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Google Reader replacement: Best free alternatives to Google Reader?

Mar

2013

Alternatives when Google Reader is retired. Google will retire its Google Reader service in July, and cites two reasons that led to such business decision: focus and declining usage. You can imagine how, when I tried to access Reader this morning, this small and subtle notice has left me totally. Well, at least it helps ...

How to use Google Trends to complement your keyword research (examples + screenshots) 4

Dec

2012

i. What is Google Trends? Google Trends is one of the more underrated Google products, which in my opinion, doesn’t do justice to its ease of practicality. Since Google first launched its Google Insights for Search in 2008 (which the search engine giant later merged with Google Trends), savvy marketers have use the service in ...

Ingress: The embodiment of Google’s business philosophy 108

Dec

2012

i. Ingress debuts Nothing spells excitement more clearly than a closed, invite-only beta that comes out straight from the Google Lab. Yes, we’re talking about Ingress, the Augmented Reality Game (ARG) that isn’t the first of its kind, but arguably one of the most immersive and anticipated. Now, with the abundance of apps and games ...