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Google Ditches the Black Navigation Bar I’ve made no secret about my hatred of Google’s black navigation bar. I hate it so much I even contemplated a switch to Bing when it rolled out. Answering all my prayers, Google rolled out a major design change late last week, abolishing the black bar to the depths […]

Last month Google let us take a peek behind the curtain of their search algorithm when they took the wraps off ten recent algorithm changes on their Inside Search blog. It was a surprising change from Google’s usually secretive ways that has now led to a monthly series due to overwhelming positive feedback The search […]

I still remember that fateful morning when I typed Google.com into my address bar and came face to face with Google’s black navigation bar. I instantly hated it. It shrouded my screen with darkness, threw off the squeaky-clean design Google was known for and kept telling me about this new thing called Google+ like I […]

1. Does your site render correctly on mobile devices. Make sure you cross browser/ cross device check. Get rid of pop ups for mobile users. This is a horrible experience. A lot of times the the X to close the popup won’t even render on a mobile device so you essentially are blocking your content […]

Did Google just sneak Chrome OS onto the iPad? Google launched a significant redesign of its Google Search iOS app last week that brings a whole suite of new features to Google’s flagship iOS app. Touting the new app as more interactive, visual and easy to use, Google have also designed an Applications screen within […]

Want to check out YouTube’s new design before Google takes it live for everybody? It’s only a snippet of code away. Open YouTube in either Firefox or Chrome and sign in to your account. In Chrome hit: CMD + Option + J for Macs  OR  CTRL + Shift + J for PCs In Firefox hit: […]

Google Music Gets a Store and Connects With Google+ Google announced expansions to its Music service at its ‘These Go To 11′ event last week, opening up a music store to take on iTunes and Amazon for its slice of the online music pie. The Google Music store on the Android Marketplace boasts an 8 […]

Earlier this year at their annual I/O conference Google took the wraps off their online music streaming service Google Music, their first attempt to take on the monopoly of Apple’s iTunes. While reception at the conference was positive, critics weren’t so impressed, with many labeling it a half-baked product that lacked it’s own music store […]

In todays show we’ll take a look at how we have increased Stew Art Media’s referral traffic and search traffic by using techniques to become the “second paragraph” in a breaking news story as outlined by David Meerman Scott in his latest book Newsjacking. More Google Changes Recent changes to the Google algorithm, such as […]

Google+ Brand Pages After months of promises, Google finally delivered on brand pages for Google+ last week, unveiling a slick brand experience with deep search ties ready for competition with Facebook’s ubiquitous Pages product. Rather than match up feature for feature against Facebook however, Google have instead launched a far more streamlined and focused experience […]