Wpromote's SEOAudit and Related Add-On's for Firefox
Web professionals using Firefox need not fear a shortage of add-on’s – particularly those providing information for SEO. You have SEOQuake, SEO Doctor, the SEO Toolbar from Trellian, and SenSEO just to name a few. And now there’s one more. Search marketing firm Wpromote announced the launch of its SEOAudit Tool today… [[ This is […]
How Asia responds to Social Media Marketing
When it comes to social media, Asians have certain peculiar engagement needs and the following excerpts from a study will help you discover them. Covering 15 countries including Singapore, China and India the […] Related posts: Social Media Marketing in The Rising Market, Asia [STATS] Google CEO Eric Schmidt told us through his speech that… […]
Ravi Venkatesan Quits Microsoft India
The head of Microsoft India, Ravi Venkatesan has announced his resignation. This is the second time a top official has quit the software giant in the last six months. The previous top official- Rajan Anandan, who left Microsoft India, was named head of Google India operations last month. “It has been a privilege for me […]
Acquisition Rumors Again Connect Google, Next New Networks
Rumors have indicated that Google could acquire a company called Next New Networks since at least December, and as of now, neither company has anything to announce. A new round of reports has surfaced, however, indicating that the purchase might soon occur. The acquisition would make sense in a number of ways. First, whether or […]
Microsoft launches Office Web Apps in India and South East Asia
Six months since its beta launch and with more than 30 million users globally. Microsoft has finally introduced its Office Web Apps to more countries in Asia, including India, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand. Microsoft Office Apps were already launched in China, Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea last December and planned to make […]
Changing Facebook Places Privacy Settings
With the roll out of Facebook Places to more locations across the globe (Ireland now being available as of last week) I am predicting there are many digital and social media agencies proposing programmes to make use of this opportunity to businesses for location based mobile marketing. But what there is little coverage of is […]
Demand Media Announces Closing of IPO
Last week, Demand Media launched its initial public offering. Today, the company announced the closing of the IPO of 10,235,000 shares of common stock at $17.00 per share. From the release: Demand Media sold 5,175,000 shares of common stock, and the selling stockholders sold 5,060,000 shares of common stock in the offering. Demand Media received […]
Kindle E-Books Turn Amazon's Page
The Amazon brand was given a serious boost with the launch of their Kindle e-reader, and they are still reaping the rewards as the digital book formats are outselling the more traditional reading medium, paperback books. According to their fourth quarter report, for every 100 paperback books sold, Amazon sold 115 books in Kindle’s format. […]
Amazon Introduces New Email Service for Businesses
Amazon has announced the launch of a bulk and transactional email-sending service for businesses and developers. As part of Amazon Web Services (AWS), the new Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) is designed to give customers a highly scalable and cost-effective alternative to building in-house email solutions or licensing, installing and… [[ This is a […]
Google opens an office in Malaysia (and hiring)
Google said Wednesday it will launch a new office in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. The Malaysian office is Google’s second in Southeast Asia followed by the Singapore office. The new Google office will focus on customizing products like Google Maps, News, Google Translate for the locals to boost ad sales around the region. […]
Nokia, Tencent and Sina to launch new Location-based Service in China
Nokia’s Ovi Map is widely popular in China and the mobile maker giant is eyeing to provide location-based service in China through its partnership with local Internet giants Tencent and Sina. The new location-based service will be built on top of Ovi Map and set to launch during the first quarter of this year, according […]
Understanding the rise of China [VIDEO]
Within a decade China will become the largest economy in the world. It’s a huge market but also one that is difficult to understand. One tip given by Martin Jacques, is that China isn’t like the West and it will not become like the West. So, don’t look at China through the Western lenses. To […]
Tencent to Invest $760 million in Tech Start-ups
Tencent Inc. has set up a $5 billion yuan (US $760 million) investment fund to invest in technology start-ups. The fund will focus on start-ups like gaming companies, social game, mobile game, e-commerce and new media firms. The fund, as Tencent explained is to “provide support, break through bottlenecks in the development of innovative companies, […]
Who earns the most in China’s Online Search Market?
We say ‘google it’ but China says ‘baidu it’. iResearch released its annual report on China’s online search market and Baidu emerged as the top earner. Baidu owned 71.6 percent of the total online search engines revenue at $1.2 billion. While Google, at second placing, owned 26 percent at $433 million. The rest are shared […]
Google Lets You Search with Local Recommendations From Specific Friends
Google announced a new Google Maps feature today, related to the company’s recently launched Hotpot social recommendation product. Now, users can search Google Maps, and request results based on the recommendations of specific friends. "Most of us know lots of friends, each with very different areas of expertise when it comes to places to recommend. […]