Just when we thought that Google Wallet is getting no where comes the news that Google has decided to open it up to more devices. Earlier, there were several criticisms on Google Wallet being restricted to Google’s own Nexus phone and not being of any particular help to “regular folks”. Now, Google Wallet is available on three new phones from Sprint, including: Galaxy Nexus, LG Viper 4G LTE and LG Optimus Elite. Google Nexus unlocked was made available last day and is now available for buying. Read full article [...]
Be very cautious whom you take SEO advice from. There are several free tips and resources out there on the web that one cannot figure out which one to rely on. Implementing SEO advices is easy, after all, it’s a small tweak here and another there – is it not? Wrong. Professional SEOs who’re serious with their stuff will always study your website well before giving advices. While general SEO tips can be given (as you’ll find on this blog) its probably not a good idea to assume that they’re Read full article [...]
Using Google Analytics to analyze your SEO performance is probably the most easy and significant way to evaluate your SEO efforts. With an overwhelming amount of data flowing through the backlink channels and pages, its tough but inevitable to measure every little detail of things like where most referrals come from, which backlink sent you the most conversions, which link building campaign gave you the most organic traffic etc.
I make it a point to note down and record every small change I make Read full article [...]
Which is the fastest 4G mobile network, is the million dollar question today. After all, one knows that all that’s said on TV and Ads aren’t entirely true. 4G has really taken off in the U.S last year (2011 - 2012) and the 4G services has improved a lot over this time. Early adopters to 4G mobile broadband had complained of sluggishness, limited connectivity and dropped connections. Today there are over five 4G mobile broadband network providers in the US. PC World does a comparative study Read full article [...]
Google’s snippets got updated recently mainly for product listings. For sites like Ebay where there are products listed, users were able to see certain product factors like rating (seen with stars) earlier. Now, the update will let users see more information on the product like cost, number of votes, recommendations etc. Also product rich snippets are now available for everyone. The rich snippets testing tool also supports HTML input now. So you can test their HTML source without having to publish Read full article [...]
Creating a mobile website is not easy. Of course, you have those free plugins that will make an instant change with a tap, but creating a real mobile version of a website with a proper responsive design, and good user experience requires lot of thinking and hard work. Google wants to help you. Google says that one reason for a high bounce rate on referrals from mobile devices is the bad user experience on websites. And there is only one way to fix it. Create a good mobile experience for users! Read full article [...]
Hope not. But it appears that possibilities point in this direction. Now, that Instagram is bought for $1 Billion by Facebook, Instagram, which was one of the rarest apps that ran purely on soul and emotions, might turn the other way round. Instagram is all about the community Instagram is(was) built solely on emotions and that’s why probably Kevin Systrom kept it simple and to the point. There were no distractions or ads, which was a huge USP in my opinion. It would’ve been an huge task Read full article [...]
On SEO forums, you find this question pop up many a times – “Why did my website suddenly drop in ranks? I did nothing problematic recently.” Within the question itself lies the answer. There was a sudden drop in Google ranks and this was caused by something you did well in advance if not recently. And significantly enough, 90% of the cases have connections with wrong or black hat SEO techniques. Well, let us say “greyhat”, to make it clear. But even then, predicting a Google penalty is Read full article [...]
Fundraising on Social Media has always been an opportunity nobody got right. There sure has been several attempts from sites like fund.ly but none of them really got picked up or embraced by social media. There is no one single website your friend would recommend when you ask for a fundraising option except PayPal may be, which is a bunch of hurdles to set up. So, here’s another new startup that’s offering just that – fundraising via your friends on social networks. Crowdtilt – It looks Read full article [...]
So, the first time I heard about this website, I was not interested at all. I mean, I’m not on social media to shop stuff online. But then I thought…Oh! Well, may be there are folks out there who’d buy things for a deal. Enter Buzzmart, another social media startup trying to make it big in social media shopping – a not so explored area. According to the website.. Buzzmart.com is a new, innovating and dynamic online shopping marketplace platform that offers a people-centric approach to Read full article [...]
