We’ve pretended to be interested in Bing, Facebook and Twitter, but we no longer need to stifle our yawns. Because Google Zeitgeist 2011 is here. Continue Reading
November’s almost done, so it’s about time for the search engines to release their 2011 top searches lists. And for once, Bing have beaten Google to the punch. Continue Reading
We know you’re an avid fan of the FirstFound Blog, but have you taken the time to read our regular online magazine? Continue Reading
With the rising importance of local searches, more and more companies are taking advantage of free listings on Google Places and Maps. But Google aren’t in the habit of passing up the chance to make a tidy profit, so starting from January 1st 2012, ‘heavy users’ of the Google Maps … Continue Reading
As far as rousing pitches go, claiming that 70% of your product is identical to your largest competitor isn’t going to win any advertising awards. But that’s the exact tactic used by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to try and get people to try Bing. Speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit, … Continue Reading
Will you be more likely to click on a Google result if a ‘celebrity‘ such as Kim Kardashian (pictured) tells you too? Unfortunately, Google thinks that you are. Christian Oestlien, head of social advertising, has announced that the search giant is about to tell you what celebrities like – so … Continue Reading
What’s “even more evil than Satan himself”? If you were to ask Bing over the weekend, you’d be told that the answer is “10^100″. Or, in plain English, a Googol. Now you don’t need to be a codebreaking genius that Bing might not mean the number 10^100 is in fact … Continue Reading
It’s been coming for a while, but tomorrow marks the end of Yahoo’s attempts to crack the search engine market in Europe. As of August 3rd 2011, Yahoo will stop providing search results all over Europe, instead showing organic results provided by Microsoft’s Bing search engine. The only data Yahoo … Continue Reading
It’s that time again! Issue Nine of FirstFound’s quarterly newsletter is here – chock full of interesting features, helpful hints and the latest online marketing and SEO news. This month sees a Facebook theme (we’re not out of touch – Google+ wasn’t launched until Optimise was in the final … Continue Reading
Google Downgrades Google’s Listing For Breaking Google’s Rules
the strange clicking noise was yesterday, you’ll be happy to find out that it wasn’t a swarm of crickets outside your house. No, it was every SEO in the world tutting loudly after Google was found to have breached Google’s own rules on buying links. Continue Reading