Search Engine Optimisation and Social Media
Douglas Adams Google Doodle On March 11th 2013 Google celebrated the sixty first birthday of author Douglas Adams, with a Douglas Adams Google Doodle which pays tribute to his most famous literary outing: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe. The interactive Google Doodle included a few special treats to mark the occasion. When users placed […]
Twitter Lead Generation Card Twitter announced Lead Generation Cards on the site’s blog on May 22nd 2013. The blog explained that, “marketers regularly talk to us about their goals, and for many it boils down to one major theme: generating leads and ultimately driving purchases.” Placing these goals in the forefront, the social media platform […]
Loop De Loop Google Doodle On the 9th of September 2013, the Doodlers in the Google Doodle team created a homage to the first aviation Loop De Loop. The manoeuvre was first completed by the pilot Pyotr Nesterov on the 9th of September 1913. The Loop De Loop Google Doodle only appeared on the homepage […]
Facebook embarked on a series of tests for video auto-play in newsfeed which are intended to play automatically on the service the platform provides to various mobile devices. If the tests are successful, the platform looks set to transform its social media network with a membership in excess of 1.15 billion members into an attractive venue […]
Twitter IPO Filing Recent reports have established that Twitter is expected to be valued at up to $15 billion. The social media platform made the announcement that it had applied for IPO confidentiality public on September 12th 2013. True to form, Twitter made this announcement via a tweet. The tweet, which was launched from the […]
PageRank for Eco Systems In 2009, researchers discovered a new use for the Google algorithm: to determine which species are critical in order to sustain various ecosystems by using PageRank for Eco Systems. The discovery was made by a paper which was published in PLoS Computational Biology. The paper claimed that the PageRank feature used […]
Facebook Verified Accounts Due to the sheer volume of pages and accounts for prominent public figures and celebrities, Facebook has made it possible to discern the real from the imposter. This has been achieved with its new Facebook verified accounts. Once again the social media platform has been taking notes from Twitter. The Facebook model […]
Tour de France Google Doodle On June 29th 2013 Google created a commemorative doodle to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Tour de France. For the day the doodlers created and replaced the Google logo with a symbol of the tour. The Tour de France Google Doodle featured two cyclists wearing the much sought after […]
Roswell Google Doodle Monday 8th July 2013 saw Google pay tribute to the 66th anniversary of the Roswell UFO Incident with a Roswell Google Doodle. Many UFO enthusiasts believe that this day marked the landing of an alien UFO outside the New Mexico town. Conspiracy theorists claim that the US military captured an alien aircraft […]
Halloween 2012 Google Doodle Team Google have long demonstrated a fun loving attitude towards seasonal and public holidays. Due to this it is no surprise that the Doodle team at Google have showcased novelty doodles to celebrate Halloween, many users will remember the Giant Pumpkin Video the team produced for Halloween 2011. Many Doodle fans […]