Webcology #283 – Project Ara launches; Apple has a Bad Week Airdate: February 28, 2014 Apple retires Snow Leopard, leaving 1 in 5 computers at risk. And that’s before the new bug in the iOS. Google, however, has a great week: teasing 34 cities with Fiber and launching Project Ara. Jim and Dave take a […]
Webcology #282 – Under the Influence with Terry O’Reilly Airdate: February 21, 2014 This week, Dave and Jim welcome Canadian Marketing Guru Terry O’Reilly, host of CBC’s series The Age of Persuasion, O’Reilly on Advertising and Under the Influence. Podcast: |
Webcology #281 – Overselling Social at the Expense of Search? Airdate: February 13, 2014 This week’s discussions cover Comcast’s acquisition of Time Warner cable, recommendations for infinite-scroll search-friendly practices, best (and worst) faceted navigation practices and whether or not publishers are overselling the importance of Social at the expense of Search. Podcast: |
Webcology #280 – Rich Snippet Spam Dings from Google, Yahoo Wants Back in the Search Game Airdate: February 8, 2014 This week, Jim and Dave discuss Google’s decision to penalize rich-snippet spam, Yahoo’s desire to be get back into Search, and Bing’s inclusion of Olympic results data in Search results. Podcast: |
Webcology #279 – Patent Trolls, Google sells to Lenovo, Moz survey and guest (Sugar)Rae Hoffman Airdate: January 30, 2014 Google sells Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for $2.9 Billion (a LOSS!), Moz’s State of the Industry Survey, Trolls ahoy from both the Nobel committee and lawsuits, and Dave and Jim welcome Sugar Rae Hoffman to discuss […]
Webcology #278 – All About Privacy, and the Death of Guest Blogging Airdate: January 24, 2014 Jim and Dave welcome guest Amone’s Michelle Stone and discuss online privacy. This week also includes news about Edward Snowden, Chrome bugs that hackers use to eavesdrop, Google’s possible integration of Bitcoin, and Matt Cutt’s news that Guest Blogging is Dead. […]
Webcology #277 – Marketing Tech’s Top Brands, and Why Teens are Leaving Facebook Airdate: January 16, 2014 Jim and Dave discuss the results of Marketing Land’s Most Recognized Marketing Tech brands survey, and the recent news from iStrategy Labs that reports on the teenage demographic’s abandonment of Facebook. Podcast: |
Webcology #276 – New Year, Same Old Troubles Airdate: January 9, 2014 Jim and Dave welcome the New Year in the worst way possible: one of them uncovered a hack! With special guest Clayton Gardner from Canhost Inc., the guys break down how to deal with a hack and how to protect yourself in the […]
Webcology #275 – Â Our Top Stories from 2013 Airdate: December 20, 2014 As the year comes to a close Jim and Dave look back on the notable news of 2013. The top Tech, Search, Social and Computer Culture stories include the Twitter IPO, (Not Provided), Edward Snowden, Google Hummingbird and changing consumer habits. Podcast: |
Webcology #274 – Majestic Search Engine Launches Live Rank Factors; Google Penalties Get More Severe for Repeat Offenders Airdate: December 12, 2013 Jim welcomes guest host Carolyn Shelby of 435 Digital and guest Dixon Jones to discuss Google Penalty Notifications, Acronym’s ‘Keyword Provided’ algorithm to recover ‘(not provided)’ keywords. Also, they’ll discuss Matt Cutts and […]
Webcology Episode #273 – Is Google becoming Skynet? More from Matt Cutts and Search Engine Roundtable’s 10 birthday Airdate: December 5, 2013 A robot obsession is proof that Google wants to be more than just a search and services company, as Google announces it’s bought 10 robotics companies. Â Matt Cutts defines stitching content; Search Engine […]
Webcology Episode #272 – Authorship and Ownership and our Thanksgiving Marketers roundtable Airdate: November 28, 2013 This week, Jim and Dave discuss “Google Authorship – Should I be claiming copy I write on a client’s site under my authorship? Its high quality copy, I just want to be clear who I should give the authorization […]
Webcology Episode #271 – Renaming SES Conference, WMT and using Social Media for social good Airdate: November 21, 2013 SES Conference Renamed ClickZ Live; Google Feature Requests For Webmaster Tools; More new suggestions for Googles Webmaster Tools. Plus, Jim discusses Social Media for Civic Good when Canadian Tire’s customers used Twitter to communicate their dismay […]
Webcology Episode #270 – Google can use your likeness and other issues of digital media content Airdate: November 14, 2013 Today we’re discussing the impact of digital media content distribution with Jim and Dave. This includes how ‘Breaking Bad’ Is Netflix’s Most Popular Show In The U.S. Plus,  Matt Cutts talks blog comments And link […]
Webcology Episode #269 – SESChi, Matt Cutts, and Google Penalities Airdate: November 7, 2013 SES Chicago 2013: SEO Isn’t Dead, Its Been Reincarnated! Google Penalty On WWW Revoked But Remains On Non-WWW sites. Also, Matt Cutts  responds to a Hacker News thread where someone was upset with spammer SEOs when he noticed a site was […]