Search Engine Optimisation and Social Media
Googles New Terms of Service On Friday October 11th all users who were signed into a Google account received a banner message from the search engine about Googles New Terms of Service and the changes that have been made. Observers have claimed that this change of service was clearing the way for “Facebook style” advertising. […]
Famous First Tweets Over its years of operation, Twitter has witnessed a number of famous first tweets. The Twitter VIP list includes religious leaders, musical superstars and social media platform CEOS. The most challenging tweet of any account is perhaps the first tweet. With the first tweet brands, businesses and individuals announce their presence on […]
Twitter Boosts Security Credentials; Rejecting NSA Participation On Thursday 6th June 2013, The Washington Post and The Guardian revealed a list of companies allegedly working in participation with the large web based U.S. security program known as PRISM. However what was perhaps more interesting, were those who were absent rejecting NSA participation; most notably Twitter. The […]
Robert Hargreaves Google Doodle On the 9th May 2011 Google embarked on one of the biggest doodle projects to date with a Robert Hargreaves Google Doodle. The doodles marked the 76th birthday of the author and illustrator Robert Hargreaves. Hargreaves was made famous by his Mr Men and Little Miss short stories. The British author […]
Twitter and Iran The latest Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, exchanged tweets with the Twitter Chairman Jack Dorsey in October 2013. Observers suspect this may be the beginning stage of the lift on Iran’s Twitter ban. Rouhani has been making use of Twitter since he came to power in August 2013. The exchange began when Dorsey […]
Google Plus Redesign What’s new with Google Plus Redesign? For a brief summary of the Google Plus Redesign click the image on the left. Now let’s take a closer look at the specific new and exciting updates to the Google Plus redesign: 1) Multiple Columns This Google Plus Redesign feature is dependent on the size […]
Google In Depth Stories During August 2013 Google released a new feature in the form of Google In Depth Stories. This feature aims to make it easier for the search engine user’s to find articles which are relevant whilst also providing depth on a range of broad topics. The product manager, Jake Hubert revealed to […]
Leon Foucault Google Doodle Google celebrated what would have been Leon Foucault’s 194th birthday with an animated doodle on September 18th 2013. Foucault was born in 1819 in Pairs, his father was a publisher. Initially Foucault pursued career in medicine which he later abandoned due to his crippling fear of blood. After his career change, […]
Twitter Vine was launched on January 24th 2013 and the concept was simple. A smartphone app which allows users to share six second videos with their Twitter following. Already the app has received the prestigious title of “the video Instagram”. The app records for the duration that users hold down on the record button. This […]
Yahoo New Logo The Yahoo new logo was announced through a blog post written by Kathy Savitt, Yahoo’s chief marketing officer. The blog was published on September 5th 2013, in the post Savitt stated, “We’re excited to share the new Yahoo logo with you. It will begin appearing across Yahoo properties globally tonight.” The Yahoo […]