Bas and Roy were joined by Dixon Jones, live from the speakers room at Pubcon. Dixon talked a little about Pubcon and explained where Majestic is going and how he figured he had unmasked Pagerank. Other topics discussed were off course the launch of Google Instant Previews and the launch of Blekko.
The shownotes are below.
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We can go on and on about Streetview and Google issues so it seems. We reported last week Google got a slap on the wrist in the UK and this morning that it might be in trouble over data gathering in the US. Meanwhile the next issue pops up in Germany. There many houses are blurred because of privacy regulations. But it turns out that if you are using an iPad or iPhone the blurring isn’t going too well.
PC World tells us some properties to be visible rather than blurred in a preview of the service launched last week. (more…)
State of Search has rapidly become one of the most read blogs about search engine marketing in the industry. With many high quality writers we always try to deliver high quality content to our readers.
As you may know we only started in February, but we have already managed to get the attention of all the influential websites and people in the industry. The website has built up a solid audience of readers who often return to the website. Plus we get a great amount of traffic from search engines. Visitors come from all over the world to read about what is going on in Search and Social.
In the recent months we have also extensively expanded our event-coverage. Our special event pages are a source for everybody at a conference but also for those at home who want to know what is going on at the conference. But we also extended by bringing you news, a newsletter, a radioshow and a Facebook page with extra content. In the future we will continue this kind of coverage and even extend it. (more…)
When Google accidentally grabbed personal data like e-mails, passwords and other wifi information they most certainly were not thinking of the consequences. Last week Google got a slap on the wrist in the UK when the Information Commissioner’s Office said Google had “committed a “significant breach” of the UK’s Data Protection Act”. Google there got away with just the slap, they weren’t fined or punished in any other way.
The victory of the Republicans in the US elections last week however might be the setup for something bigger for Google.
U.S. Representative Joe Barton, the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, in a tv- interview last week said there was a big chance chief executives from companies such as Google and Facebook could be called before the Commerce Committee. (more…)
Digg has found an interesting format of interviewing: Digg Dialogue, getting their audience to send in the questions and then ask them to a ‘web-celebrity’. This time Marissa Mayer came back to Digg to answer questions. Mayer answered questions in all ranges, from the ‘disaster’ which was Google Wave up to Google TV, a Google Car and more.
A nice one: the one gadget she can’t live without: her Verizon card to get on the web and her smart phones.
See the entire interview below:
Google Analytics for many is a highly underestimated tool. My guess is that still the major part of the Analytics users ‘only’ looks at the incoming traffic numbers. How many visitors did we get yesterday? The question “where did they come from” even is too much information for some.
Luckily there are others who do understand the full potential of the free analytics tool and use all the features Google is giving us. And those users will be happy with the latest change Google made to Analytics: “Major Contributors“. (more…)
One thing which annoys Europeans very much when it comes to tech is that they always have to wait until the US decides its time to roll out their newest products to Europe. We are still waiting for a decent Bing here and there are numerous Google features out there which are still waiting for their first European appearance.
One of the reasons why this is happening is that the major companies like Google and Facebook all have their headquarters based in Silicon Valley. This the ‘heart’ of Tech. This is where it all happens. But maybe there is hope for the Europeans. The “next” Silicon Valley might be a bit closer: in London.
Supported by Facebook and Google and some other high tech firms the UK has decided its time to make steps. English prime minister David Cameron will today be announcing several measurements to turn Londons East End, where the Olympic Park is situated, into the next Silicon Valley. (more…)
Just last week we told you that Google might face charges in the UK for taking e-mails, e-mail passwords, addresses and other data when collecting Streetview data in the UK. After Google admitted that it had taken that data The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said they would now re-investigate after previous investigations had finished already.
The UK information commissioner, Christopher Graham, now confirms Google committed a “significant breach” of the UK’s Data Protection Act. He however does not feel that Google needs to pay a fine. Google however has been ordered to delete the data it collected and sign an undertaking that it won’t happen again. Plus they want Google to further train their employees. (more…)
This week Nichola Stott joined Bas and Roy on the show. She recently worked for Liverpool FC, which was discussed shortly on the show. The selling of Hyves was discussed by Bas and Roy after which Bas, Roy and Nichola dove into the reasons why Google changed their Places Search. Also different events around Europe from last week were discussed.
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There has been no country which has been so hesitant when it comes to Googles Streetview as Germany. Yes, in the UK there were people chasing Streetview cars, as were there people in France, Greece and Spain who highly opposed to the taking of the pictures. But nowhere the opposition was bigger than in Germany.
Now the biggest European country finally is accessible in Streetview. Well, a little bit. The Germans have demanded that before launching they could decide whether or not they wanted their homes to be in there. This resulted in the fact that Streetview now excludes 244,000 addresses that Germans have demanded be pixelated. (more…)
Remember the Vince Update? It really shook up the SEO world. Did Google favor brands there or not? The SEO world thought they did, Google denied. With that in mind the people at SEOBook made this video:
When SEOBook’s Aaron Wall tweeted to Matt Cutts about this Cutts responded as we know him: its not about brands:
Last week Google decided to take a completely different route when it comes to local. With the roll out of Place Search Google made huge changes to the way they are presenting local results. The “7 Pack” is gone, the map moved to the right, local results now are dominating the page on specific searches.
Google made these changes with a purpose. But why? Is Google aiming to go local all the way? Or is there something else? What do you think?
One thing which is remarkable is that Google has made the map “floating” which means that if you scroll down, the map scrolls down too, overlapping the ads…:
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