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Discover Who Your Audience Is

How well do you know your audience? Many advertisers think they know their audience well, but unfortunately, some do not utilize all the resources that would help them know their audience even better.

Matt Cutts Explains Caffeine Update

Google announced yesterday that it has been working on a project called “Caffeine” that will re-write the architecture for Google’s Web search. As Matt Cutts shares exclusively with WebProNews, Caffeine is comparable to the “Big Daddy Update” back in 2005, which consisted of changes to the way Google crawls and indexes websites.

Internet Giants Face-off

The Federal Communications Commission is investigating Apple’s decision to reject a Google Voice application for the iPhone. The commission sent letters of inquiry to Apple, AT&T, and Google in hopes of receiving an explanation for the decision. The FCC is also questioning Apple’s removal of related Google Voice apps from the App Store.

Google’s OS to Challenge Microsoft?

Googlers Sundar Pichai and Linus Upson announced on Wednesday that the company was embarking on a new project: the Google Chrome Operating System. After the Web browser launched last year, many people anticipated a Google OS as the company’s next move.

Is Twitter Scaring Google?

There have been multiple reports that Twitter could replace Google. Twitter has quickly risen to become one of the most powerful sources on the Web. In 2008 alone, Compete found that the microblogging service grew 752 percent. Do you think this might make Google, the long-standing Internet giant, a tad-bit nervous or jealous?

Is the Search Industry Heating Up?

A lot has been happening in the search industry over the last year. Google is still the dominant player, but Yahoo and Microsoft are still fighting for the top. Is there hope for the other engines?

Google Voice Open to More Users

The much-anticipated Google Voice service is now available to more people.

Google PR Sculpting and Nofollow Debate Revisited

SMX Advanced 2009 turned out to be a great show, and as always, it held some excitement. The two most exciting occurrences at the show were Microsoft’s new search brand Bing and the debate that broke out over Google’s PageRank Sculpting and nofollow practices. WebProNews spoke with Jeremiah Andrick to get his perspective on both issues.

SEO Still Leading Player in Business Success

Google recently rolled out a few changes regarding Local Search and Google Maps that will help local businesses tremendously. Although local search engines provide valuable information and businesses need to utilize their ability, most users still turn to the major search engines for their answers. As a result, Google is helping both searchers and local businesses by displaying a Google map and 10 local listings on its first results page even if the searcher hasn’t specified a geographic location.

What’s Killing the Newspapers?

As ironic as it may be, newspapers are currently topping their own headlines. Well-known newspapers such as the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times are not only downsizing employees, but are also cutting sections and features from their publications. While the newspaper industry appears to be dying, the news itself is actually flourishing in other forms.