Tag: Google

Google have launched an advertising platform for Google Maps allowing businesses to place ads within maps to be displayed to users as they use the service.

Devnet has launched the first Google Apps Store in Australia allowing users the opportunity to access third party applications for the Google Apps platform. The Devnet Google App Store currently allows customers to subscribe to Google Apps plus a range of value-added services like Postini mail security and archiving, domain names and Google Maps offerings. […]

Google launched their Australian real estate search in July last year, and today they announced that in less than a year they have linked with over 1000 real estate sites across Australia and New Zealand. Fully integrated with Google Maps, the real estate search brings up rental or sales listings, and can also handle multi-layered […]

Google has updated the Chrome beta for Mac, adding support for extensions to the web browser.  The new beta release of Chrome for Mac offers extensions, bookmark sync, and more. With this new version, you’ll be able to install any of over 2,200 extensions (and counting!) currently available in Chrome’s extensions gallery. You can manage […]

Google has announced plans to roll out their own fibre optic network in the United States, offering internet connections 100 times their current speed. Initially the network will connect half a million premises with a fibre to the home connection and deliver up to 1Gpbs of bandwidth to customers. It is believed that by offering […]

Google today launched Google Buzz, a service that allows you share updates, photos, videos, and start conversations about the things you find interesting. Google Buzz integrates a social media stream into Google’s Gmail platform and appears very much like FriendFeed, but also ties in to a number of Google services such as Youtube and Picasa, […]

Google is set to make another push into social media through their Gmail service. According to The Wall Street Journal, Gmail will be launching a new feature that allows users to share content and status updates with friends. Google is set to announce the service at a launch event tomorrow with expectations that this revamped […]

Search engines are commonly used to find information on the internet. In the world of search engines, click-through mean cash for advertisers. In the US, Jim Jansen, associate professor of information sciences and technology at Penn State and his team including Amanda Spink from Queensland University of Technology, have undertaken a study to gauge customer […]

These days everyone seems to have a blog, from the intrepid traveler to the solo business owner on zero dollar marketing. So why should you blog and how can it help your business? A blog is a type of journal published on the web which allows readers to comment, give feedback (good or bad) and […]

Robelen Bajar from Melbourne IT provides eight examples of web design disaster how businesses can make a successful website. When I’m in the market for a new phone, pen, bag, cosmetics, yoga teacher, even a dentist, I Google it. I check a couple of websites, compare prices where I can and either buy online, pick […]