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Google Go Too Far With War On Spam

28, Feb 2011

Google might have moved to eliminate spam from the SERPs, but it looks like they could’ve taken their purge a little too far. Thousands of Gmail (Google Mail) users are reporting that they’ve lost old emails, folders and contacts, due to a technical glitch that probably isn’t Google sifting through email accounts to delete spam. [...]

Google Say Goodbye to Content Farms

25, Feb 2011

After weeks of frenzied speculation, Google have finally announced what the SEO community have suspected for a while. There’s been a significant algorithm change, designed to remove low-quality search results from Google’s results pages. As of yet, the changes are only effecting searchers in the US, but it’s widely expected that Google datacentres around the [...]

Facebook to Sue Daily Mail

24, Feb 2011

Facebook – the world’s most popular website. Or, if you’re a Daily Mail reader, a haven for paedophile sex gangs. Funnily enough, Facebook have taken offence at the latest Mail headline linking the site with criminal activity. And they’re threatening to sue. Friday’s edition of the Daily Mail led with the headline “How Many More [...]

Yet Another Complaint About Google

23, Feb 2011

You know the script. Google is anti-competitive and attempting to set up a monolithic search monopoly. Foundem and Ejustice claimed it last year, and now French search engine 1plusV are getting in on the act. Apparently, Google have prevented search firms such as 1plusV from using AdSense, probably for the same reason that ITV doesn’t [...]

Fibreoptic Broadband Isn’t What It Claims To Be

22, Feb 2011

The BT Fibreoptic Broadband saga is rumbling on again. Amidst the competitions, complaints and OfCom rulings, BT have continued to roll out fibreoptic services to exchanges across the country. But according to an expose in PC Pro, it doesn’t look like they’re being particularly thorough about it. Apparently the company are missing out over half [...]

Anything Goo(gle) Can Do…

21, Feb 2011

On Friday, we reported that Google had updated their social search function to give your friends more influence over what you see when you search. The new social search function takes content from YouTube, Twitter, Flickr, Quora and Google Buzz to provide tailored results to users that are signed in to a Google account. But [...]

Google Social Search Updated

18, Feb 2011

Google are embracing democracy. Rather than dictating what results you should see using their own algorithm, Google have decided that your friends should decide what you see. If you’re logged in to a Google account, your results will be affected by your friends’ actions on social networks. If someone you know has recommended a website [...]

Hacking? It’s an Act of War – Sir Richard Mottram

17, Feb 2011

Long gone are the days when you’d need a tank, aircraft carrier or at the very least a sharpened stick to commit an act of war. According to a top security advisor, so-called ‘cyber attacks’ should be considered part of warfare, and covered under international rules of conflict. Sir Richard Mottram had this to say [...]

FirstFound are Hiring – SEO Consultants Required

16, Feb 2011

FirstFound need an expert Search Engine Consultant to join our team FirstFound is expanding, and we need your help to do it. We’re looking for a new face to join our expanding team of search engine consultants. Someone who wants to help a wide selection of clients achieve great search engine rankings. If that sounds [...]

295 Exabytes – That’s how much storage we have

15, Feb 2011

You’ll probably be familiar with words like Gigabyte. For example, a new iPad has space for 64GB of data, which is enough to store all the video, music and apps that you’ll need to make owning an iPad worthwhile. But have you ever wondered just how much computer storage there is in the whole world? [...]


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