Monthly Archives: December 2010

Facebook Announces First Hacker Cup

Posted on December 10, 2010 by admin




Facebook is known for its hackathons — all-night coding sessions designed to help create new products or improve others. Now the company h… Continue reading →

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How Twitter Measures Trends

Posted on December 10, 2010 by admin

“Topics break into the Trends list when the volume of Tweets about that topic at a given moment dramatically increases.” Continue reading →

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Foursquare Unveils New Version of API

Posted on December 9, 2010 by admin




Foursquare is taking the training wheels off a much-enhanced version of its API and making it publicly available to developers today.
The startu… Continue reading →

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Why Groupon Said "No" to Google’s $5 Billion Overture

Posted on December 9, 2010 by admin

“Confirming lots of speculation, a source close to Groupon board members tells us that anti-trust concerns ultimately forced Groupon to turn down Google’s $6 billion offer. This source says the view on Groupon’s board was that a Google-Groupon merger w… Continue reading →

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8% of online Americans use Twitter

Posted on December 9, 2010 by admin

“Eight percent of the American adults who use the internet are Twitter users.” Continue reading →

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Tripadvisor Blocks Reviews from Google

Posted on December 9, 2010 by admin

“TripAdvisor confirmed the move today in an email, stating that while it continues to evaluate recent changes to Google Places it believes the user does not benefit with the “experience of selecting the right hotel”.” Continue reading →

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Facebook To Make Profiles More Prominent

Posted on December 6, 2010 by admin

“We’re rolling it out gradually and plan to get it to everyone by early next year.” Continue reading →

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For Mega-Site SEO, Structure is King – not Content

Posted on December 4, 2010 by admin

“With mega SEO it’s about making small strides over time that grouped together have a really big impact,” according to Derrick Wheeler, SEO for Microsoft. Continue reading →

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Google Updates and SERP Changes – December 2010

Posted on December 4, 2010 by admin

“WebmasterWorld’s monthly SERP monitoring and update thread for December 2010.” Continue reading →

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How Search Engines Google and Bing Handle A Domain Name Change

Posted on December 3, 2010 by admin

“WebmasterWorld Members discuss a recent domain name changeover from old to new. Bing and Google scrutinized.” Continue reading →

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