Web News to Follow

Web News to Follow
by Andrew Grinaker, VP Biz Dev/Strategy

New Search Engine, Caffeine from Google
Google Announces new, faster search engine, with Matt Cutts and Sitaram Iyer announcing on the webmaster central blog that "a large team of Googlers has been working on a secret project: a next generation architecture for Google's web search."

Do you really think Google was going to sit on their hands after Bing made its big splash?
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How to Get More Traffic from Twitter
Very interesting "Whiteboard Friday" from Rand Fishkin and Seomoz on the benefits of Twitter and "How to Get Re-tweeted." A good overview on how to increase visibility of your account, what time/day to tweet and also phrasing and subject matter.

Most interesting fact? Best time to tweet is 9am PDT, you can hit the West Coasters with their coffee, the East Coast on their lunch break and the UK around dinner time.
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ZUNE HD Leaked
The ZUNE HD news continues to get leaked with pricing and its features now available online.

Is Microsoft not giving up on battling against the iPod market?
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Microsoft Sells Advertising Agency
Microsoft's Razorfish Advertising Agency sells for $530 million to Publicis Groupe. It will be interesting to see how this affects Microsoft's contracting and vendor relations in the area.
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Twitter and the NFL
A little dated, but an interesting story nonetheless. The National Football League (NFL) has banned Twitter usage during practices and games.

Coaches and general managers are fearful that secret plays, injuries and team strategy will be released via Twitter.
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