Archive for the ‘Google’ Category

Wednesday the trends for this week (18/06/2010)

So as you can tell.. The worldcup is the trending topic for this week… which is no suprise to us here… and i bet the trending topic for next week is how France is out of the worldcup !


Wednesday the trends for this week (26/05/2010)

Here at Arekibo we have found a lot of value in listening to what the web is saying and that’s why we want to share this information with you . So we will give you the search trends for the last 7 days. This information is valuable for anyone who wants to make sure they are informed and up to date with the latest news and well… the latest search trends.


Google…what is the point of showing ‘the web’ and ‘Pages from’ option?

Today we attended a presentation with Matt Cutts (Google Webmasters Guru) in the Google Building in Dublin organized by the Dublin Chamber of Commerce. The presentation was entertaining and interesting and Matt was very witty. The deep technical details were spared since half of the audience were not SEO savvy and it was good to nice to hear that we are doing the right things in the field of search engine optimisation.


Google is almost giving away free 50 euro PPC vouchers

This morning when I was checking my mailbox (not the virtual one) I noticed a letter from Google Ad words. The big letters on the front displayed a “free 50 euro voucher” and indeed, after opening it there was a credit card sized card with a number sequence on it. So Google is giving away 50 euro’s in ad space ! Not bad I though initially although I believe that the value for using Google Ad words is overrated I never say no to a free try. Well free not exactly it comes with a few catches….


Ask Google a question

Sometimes it feels I am writing to much about this Giant but in all fairness they do deliver some great services.. (and some not so great). One of the things that i do like is the community around Google and the resources to ask questions..


Is Google out to get Facebook?

I came across an interesting post on search engine land today that suggests / queries (rather tongue in cheek)  is Google out to get Facebook..
The author stumbled upon the phenomenon when typing “how do I…” into Google and got prompted with a number of options which included – “How do I delete my Facebook account” [...]


The new look from Google – 5 new caffeinated features

You all must have noticed something in the search results recently.. Google has changed some things around and are going all Google caffeinated on us. So what impact will it have on you the users, here are 5.


How will your “designed by” footer effect your SEO

Many web designers and web design companies tend to add a little footer to the web pages they design for their clients which links back to the web designers page. So if you have designed 500 different websites you will now have 500 inbound links to your website BUT because of the Google algorithm alarm bells will go off


iDon’t iWant iAn iPad

So Apple have made the iPad available for pre-sale. I mentioned before that I wasn’t going to be buying an iPad (although at the time, I didn’t know that was what it was going to be called). I told a little lie.
When Steve Jobs announced the iPad in his (rather underwhelming) January keynote, I watched [...]


A glimpse of our future GPS Systems

The future of your driving experience will be pushed by that of your social network and the places they recommend and have seen (or are looking at in real time).