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Google's +1 button plans unfolding, search rank influence next
Since Google's +1 button initially launched in March of this year, Google has been hard at work improving its overall usefulness and relevance to Google product users. Now, Wired are reporting Google's overarching intent for the +1 button; +1 clicks will influence rank in Google Search results.
30th August 2011
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Win an iPad 2 with Londis' social media treasure hunt this Wednesday and Thursday
Londis are staging a social media treasure hunt this Wednesday and Thursday, giving lucky Facebook and Twitter followers the chance to win an iPad 2 on both nights. The hunt takes place directly after TV3's Londis-sponsored hit reality TV show Come Dine With Me at 9.30pm each night and will be streamed live on Londis' Facebook page.
29th August 2011
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31 record labels collectively file $3 million lawsuit against YouTube downloader service
31 of the world's largest record labels, including EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner, are collectively seeking almost $3 million (€2.1 million) in damages from YouTube video conversion website TubeFire. TubeFire is one of many websites that offer a YouTube conversion service, allowing its users to watch YouTube videos offline and on virtual any device.
28th August 2011
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Twitter: Faster than earthquakes [Video]
Twitter has released a short promotional video [0:47] claiming that it's "faster than earthquakes". While the video is meant to be understood as a light-hearted quip, the claims made in it are generally true and do validate Twitter's potential role as an early warning system.
27th August 2011
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Mystery as Irish province disappears from Google Analytics
While trawling through Google Analytics earlier, as every self-respecting webmaster should, I noticed something slightly odd when viewing location data for Ireland; Connaught is missing. Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo, all gone! This is certainly a mistake on Google's part, although some have quipped that this may be yet another condition of Ireland's EU/IMF deal. Selling off Connaught should just about cover Ireland's debt, right?
26th August 2011
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130,000 tablet devices will be purchased in Ireland in 2011
130,000 tablet devices, like the iPad 2 and the HTC Flyer, will be purchased in Ireland by the end of 2011, marking a 250% sales increase on the previous year. As a result, sales of standard desktop machines and laptops are expected to fall considerably.
26th August 2011
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Search locations by voice in Google Maps
Google announced earlier today that users of its Chrome web browser can now use voice input to search locations in Google Maps. Earlier this year Google introduced voice search to google.com, similar to the same technology that has been available on Android devices for some time now.
25th August 2011
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Facebook now serving one trillion pageviews each month
Facebook served over one trillion pageviews in June and again in July of this year, according to data from Google's advertising services subsidiary DoubleClick. The data is estimated by Google, but in our own experience is very accurate.
25th August 2011
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Why Twitter is turning increasingly towards t.co link shortening
Yesterday we reported how one could avoid Twitter's somewhat annoying t.co URL shortener by using lesser known URL services like j.mp, or by keeping the URL length to 20 characters or less. Unfortunately, this hack will not last forever as Twitter does plan to wrap all links, regardless of length, with its own t.co link service. Why? It's all to do with analytics.
24th August 2011
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Ticketmaster lets you see where your friends are sitting with new Facebook integration
Ticketmaster has just introduced a great example of how Facebook's social graph can be used in the real world. Event attendees can now share their venue seat location with Facebook friends, or with the wider Facebook community if so desired, on interactive venue maps.
24th August 2011
