Mobile Tech Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
... could be viewed as a scheme to squeeze users to compensate for network weakness. That's how Greg Sterling, principal analyst with Sterling Market Research, sees it. "They're trying to just relieve some of the pressure on the network. It looks like it would include monitoring, and it has to involve pricing or penalties for excessive use," he said. In a market with...
Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Although Greg Sterling’s post is aimed at web advertisers, it does make mention of Google’s use of what are called QR codes. We’ve mentioned QR codes several times on ResourceShelf but we thought this would be a good time for a review. Google’s program has merchants placing these codes “QR codes” in their windows. When [...]
Small Business SEM (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
One of the new announcements from Google today involved what they’re calling “Favorite Places” — more than 100,00 businesses across the U.S. have earned that title and are receiving window decals so they can brag about it. The window decals have a QR code that can be scanned by certain smartphones, and doing so will bring up that business’ mobile Google “place page.” Greg Sterling explains...
The Noisy Channel (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
... Mihmorandum David Mihm ’s blog on local search engine optimization and marketing. Screenwerk Greg Sterling ’s thoughts on online and offline media. Sterling used to run The Kelsey Group’s Interactive Local Media program. SEO Igloo Blog By Solas Web Design , which specializes in web design and search engine optimization for small businesses. Understanding Google...
Search Engine Roundtable (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Microsoft made buzz yesterday with the announcements on the Bing Maps blog and Bing Search Blog. Greg Sterling explains it well at Search Engine Land as "Bing Maps breaks new ground in online mapping even as it plays a bit...
Internet News (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Bing Maps Steals The Cool Crown From Google by Greg Sterling, Search Engine Land (Dec 2) Bing does street views now too - and in 3D - IF you install Microsoft Silverlight. "Bing Maps is introducing “Street Side” in 56...
Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Wow, what a day for Bing. Today, at a meeting in San Francisco the company launched a bunch of new features. This blog post has all the details while Greg Sterling at SEL offers some analysis and images. He also points out that computers will need to have Silverlight installed to make all of this [...]
