Search Engine Optimisation and Social Media
Flickr Redesign Soon after Marissa Mayer became CEO of the search engine, Yahoo in 2012, she was greeted with a Twitter based campaign. The campaign had one simple request, for a Flickr Redesign in the form of tweets such as “please make Flickr awesome again.” Yahoo was quick to respond […]
New Bing Logo and “One Microsoft” In the summer of 2013 Microsoft made the announcement that it intended to adjust how Bing operated. It announced that the changes were intended to create a format where both users and developers would be able to tap into a vast wealth of resources […]
Summer Solstice Google Doodle 2013 Google celebrated the beginning of summer with an animated doodle. The summer themed animated Summer Solstice Google Doodle appeared on the search engine’s homepage on June 21st 2013. The summer solstice is a seasonal date which marks the longest day of the year. In order […]
PageRank for Eco Systems In 2009, researchers discovered a new use for the Google algorithm: to determine which species are critical in order to sustain various ecosystems by using PageRank for Eco Systems. The discovery was made by a paper which was published in PLoS Computational Biology. The paper claimed […]
Halloween 2012 Google Doodle Team Google have long demonstrated a fun loving attitude towards seasonal and public holidays. Due to this it is no surprise that the Doodle team at Google have showcased novelty doodles to celebrate Halloween, many users will remember the Giant Pumpkin Video the team produced for […]
Earth Day Google Doodle On April 20th 2013, Google celebrated Earth day in a big way, with one of its most detailed doodles to date. There was a lot to experience; so much so that the friendly search engine provided viewers with a checklist to ensure that users didn’t miss […]
Yahoo Logo Rebrand Under the new CEO management of Marissa Mayer, Yahoo has shed its archaic logo from the 90s. The search engine made the announcement on Wednesday 7th August 2013. This is the first change to the company logo since it was established over 18 years ago. It has […]
International Womens Day 2013 Google Doodle How do you create a doodle which is fun but also fairly represents women of all shapes and size for the International Womens Day 2013 Google Doodle? This is the problem which faced one of the doodlers, Betsy Bauer. Betsy managed to overcome the […]
Brothers Grimm Google Doodle On 20th December 2012 Google honoured the 200th anniversary of the talented storytellers and writers the Brothers Grimm with a Brothers Grimm Google Doodle. The Grimm Brothers are amongst the best known folk story tellers, and their stories continue to be told to children to this […]
Bing April Fools 2013 This year Bing joined the search engine April Fools’ Day bandwagon. As a search engine Bing is late to join the April Fools’ Day based tomfoolery however due to the strength of the two gags it unveiled for public consumption the search engine looks to be […]