Jim and Dave discuss Google vs. a consortium made up of Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, Cisco and others over thousands of patents belonging to the bankrupt…
Webcology Episode #159: RIM Layoffs; SES SF 2011 Keynote Preview
BlackBerry maker RIM announced it will lay off 2,000 people, or 11 per cent of its workforce. Jim and Dave discuss, plus they speak with…
Webcology Episode #158: Local and Social Analytics
. Yesterday’s episode of was interesting. We explored local search with Mike Myers and Ravdeep Sawhney, founders of and social media analytics with Megan Berry,…
Webcology Episode #157: MySpace Sale, Google Plus, Drew Curtis
Today’s Webcology episode was a complicated show. We had a very special guest this week, Drew Curtis, founder of the hilariously popular smart-assed news aggregator,…
Webcology Podcast #156: SES Toronto 2011 Highlights
Air Date: June 19, 2011 Jim and Dave recap and give their SES Toronto 2011 highlights from networking to sessions to the atmosphere. We also…
Webcology Podcast #155 – CodeGuard, Facebook Facial Recognition
Air Date: June 9, 2011 Jonathan Hochman and Jonah Stein introduce us to CodeGuard, which provides website backup, monitoring, and malware remediation services to small…
Webcology Podcast #154 – Gmail Hacked in China; Standardized Search Results
Air Date: June 2, 2011 Jim and Dave discuss how Google announced that hundreds of its Gmail accounts have been compromised by hackers based in…
Webcology Podcast #153 (part2) – Webmaster Roundtable: Ethics and Self-Regulation
Air Date: May 26, 2011 We wrap up our two-part edition of Webcology with a lively discussion of SEO ethics and industry regulation. With two…
Webcology Podcast #153 (part1) – Webmaster Roundtable: Outing Other SEOs
Air Date: May 26, 2011 This two-part edition of Webcology kicks off with SEO panelists Alan Bleiweiss, Ben Cook, Steve Gerenscer, David Harry, Anthony Verre…
Webcology Podcast #152 – Linkbuilding and The Debut of the LinkedIn IPO
Air Date: May 19, 2011 Jim and Dave discuss Linkbuilding, the debut of the LinkedIn IPO; Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog Closing May 31; The Google…
Webcology Podcast #151 – Facebook Hires PR Firm to Smear Google
Air Date: May 12, 2011 Jim talks with Brasco about news leaking that Facebook hired a large PR firm, Burson-Marsteller, to attack Google. Jim also…
Skyprosoft – Microsoft Buys Skype
announced on Tuesday it had acquired the VoIP service for $8.5 billion in cash. Skype is the world’s leading Internet based phone and video-phone client….
Webcology Podcast #150 Google Voice Search; Facebook to Buy Skype?
Air Date: May 5, 2011 Google is reportedly looking into voice-activated search that can be integrated into the Google.com search engine once the experiment is…
Webcology Podcast #149 – Facebook Deals vs. Groupon
Air Date: April 28, 2011 Jim joins us from SMX Toronto 2011, and speaks with Dave on the newest daily deal competition for Groupon, Facebook…
Webcology Podcast #148 – Panda Rolls Across the Atlantic
Air Date: April 21, 2011 Jim and Dave are joined by Dr. Horst Joepen, CEO of Searchmetrics to discuss UK winners and losers in the…