Google Places API Offers Local Data To ‘Check-in’ Developers
Google previously announced (at its I/O developer conference) the creation of a Places API as part of the Google Maps API. That Places API is now open for business and being made available to third party developers. Booyah’s MyTown “check-in” app is one that has already been using it.
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How Big Data From Connected Machines Gets Used
February 12, 2012 - 6:55 pm
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“Big Data” is a hot topic these days, but there hasn’t been a lot of discussion about the specifics of what will most likely be one of the biggest sources of data: newly web-connected devices in the home and workplace. I spoke this week with Bill Zujewski, Executive Vice President of Product Strategy & Marketing [...]
[Data Visualization] GE and the Internet of Turbines
February 11, 2012 - 6:55 pm
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The next time you have to get an MRI or CT scan you might not know it but if the equipment is made by GE it is phoning home. No, the actual scan data is still between you and your doctor, but the broad stats of when and where the scan was taken is reported [...]
Weekly Wrap-up: Not on Facebook, Google Drive and Path’s Privacy Issues
February 11, 2012 - 8:55 am
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Alicia Eler explores the “Not On Facebook” movement. Jon Mitchell explains why Google Drive won’t be a Dropbox clone. Path uploads your entire address book to their servers without permission. All of this and more in the ReadWriteWeb Weekly Wrap-up. After the jump you’ll find more of this week’s top news stories on some of [...]
Google Readying Google Drive, Dropbox-Like Cloud Storage
February 11, 2012 - 8:28 am
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Google is readying a Dropbox-like service and will soon enter the cloud computing storage market. The Google Drive is expected to allow users to store documents, photos and videos on the cloud and make them accessible from any connected device. View full post on Search Engine Watch – Latest
[Data Visualization] How Yahoo’s Homepage Delivers Personalized News to 700 Million People
February 10, 2012 - 7:55 pm
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With all the attention focused on Facebook and Google, it’s sometimes easy to forget how many people visit Yahoo on a typical day. The site has over 700 million users and gets a massive amount of page views each day. As the company struggles to figure out what its future focus should be, one thing [...]
Google Places Can Greatly Help Boost Agents’ Real Estate SEO Marketing Efforts … – SBWire (press release)
February 10, 2012 - 6:26 pm
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Google Places Can Greatly Help Boost Agents' Real Estate SEO Marketing Efforts …SBWire (press release)Harrisburg, PA — (SBWIRE) — 02/10/2012 — One advantage to being a local business owner is the ability to use Google Places for real estate SEO marketing. Instead of spending countless hours working on building rankings for niche specific keywords, …and [...]
Google AdWords Gets Shared Lists To Eliminate Duplicate Data Entry
February 10, 2012 - 4:09 pm
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Sick of inputting the same things across multiple campaigns in Google AdWords? Yeah, Google suspected that was the case. Following the same philosophy that spawned the introduction of negative keyword lists in January of last year, Google has added placement exclusion lists and list suggestions…. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article. View [...]
How to Analyze Google Analytics (not provided) Data – SEOmoz (blog)
February 10, 2012 - 3:26 pm
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How to Analyze Google Analytics (not provided) DataSEOmoz (blog)If you don't like this kind of uncertainty in a career, then maybe SEO isn't for you. However, if you love a challenge and finding creative ways to overcome obstacles, read on. One of the most immediate problems that the Google update caused was the …Google Places [...]
Craig Silverstein, Larry & Sergey’s First Hire, Quits Google
February 10, 2012 - 1:29 pm
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Craig Silverstein, the first employee hired by Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998, is leaving the company. Silverstein, who helped build the Google search engine, met Page and Brin while the three attended Stanford. View full post on Search Engine Watch – Latest
Google Retires Drop-Down Menu, Black Navigation Bar Returns
February 10, 2012 - 12:28 pm
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Google’s drop-down menu, which was introduced in late November as part of the “next stage” of its massive redesign, is history. Google will revert to an updated version of the black navigation bar that began appearing ahead of the launch of Google+. View full post on Search Engine Watch – Latest