgeist, 2010
How was 2010 for you? If you’ve forgotten the year that was let Google remind you of all the key events. “Based on the aggregation of billions of search queries people typed into Google this year, Zeitgeist captures the spirit of 2010,” says the search giant. Indeed it does. Here’s hoping 2011 is devoid of...
