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Google apps discontinues IE6 support – Death of Internet Explorer 6 (IE6)?

Tom Haschenburger — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:22:23 +0000

Google apps declares no support for IE6

Google apps is removing support for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) and optimizing their products for the future in favor of newer browsers with faster javascript engines and support for newer advanced features. With such a big company pushing out the old time browser, hopefully it can be enough to get the ball rolling to put it out of production for good. Developers and designers have long been awaiting the demise of IE6 as it is very old and as new browsers support more features and move closer towards web standards developers and designers are having to create separate style sheets and unnecessary programming to keep their websites usable in IE6. Even Microsoft wants to get rid of IE6 and remove it from our everyday lives. However, it seems as though they are going to support it until the end of support for Microsoft’s Windows XP SP3 scheduled some time in 2014. Anyhow, statistics show there are still quite a few websites using IE6 and Clear Graphix will support it for as long as our customers need us to. Even with only a few percent of users using IE6, a busy E-commerce site could potentially lose out on a large sum of money in making any decision to stop supporting the browser or any browser for that matter.

Google Becomes Human Editable — Sort Of — Another SEO Or SEM Tool?

Tom Haschenburger — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:08:00 +0000

Well, after many years of Google querying the DMOZ search engine as a another basis for generating PageRank and consuming new search information for its index… They finally decide to pick up on this technique, to a degree anyway.

Google Promote/Delete Option

When logged in to your Google Account (any of them and/or have the Google Toolbar installed and logged in) you can now interact with your search results in the SERP’s or Search Engine Results Pages after your query to Google’s database or rather use their search engine. There are 2 options. One being to get rid of the result during future queries and one to promote it. Just when you think Google search can’t get any better right. Well check it out but, be aware that your data is shared amongst the public as you should get a notice warning essentially describing your consent to do so. I think it’s a great feature. However, as with any human touch, is this really just another informational highway for another congested series of new routes for SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and SEM (Search Engine Marketing) junkies to “jam” up the everyday information that we searchers are after. Every day searching as an average user gets more and more frustrating and our “keywords” need to be even more precise to find what we’re looking for. Constantly, SEO and SEM professionals and enthusiasts are hurdling obstacles in which search engine technology is trying to put a stop to… faked or engineered search results. Google prides themselves on quality “Organic” or “Natural” search results.

Search Wiki Alert Message

In conclusion, for us, as businesses… keep this in mind when developing your search engine marketing and keyword phrase choices. Why? Now you aren’t just going against computers to keep those top rankings on the first page in Google but, you’re going against the very best, the elite, the people searching for you. If we the searchers think you’re doing a good job and have a lot to offer, then you’ll get a vote on that special “Promote” button Google has so kindly placed next to our search result. Otherwise, although the other option doesn’t say “Demote”… I find it hard to believe Google won’t consider that value when determining who’s on top of their search engine results. Just a thought. You be the judge. If you need anymore demystifying questions answered, don’t hesitate, contact us! :_D

Google Posts Job For Genetics Expert

Tom Haschenburger — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:06:44 +0000

Ok, with an unlimited amount of resources you had to know it was coming. What does google want with a genetics expert? Perhaps to see how many people are genetically predisposed to certain keywords that will be prone to clicking on those juicy cheese burger ads? Maybe, Match.com could use the genetic index to help their users find a better match. Anyway, it’s interesting to say the least. I can only imagine what they’ve got up their sleeves by indexing and capitalizing on human DNA. If you think you have the right “genes” for the job. Be sure to check it out here.

Google Releases Its New Browser Named Chrome Still In Beta.

Tom Haschenburger — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:35:46 +0000

Although we’re excited to see what Google’s new Chrome web browser has to offer, it looks like the browser wars could get heated once again. You can’t blame them though with Microsoft trying to distort Google’s search and ad serving technology with the release of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8(IE8). IE8 has even more privacy features this go around. Two interesting features you should take note of, are InPrivate Browsing and InPrivate Blocking. Essentially, these features would tighten up on tracking softwares and other behavioral type scripts for instance, Google’s Analytics javascripts or their conversion tracking scripts used with Google Adwords to track sales conversions. IE8 would implement this by sensing the same off-site resources being used by 10 or more sites. The software would then be deemed tracking software and access to your IE8 session would be blocked from that resource for future attempts. Microsoft has the largest market share when it comes to the web browser wars. However, with Microsoft wanting to get into the search market and their deal with Yahoo going sour. You have to wonder about Microsoft’s intentions. A truly caring corporate power looking out for consumers and their privacy or an offensive move under the guise of advocating consumer privacy. It will be interesting to see what happens. It’s also been rumored that Mozilla’s Firefox and Apple’s Safari are contemplating on implementing the same or similar features in their browsers.