AI used in Apps and Game Development! Media Crush is working with KnuckleHead AI (KAI) on the first AI apps and games for the Android and iPhone platforms. This is a game changing project with endless applications. Knucklehead is almost ready to release its first four games ( yes pitiful pun intended) and is seeking a little more support via the Kickstart program. KAI just formed in June and has over 25 Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) driven game apps we are scoping from our list … [Read more...]
Artificial Intelligence – Knucklehead AI & Media Crush Kickstart!
August 23, 2011 by Leave a Comment
NEW: Google Sitelinks Changes Brand Related Search
August 17, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Sitelinks - Google was busy with new announcements yesterday. In addition to its launch of Google Related, the search engine giant announced on its Webmaster Central Blog that new sitelinks are now available on Google's search results page. Let's break it down to the most important things marketers should know about this new feature. What Are Google Sitelinks? Sitelinks are the short links that often appear beneath a website's first listing on a search results page. They vary depending on … [Read more...]
Taking a Look at Bing Powered Search
August 15, 2011 by Leave a Comment
5 Reasons Search Marketers Shouldn't Discount Bing Article Courtesy of: Jon Schepke of Search Engine Watch If you’re a search marketer, it may be time to take another look at Bing. According to comScore's July 2011 U.S. Search Engine Rankings, Bing’s U.S. market share in explicit search has held steady at 14.4 percent for the past two months, up from 14.1 percent in May. As Bing also powers Yahoo’s search results (which got a slight bump in July, accounting for 16.1 percent of … [Read more...]
Google+ to Lead to the Comeback of Google’s Realtime Search
August 4, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Real Thing is (almost) Back... Posted by Pamela Seiple If you've been missing the appearance of real-time results in your Google searches over the past month, relief is on the way. Realtime Search was Google's way of including relevant posts and data from sites like Facebook, Twitter, and other social media services in real time. During a recent search panel in California, Google Fellow Amit Singhal revealed that the Google Search team is actively working on bringing Google … [Read more...]
I’m Feeling Lucky
August 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59 Article Courtesy of: Greg Jarboe Don’t wait until Christmas. Don’t wait for your birthday. Buy I’m Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59 by Douglas Edwards today and read it in the next two weeks before you go to SES San Francisco 2011. Why? Because letting one of Google’s early employees take you on a trip inside the hyper-energized company that broke the rules and rocked the world will put everything that you will … [Read more...]
Things Go Better With…
July 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Social Media Mastery: Wisdom from the Leaders of Coca-Cola Courtesy of: Search Engine Watch & Jason Cormier As social media marketers, we’re naturally in pursuit of identifying “who is doing it right.” We follow the feeds and influencers that help inspire our creativity, guide our approach, and validate our recommendations. We whore out our email addresses in exchange for white papers, register for webinars we can’t find time to attend, and maintain an insatiable appetite for … [Read more...]
Google +1 The Rise of The Spammers!
July 19, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Response to Hubspot and more... 5 Ways Google + Will influence Search Results or...Here comes the next big Spam opportunity! Thank you Google Plus ! So how is Google planning to circumvent the affect of manually manipulating the SERP and SEO! The offers are already coming in...500 +1's for only $349! Here we go again! I may be wrong but it seems like Google is getting a little Microsoftish with its need to be entrenched in everything and anything all for the sake of milking … [Read more...]
2011 Ranking Factors Guide
June 17, 2011 by Leave a Comment
SEOMoz has just published their 2011 Ranking Factors Guide, which is the essential reference for search marketers to learn about the new or changing factors shaping their world. While the entire report is very large, I've pulled out some of the most important details to our readers, based on the questions and discussions that I see on a daily basis from HubSpot customers and fans. If you're interested in reading more of the report or looking at their raw data, you can find it on SEOMoz's site … [Read more...]
1 Million in $Cash$ Prizes
June 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment
MassChallenge: Helping Entrepreneurs Win Article Courtesy of: BostInnovation.com MassChallenge is the world’s largest startup competition and accelerator program that bridges the gap between entrepreneurs and the resources they need to succeed. The competition powers the accelerator program by creating urgency in identifying high quality startups and aggregating the right resources that will be most beneficial to the entrepreneurs admitted into the program. More than 100 … [Read more...]
Social Media Hangover
May 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
6 Ways to Avoid a Social PR Hangover Lisa Buyer May 25, 2011 Retracing the steps of what happened after a social PR campaign “gone wild” is reminiscent of the movie “The Hangover.” Despite the right intentions, the plan just goes sideways when the mixing and mingling ends up with the wrong crowds, miscommunication, and bad decisions. The result can be quite a sobering (and unpleasant) experience. Where’s the coffee and two aspirin? Waking up, looking around and realizing the … [Read more...]
No More Yellow Pages?
May 17, 2011 by Leave a Comment
San Francisco Set to Ban the Distribution of Yellow Pages Not only do people consider the distribution of Yellow Pages phone books obsolete. So does the law. Last week, San Francisco's Board of Supervisors passed the first vote towards banning the delivery of Yellow Pages. As reported by the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco is the first city in the nation to restrict the distribution of the book. If the bill passes its second vote this week, the new legislation will launch a … [Read more...]
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