Doug Caverly Latest search engine news blog articles from Doug Caverly. http://www.seocentro.com/seo-archives/author/Doug+Caverly.html Doug Caverly News Archive http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=44085 It's no secret that occasional breaks can serve the average worker well; focusing on a task for too long can cause an individual to lose perspective and interest. Only research conducted by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco drives home the point that checking email, Facebook, and Twitter accounts too regularly can also hurts adults' ability to concentrate. A statement released by the university on April 11th explained, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:48:38 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=44056 A music service that doesn't yet exist and a music service anchored to a fading social network (may) have both hit rough patches this week. Reports indicate that Google Music isn't succeeding in talks with record companies, while MySpace Music's CTO has in fact left the organization. To start with the Google side of things: Peter Kafka wrote earlier today, "Google's negotiations with the big music labels are 'broken, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:28:38 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=44049 Respected mutual fund company T. Rowe Price is - at least to some degree - becoming a social media believer. Filings released by the organization reveal that it recently invested an impressive-sounding $190.5 million in Facebook and another $72 million in Zynga. That makes for a total of $262.5 million (or $297.9 million if you include the $35.4 million investment T. Rowe also made in Angie's List). Not exactly pocket change from the average person's perspective, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:23:03 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=44027 Google's antitrust lawyers - who were probably already working overtime to deal with threats in the U.S. and Europe - may soon need to brush up on South Korean law, as well. Two large Korean Internet companies have filed a complaint with the country's Fair Trade Commission. Miyoung Kim reported earlier today, "In their joint complaint . . . NHN Corp and Daum Communications Corp , South Korea's top internet portals, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:50:59 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=44019 After the markets closed yesterday afternoon, Google delivered its first quarter earnings report , and investors reacted with dismay. Unfortunately for the company, that wasn't close to the end of things, as Google's stock continues to dive this morning and a number of financial institutions have lowered their price targets. To first address what's going on right now: Google's stock is down 7.01 percent (to $537.97) as this article goes live. Meanwhile, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:15:37 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=44013 Groupon's plan to go public appears to be moving forward yet again. Although nothing's been confirmed through official channels, new reports indicate the company's picked Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to underwrite its IPO, and there are new rumors about the timing and size of the offering, too. Anupreeta Das and Gina Chon spoke to anonymous "people familiar with the matter," and afterwards reported, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:54:52 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43990 Search giant Google released its first quarter earnings report this afternoon, but unfortunately for new CEO Larry Page, the company didn't quite repeat past performances. Google failed to meet analysts' estimates in at least one respect, and investors are now causing its shares to drop in after-hours trading. To start with the good news: Google reported $8.58 billion in gross revenue, a 27 percent year-over-year increase, and net revenue of $6.54 billion, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:25:23 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43977 According to Wikipedia, this Saturday marks the shared birthday of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Belichick, Peter Billingsley, Jon Cryer, and Martin Lawrence. Only now it will also, according to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, be Foursquare Day. Bloomberg issued an official proclamation on the subject today. It (in part) read, "New York City is proud to be the home of both the powerhouse companies and small startups that are thinking big, creating new jobs, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:04:01 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43956 Earlier this week, Google released a GoogleWebmasterHelp video in which Matt Cutts assured sites' owners that good URL shorteners don't create problems when it comes to SEO. Now, whether by coincidence or to perhaps capitalize on any resulting increase in usage, Google's own URL shortener (goo.gl) has been upgraded. The raft of changes starts with an improved "copy to clipboard" option. A post on the Official Google Blog explained, "When a new short URL is created, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:46:37 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43864 Talk to any college students for very long, and you may find that page numbers rule their lives. They'll celebrate receiving a measly half-page assignment, for example, or freak out over a 40-page paper that's due all too soon. So now, perhaps after discovering that fact, Google Docs has introduced a familiar feature related to page breaks. A post on the Google Docs Blog announced this afternoon, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:31:15 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43854 Today, Senators John Kerry and John McCain introduced a piece of legislation known as the Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 . It's designed to regulate how firms should handle consumers' personal data, and while that's a complicated issue, eBay, HP, Intel, and Microsoft wasted no time in voicing their approval. A few obvious thoughts: it's interesting to see Kerry and McCain working together, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:15:34 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43833 Every so often, the idea of an Internet sales tax circulates, stirring up controversy and sparking debates about fairness. Now, it's apparently that time again, as a report's indicated Senator Dick Durbin intends to introduce a bill sometime this month. Declan McCullagh wrote earlier today after speaking to a Democratic aide, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:48:41 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43823 eBay's international presence is growing larger in a significant way today. eBay announced this morning that it's taking control of GittiGidiyor, a company that was founded in 2001 and qualifies as the leading online marketplace in Turkey. eBay now owns 93 percent of outstanding GittiGidiyor shares, and although terms of the transaction were not disclosed, eBay fans and shareholders should rest assured that this move isn't as random as it may sound. For starters, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:12:50 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43818 As Larry Page goes about reorganizing Google to his liking, he might do well to transfer a few extra engineers to the search team. Google's search engine of course continues to be dominant in the U.S., but new data from Experian Hitwise suggests it's lost ground to the Bing-Yahoo alliance six months in a row. Trace the decline for yourself if you like. Google had a market share of 72.15 percent in September, according to Experian Hitwise. Then that fell to 70. Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:07:16 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43781 Last week, Google announced that it was investing $5 million in a German solar power plant , and many people nodded in appreciation. Only it turns out the search giant was just warming up, as the company announced today it's now putting almost $170 million into a solar plant much closer to home. Rick Needham, Director of Green Business Operations at Google, wrote on the Official Google Blog , Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:23:06 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43779 The stock market, as a whole, did not do well today. The Dow and Nasdaq stayed about level, gaining and losing 0.01 percent and 0.32 percent, respectively, while AOL, Apple, and Yahoo all suffered losses of greater than 1.00 percent. But Baidu's stock rose by a significant amount thanks to news that it's partnered with Facebook. Some background info on that development: as we reported earlier, Facebook and Baidu are supposed to be working together on a new, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:37:41 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43754 Procrastination and a fear of commitment apparently didn't enter the equation when it came to renewing a longstanding search and advertising agreement between Google and IAC. This morning, IAC announced that the two companies have extended their deal through March of 2016. The original deal wasn't set to expire until the end of 2012, so the timing of this development comes as a bit of a surprise. Most people and organizations cut things a little closer, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:40:29 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43738 Social networking giant Facebook may finally have found a way to do business the world's most populous country. According to new (but unconfirmed) reports out of China, Facebook's partnered with Baidu and will help establish a fresh social site as a joint venture. The move would make sense for a number of reasons. Consider that Facebook itself is banned in China, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:03:58 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43693 Amazon's been able to sell books, CDs, Kindles, and groceries. Its cloud services have proven popular, too. And soon, for the sake of making even more money, one analyst thinks Amazon will branch into online display advertising. Ryan Kim obtained a research note written by Ben Schachter of Macquerie Research , and it seems Schachter's noticed some interesting things. Kim wrote, "Looking at recent job listings, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:28:53 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43688 Five months ago, Google launched a local recommendation product called Hotpot and explained that Google Places was one of three main ingredients (along with "the places you like" and "the places your friends like"). Now, the situation's been reversed, as Hotpot's become a part of Google Places. It might be possible to view this change as evidence of a failure, since Google gave few early indications that Hotpot wasn't meant to stand on its own. Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Fri, 08 Apr 2011 20:28:18 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43670 Google's antitrust troubles in Europe aren't even close to being over, according to a man who would know. Vice President of the European Commission Joaquin Almunia - who's also the organization's competition commissioner - indicated that more complaints are on the way, and he intends to take them seriously. Aoife White reported this morning after attending a competition law conference in Switzerland, "Joaquin Almunia . . . Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:31:09 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43651 Whoever's responsible for printing Googlers' business cards now has a lot more work to do. Larry Page, exercising his newfound power as CEO in a big way, promoted five employees to the level of "senior vice president" yesterday. In case you're wondering: yes, Google already had six SVPs (or five if you take Jonathan Rosenberg's recent departure into account), and it's unclear what will happen to them. One (Alan Eustace) just got a new title. Otherwise, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:09:50 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43629 Got friends at Google who like pick up checks and let you play with their toys? If so, consider embracing Google's +1 initiative and whatever other social products the company rolls out, because a fresh report claims all employees' bonuses are now in part tied to their performance. Nicholas Carlson wrote this afternoon, "New Google CEO Larry Page, who stepped into the job this week, believes that Google needs to go 'social' to compete. . . . To that end, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:40:35 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43624 We're not too sure what to say here, except maybe "uh-oh" or "whoops." Less than six months after Yahoo's previous mergers and acquisitions head left , it seems the new guy - Taylor Barada - has also decided to quit, joining Zynga. That sort of turnover would be less than encouraging even if the role in question was janitorial in nature. Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:35:01 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43606 A California city associated with rich, beautiful, and not always brilliant people will now also act as home to some of Google's certified geniuses. The company intends to open an office in Beverly Hills as it continues to establish relationships with the entertainment industry. Google will lease over 13,000 square feet of a city-owned building located at 331 Foothill Road, according to Marie Cunningham . Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:47:56 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43588 So long as German competition authorities prove agreeable, it seems that Google will soon be in part responsible for powering the lights (and computers) at a number of German homes. Google announced this morning that it intends to invest about $5 million in a local solar photovoltaic power plant. A note to cynics, worrywarts, and shareholders: this move isn't as random as it may seem. Although it does mark Google's first clean tech investment outside the U.S., Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:06:27 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43565 Any programmers who would enjoy winning $10,000, the title "Code Jam Champion," and - maybe - a job offer from Google should get moving. Today, the registration window for Google Code Jam 2011 opened. To go ahead and provide interested parties with the complete schedule: registration starts today, a 24-hour qualification round will take place starting May 6th, and successive online rounds are scheduled for May 21st, May 22nd, June 4th, and June 11th. Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:36:05 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43562 A company that's frequently associated with poor performance and instability had a pleasant surprise for users today. Twitter announced this afternoon that it's managed to make Twitter Search three times faster. A post on the Twitter Engineering blog explained the unexpected development by stating, "Last week, we launched a replacement for our Ruby-on-Rails front-end: a Java server we call Blender. Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:45:36 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43545 Lately, it's seemed like just about everyone is interested in investigating and/or prosecuting Google. French courts , Swiss courts , and (perhaps) America's own FTC have all been offended by different practices. Google may be spared an antitrust probe in the UK, however, as a minister there has declined to pursue the matter. Ed Vaizey, the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:27:26 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43534 At this point, everyone knows that the iPad 2 was a big sales success. The task that remains is quantifying its success, and a new report may do just that. Anonymous sources hint Apple sold somewhere between 2.4 million and 2.6 million iPad 2s in March. Yenting Chen and Steve Shen wrote earlier this morning after speaking with "sources at upstream touch panel suppliers," "Sales of iPad 2 are running at a rate faster than its predecessor, and Apple took delivery of 2.4-2. Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:21:51 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43524 Newspapers have proven to be surprisingly resilient on many college campuses. There's almost always a school paper, for example, and different groups of students are drawn to other publications. But in a real victory for LinkedIn, its professional network has now caught up with newspapers in terms of what students intend to use as a job search tool. Career center website specialist Experience Inc. Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:16:16 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43502 In an objective sense, Amazon's an impressive company, and its stock's performance (up 41 percent in the last year) means investors who value money should respect it. But Amazon seems to have done a great job balancing financial acumen with people smarts, earning the top spot on a "reputable companies" list today. Forbes Media and a consulting firm known as the Reputation Institute awarded Amazon that spot after surveying almost 33, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:47:28 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43479 Today, a major change to the way Google deals with advertisers' questions and problems is taking place. AdWords users will no longer be limited to receiving support via email and various online resources; now they can call a toll-free number and speak to a live AdWords specialist. A post on the Official Google Blog announced the option this morning, and explained, "We're adding phone support for a simple reason: you asked for it! Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:34:34 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43462 Fans of group deals site LivingSocial should be pleased to know that some important organizations believe it'll continue to grow and succeed. Reports indicate LivingSocial has raised $400 million in a new round of funding that values it at more than $3 billion. Evelyn M. Rusli wrote late yesterday, "LivingSocial last week raised an additional $400 million from existing investors like Amazon and Lightspeed Venture Partners, and several new ones including T. Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:08:07 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43447 The growth rate of Quora (and we mean the actual company, not just the Q&A site) may soon increase at a rapid pace. Quora has hired Andy Barton, a recruiter with an interesting resume, and presumably wants him to do more than turn away random applicants. A quick note on the current state of Barton's professional network: as of this moment, he has four recommendations (good) and over 500 connections (way above average) on LinkedIn . Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:33:28 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43441 The way Google's Street View program operates in Switzerland may soon change in dramatic fashion. A Swiss court has ordered that (among other things) Google must ensure all faces and license plates are unrecognizable, even if that means employees have to review all images manually. That represents a potential problem for Google. The company's automated blurring software catches most - but not all - faces and license plates. Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:27:52 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43421 Although the timing may be coincidental, Larry Page's new career as CEO of Google has gotten off to an interesting start. Google announced this morning that it's bid $900 million for about 6,000 patents and patent applications owned by Nortel. Before anyone gets too excited: this development shouldn't signal that Google intends to either branch into telecommunications equipment or sue its biggest rivals out of existence. Kent Walker, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:25:13 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43404 Relations between Microsoft and Yahoo may sour as a result, but it's a good bet Yahoo execs are going to brag a bit about a new hire. It seems a Microsoft executive charged with working on the companies' search alliance is switching sides. Kara Swisher reported earlier this morning, "[Brett] Wayn must have liked what he saw at the Silicon Valley Internet giant, since he is bouncing there from his job at the Redmond, Wash. software giant to run local efforts at Yahoo. Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:58:51 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43373 Less than a month ago, a security incident involving SSL certificates and at least one Iranian hacker took place, startling more than a few experts in the process. Now, demonstrating its technical expertise and general goodwill (along with a sense of self-preservation), Google's stepped forward with some thoughts. Researchers at the search giant are apparently working on two projects, the first of which is called the Google Certificate Catalog. Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:36:18 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43368 In case anyone was wondering, YouTube hasn't decided to wave a white flag with respect to the legal battle that Viacom started in early 2007. Indeed, lawyers representing the site have filed a new 94-page document defending YouTube's approach to handling copyright infringement. One quick reminder: YouTube already won this case once, with a court deciding last year that the site's protected by the safe harbor of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:30:44 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43351 Internet Explorer 9 got off to a good start in terms of impressing reviewers, and it's also doing rather well in terms of winning over users, according to new data from Microsoft. A Microsoft employee indicated this morning that IE9′s early adoption rate is putting IE8′s launch to shame. Ryan Gavin, Senior Director of Internet Explorer Business and Marketing, wrote on the Exploring IE blog today, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:41:54 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43339 Some mobile phones don't do much more than make and receive phone calls and texts. Others almost function as pocket-sized computers. But engineers have now made interesting changes to Facebook's primary mobile site ( m.facebook.com ) that should allow it to better serve all users. People with modern smartphones shouldn't worry that this is a step backward; Facebook hasn't decided to simplify everything for the sake of a few devices that would be better off in museums. Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:15:31 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43316 We seem to have by and large gotten past the period in which investors lived in constant fear of crashes; people no longer use terms like "double dip" and "depression" on an everyday basis. There will never come a time when investors won't want quick access to financial info, though, and so Google's made some changes to its mobile search results that should meet with their approval. English-speaking folks with Android devices (running at least Android 2. Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:40:34 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43305 Citizens of Iraq and Tunisia who are lucky enough to have Internet connections may now find it easier to conduct Web searches. Today, Google announced the launch of the local search domains google.iq and google.tn for the two countries. This is in many ways an interesting development. For starters, it's almost impossible not to think about the political and military turmoil in both countries (and in Tunisia in particular) and what effects Google's move might have. Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:19:50 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43289 It's a good bet that Googlers who believed the corporation should leave China are now saying "I told you so" to those who argued it should stay. Today, there's word of yet another problem in the country, as three local companies owned by Google have been accused of violating tax laws. Indeed, according to a report that appeared in the Economic Times (a state-run newspaper), the companies have in fact been found guilty of violating laws and penalized for it. Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:37:51 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43271 The phrase "wouldn't wish it on your worst enemy" apparently doesn't apply to Microsoft's antitrust-related examinations at the hands of the European Commission. Late yesterday, Microsoft announced that it's filing a complaint about Google with the organization. Microsoft's own experiences with the European Commission are well-documented. Since 1993, it's had several run-ins, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:01:26 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43243 Irony alert: privacy advocates may have the gigantic misstep known as Google Buzz to thank if and when a "Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights" comes into existence. Senator John Kerry stated today that the new agreement between Google and the FTC underscores the need for that sort of document. Interestingly, Kerry didn't choose to criticize either organization. The FTC proved that "[b]aseline privacy protections in law remain common sense," the politician said, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:35:45 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43223 Five days ago, employees of the Bronx Zoo in New York discovered that a venomous Egyptian cobra was missing from its habitat. The incident has caused more laughter than panic, though, thanks to a comical Twitter account that's getting all sorts of attention. " Bronx Zoo's Cobra " adopts the perspective of the escaped snake, and has the creature more or less taking a tour of the city. Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:39:11 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43207 Earlier this month, Gowalla made a splash at SXSW in Austin, seeing all sorts of check-ins and earning the conference's top award in the mobile category. Now (although there probably isn't a true cause and effect), the company's going to press that advantage by opening an office in the UK. Gowalla CEO Josh Williams spilled the news onstage today at the GeeknRolla conference in London. Martin Bryant reported, "Williams discussed how, Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:33:03 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=43192 Google's sites are famous for their clean, minimalist designs. Microsoft has managed to make Bing eye-catching through the use of amazing photos. Meanwhile, Yahoo . . . is just Yahoo. But that might soon change, as Yahoo's appointed an SVP of User Experience Design. That title should grant Tim Parsey the power to do more than switch a font or alter the color scheme of a single site. Search Engines News SEO News Doug Caverly Doug Caverly Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:56:34 GMT