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The Google Knowledge Graph Launch

As Google became more popular, the common response to figuring out a question became “Google it.” Previously, when a user searched a question the result would display a variety of sites where the user could find the information needed. Today,…

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Facebook and Photos?

Facebook has been in the news quite a bit as of late. With their IPO coming up this week, there has been a lot of chatter as to what Facebook’s strategy is for the future. But with recent acquisitions, Facebook…

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Being Safe With Your Smart Phone

We’ve all seen it. We’ve all seen that person who walks with their head down while staring at their smart phone instead of looking ahead to what might be coming on their path. Most of the time this maneuver is…

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Write Optimized Headlines for Google and Humans

  When it comes to making sure our websites rank, we’re always looking for new ways to make sure search engines consider our content relevant and valuable. The more authority the search engines spiders give our site, the more traffic…

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Google Penguin Update Creates Mass Unemployment in India

MUMBAI, India–Protesters outside Google Mumbai are not very happy with the recent algorithm change: Google’s “Penguin” Update. Estimates show that approximately 80% of the world’s link-building efforts were being outsourced to India, and now many of these people are out…

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Live-Tweeting a Brain Surgery?

Thought you’d seen all possible ways that social media could be put to use? Think again. Houston’s Memorial Herman Hospital is finding unique ways to reach out to their community: live-tweeting through surgeries. A few weeks ago the hospital live-tweeted…

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The Internet And Education

The rise of the internet has changed almost every aspect of modern life, and education is no exception. Whether its how we do our research or the methods teachers are using in the classroom, things have changed over the years….

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3 Characteristics of a Professional Looking Website

With such a significant portion of business activity, social interaction, information sharing, and many other activities taking place online these days, just about everyone is looking to get in on the action online.  There are literally hundreds of millions of…

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Facebook Search Engine

Facebook Search Engine Recent reports have come out concerning Facebook’s interest in entering the search engine world. Roughly a year ago, Microsoft courted Facebook in an attempt to get them to purchase Bing, which Facebook then declined. Within the last month,…

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Pepsi Pulse Helps You Keep Tabs On Pop Culture

Still stuck in its never-ending gridlock with Coca-Cola, Pepsi launched a new website today called Pepsi Pulse designed to help visitors stay current on their pop culture. The site acts as a curator for pop culture and entertainment news, as…

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