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Google Product Search/Base Changes September 2011

Posted 14 July 2011 | By | Categories: eCommerce, Google | No Comments

We tend to look after the Google Base feeds for our clients – this way we can ensure the feeds go on OK, and if there are any issues we can sort them out there and then. This morning we got an email from the big G regarding changes that are coming in the next [...]

Google+ Scam Widening

Posted 05 July 2011 | By | Categories: FAIL, Google | No Comments

Just days after the launch of new social networking platform, Google+, there are reports that a Canadian hacking group have been sending scam ‘invites’ to people, which then take them to a pharmaceutical website rather than the social network. The invite only beta format of Google+ was picked upon by the group known as ‘Partnerka’ [...]

Facebook Plan ‘Awesome’ Announcement

Posted 04 July 2011 | By | Categories: Facebook, Google | No Comments

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has told journalists that the social networking giant has an ‘awesome’ launch planned for some time this week. He declined to comment further on the what this could be, however rumours are circulating that it could be anything from the release of an iPad app, to integration with skype, a music [...]

Google+ Has ‘Insane’ Demand

Posted 01 July 2011 | By | Categories: Google | No Comments

The invitation mechanism for Google’s new social network ‘Google+’ had to be shut down after only a day due to what was described as ‘insane demand’. Much like with their Gmail service, Google only rolled out the new network to a selection of people, and gave each of the invited people around 12 invites of [...]

Google+ Launched To Take On Facebook

Posted 29 June 2011 | By | Categories: Google | No Comments

Search engine giant Google have taken another step to try and dethrone Facebook with their latest attempt at a social network. Google’s attempts in the past – Google Wave and Google Buzz – have failed to generate the required interest, however Google+ has 4 features which they believe can turn them in to a permanent [...]