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Overnight Bing announced deeper Facebook integration via new "Like" button tie-ins, and with Google rolling out its own "+1" features, the social search race is heating up.]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 17:36:43 +1000 http://apcmag.com//seo-masterclass-the-essential-seo-toolkit.htm http://apcmag.com//seo-masterclass-the-essential-seo-toolkit.htm

One of Australia's leading SEO experts, Ash Nallawalla examines the tools that can help your site perform better in search engine results.]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:25:10 +1000 http://apcmag.com//diagnosing-a-sick-ranking.htm http://apcmag.com//diagnosing-a-sick-ranking.htm

Our popular SEO & Web marketing masterclass is back! One of Australia's leading SEO experts, Ash Nallawalla, tells you what to do if your site's Google ranking drops.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//yahoo-defamed-me.htm http://apcmag.com//yahoo-defamed-me.htm

An Australian man is suing search giant Yahoo for defamation, claiming search results on his name made him look like a criminal.]]> Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:12:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//new-look-for-googlecomau-looks-a-bit-like-bing.htm http://apcmag.com//new-look-for-googlecomau-looks-a-bit-like-bing.htm

Google Australia rolled out its revamped and slightly Bing-like search results page overnight, and in the process dumped the up-front option to search only ‘Australian sites’.]]> Fri, 07 May 2010 07:34:32 +1000 http://apcmag.com//trove-mapping-australias-culture-where-google-fears-to-tread.htm http://apcmag.com//trove-mapping-australias-culture-where-google-fears-to-tread.htm

It takes guts to claim you're doing search better than Google, but the National Library of Australia reckons it's got a contender in its Trove search engine]]> Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//optimising-blogs-forums-images-and-search.htm http://apcmag.com//optimising-blogs-forums-images-and-search.htm

One of Australia's leading SEO and web marketing experts, Ash Nallawalla, explains how you can optimise your Web 2.0 blogs, forums, images and search results.]]> Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:58:09 +1000 http://apcmag.com//social-media-optimisation.htm http://apcmag.com//social-media-optimisation.htm

One of Australia's leading search engine optimisation and web marketing experts, Ash Nallawalla, explains how to get SEO benefits from social media.]]> Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:32:22 +1000 http://apcmag.com//is-googlism-the-new-religion.htm http://apcmag.com//is-googlism-the-new-religion.htm

The Church Of Google suggests the super-powered search engine is a man-made God, with more evidence in favour of its divinity than for “other more traditional gods”.]]> Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:48:12 +1000 http://apcmag.com//googles-answer-to-wolfram-alpha-goes-live.htm http://apcmag.com//googles-answer-to-wolfram-alpha-goes-live.htm

What is Google’s response to the newly released Wolfram Alpha? Google Squared.]]> Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:00:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//microsoft-to-launch-new-aussie-search-engine-at-bingcomau.htm http://apcmag.com//microsoft-to-launch-new-aussie-search-engine-at-bingcomau.htm

Microsoft’s all-new ‘Kumo’ search engine, which replaces Live Search, will be branded as Bing and launched in Australia this week at bing.com.au]]> Wed, 27 May 2009 07:30:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//google-reveals-its-secret-servers.htm http://apcmag.com//google-reveals-its-secret-servers.htm

Take a peek at the custom-built hardware behind Google’s search engine, where a fleet of dual-x86 servers are crammed into a fleet of shipping containers]]> Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:54:14 +1000 http://apcmag.com//google-changes-search-results.htm http://apcmag.com//google-changes-search-results.htm

Research by a University of NSW student has been incorporated into the search giant's main search algorithms.]]> Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:40:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//facebook-to-surpass-google-in-size.htm http://apcmag.com//facebook-to-surpass-google-in-size.htm

A new report suggests that Facebook has the potential to surpass Google in terms of total worldwide unique visitors by late-2011 or early 2012.]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:00:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//how-windows-7-finds-your-stuff.htm http://apcmag.com//how-windows-7-finds-your-stuff.htm

Federated search is a common term in big business, with its billions of items of data, but now it comes to the personal desktop, courtesy of Windows 7]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:00:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//google-employees-keeping-fingers-crossed-for-drop-in-stock-price.htm http://apcmag.com//google-employees-keeping-fingers-crossed-for-drop-in-stock-price.htm

Google stock has plunged 60% since 2007, but ironically, this may have enriched some employees.]]> Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:21:56 +1000