Still Need an Invite to Google Plus?

I noticed a few days back that Google+ updated their invitation options and showed now that there was a limited number of invitations remaining for each user. I thought this was interesting because of the fact that we had unlimited invites before. When I went to invite someone today I noticed they are now offering … [more]

Google Kills the Google Directory

If you happen to actually use the Google Directory, or just like to stay up on random Google news, then you will be interested to know that it is gone. I always used the BOTW Directory anyhow, but figured I was share what I found. Also, if you happen to work a lot on Google … [more]

July 20, 2011 | Filed Under Google | Leave a Comment

Google Gets Into the Social Game with Google Buzz

Did anyone else see the news about Google Buzz and feel a massive sense of closure? The lack of a comprehensive social networking tool always felt like a huge hole in Google’s armoury, but it was only a matter of time before they entered the arena. Rumours were flying round the web earlier this week … [more]

February 10, 2010 | Filed Under Google, Social Media | Leave a Comment

Digg Adds No-Follow to Combat Spam

Digg made a change to their site today, adding the no-follow attribute to all external links until they felt sure the link was safe.

They also issued a statement about the change on their blog and even went as far as to speak directly to SEOs, saying they would indeed lose some of the authority they may have been getting from Digg in the past.

“These changes reduce the incentive to post spammy content (or link spam) to Digg, while still flowing ’search engine juice’ freely to quality content. We’ve added rel=”nofollow” to any external link that we’re not sure we can vouch for. This includes all external links from comments, user profiles and story pages below a certain threshold of popularity.”
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September 2, 2009 | Filed Under Digg, Google, SEO, Social Media | Leave a Comment

About Brent Csutoras

Brent Csutoras is a social media marketing consultant and entrepreneur, who specializes in social media marketing, content marketing, and viral content creation.
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