We’ll let you decide whether, given the recent loss of life in Haiti and Chile, Google’s timing is a little off here.
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In case you missed it, WebProNews streamed a live interview with Google’s Matt Cutts today from SMX West in Santa Clara. It’s hard to narrow down the discussion to a singular topic, but here are some of the things touched upon in the video: – The status of Google’s Caffeine update (nothing’s wrong, they’re just being careful.) – Site Speed as a ranking factor – settle down, it’s not replacing relevance (and it’s independent from Caffeine) – PageRank – Google’s probably not going to rename it, but people do obsess too much over it. – PuSH – indexing much of the web in real-time – Coming up with metrics for authority in real-time search – Google Buzz – Why Matt Cutts likes it, but still uses Twitter as well – Why does every product that comes out have to be the killer of an existing product? – SEO vs. social media marketing – NCAA Basketball and the Kentucky Wildcats After discussing the above topics, Matt and interviewer Mike McDonald turn to Twitter for audience questions for Matt to answer. Check out our new live video site at live.webpronews.com for coverage of SMX West, and future events (as well as whatever else we may end up broadcasting). You can also find archived videos there in case you missed any.
Yahoo Mail users should find it considerably more convenient to get in touch with their friends and acquaintances from now on.
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Google Buzz has captured a lot of the buzz around services with “Buzz” in the title (of which there are a few ), but before Google Buzz was even announced, AT&T Interactive had already launched a beta version of its latest take on local business search at Buzz.com . Buzz.com has only been available on an invitation basis so far, and will remain that way until some bugs are ironed out, but you may find AT&T’s Buzz becoming a bigger part of your life than Google’s simply, because it will be coming at you from your Facebook friends. We spent close to an hour talking to AT&T about the product, checking out a demo of the service, and getting a feel for just what AT&T plans to do with Buzz.com. Right off the bat, Charlie Hornberger, director of product development told WebProNews it’s not as much about getting in front of people on Buzz.com, but getting in front of them on Facebook. That’s just for now anyway, it’s already integrated with Facebook, and Twitter is next on the list, he says. Then they’ll figure out what other networks to integrate, whether that be Gmail contacts, instant messenger lists, or anything else. Buzz.com is focused on only positive reactions to businesses. Users can “favorite” businesses and recommend them to their friends. So as far as reputation management goes, there shouldn’t be too many issues here from the standpoint of monitoring negative commentary. Although if your competitors are getting a lot of “buzz”
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