Archive for July, 2010
The Wild West and Google Local Business Listings – Google’s Sheriffs Are on Patrol
July 27th, 2010 by Rafi Hecht

Clint Eastwood - Wild West

A month ago we wrote about some techniques on leveraging Local Business Listings for ones business. While all resources are valuable, Google continues to be the popular choice for a business to be listed under because, well, it’s Google. However, the system still needs to be tamed as it’s still very recent.

As Google continues to mature its Local Listings, it needs to screen businesses. Google Local search results still continue to be the “wild west” of online marketing with practically no means of monitoring it.

Aloha, the HTML5 Editor, has Officially Arrived
July 22nd, 2010 by iRISEmedia Staff

Aloha Editor, a WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) HTML5 editor, has officially come out. It is easy to use, and features fast editing, floating menu, and support for HTML5 ContentEditable. It provides HTML5 WYSIWYG editor functionality to any website content instantaneously, allowing content editors to view changes the moment they type. Aloha [...]

Mobile Smart-Phone Wars Updated
July 22nd, 2010 by iRISEmedia Staff

Towards the end of the month of July, the mobile smart phone wars rage on. It’s nothing short of amazing how the mobile smart phones have changed so drastically from one day to the next. Google thus far has made the most significant advancement with its free, open-source mobile operating system, the Android. Distributing the [...]

Inadvertent SEO Leads GoDaddy to Close Down Canadian Extremist Website
July 21st, 2010 by iRISEmedia Staff

After receiving a complaint from Canada’s Attorney-General,  GoDaddy, one of the largest Website Domain and Web Hosting Agencies based in Arizona, has recently shut down an extremest website used by Salman Hossain of Mississauga, Ontario. Among other things, this website called for genocide of the Canadian Jewish community, the National Post reported earlier. How SEO [...]

iRISEmedia Enters Joint-Venture Partnership Agreement with Brazilian-Based Marlin
July 19th, 2010 by iRISEmedia Staff

Marlin Logo
iRISEmedia is very pleased to announce their Joint Venture partnership agreement with Marlin, one of Brazil’s top custom web solutions providers. The Agreement was signed in October of 2009 and has been successfully implemented through the first two quarters of 2010.

8 SEO and Social Media Blog Strategies: How to Make the Most Out of Blog Writing
July 16th, 2010 by iRISEmedia Staff

For most people, writing content on a blog or website is important in garnering value for it. Our SEO specialists in Toronto have written some basic points that should be applied to any serious website.

Bing-o! Yahoo Starts to Test Bing-Powered Results, Perhaps as Early as Today
July 15th, 2010 by iRISEmedia Staff

Yahoo recently confirmed they are testing Bing powered results “offline,” which we have already known since July 17th. But today for the first time, Yahoo has confirmed they will test Bing powered results in the live search results. SearchEngineLand received an email which wrote: “Though much of our testing is already happening offline, this month [...]

The iPhone 4 Officially Flops – Windows Vista Anyone?
July 13th, 2010 by iRISEmedia Staff

As soon as the iPhone 4 came out, there were problems with reception and usability to the point where Consumer Reports refused to recommend it to consumers. For example, it was discovered that issues like the “death grip” reception problem were hardware-related, not software. This may result in Apple recalling the iPhone 4, which Cult [...]

Social Media Lands Baseball Player in All-Star Game
July 9th, 2010 by iRISEmedia Staff

Recently, MLB.com posted the All-Star “Final Vote” winners for the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. One of those winners was Nick Swisher of the New York Yankees. The race was a tight one between Nick Swisher and the Red Sox’s beloved Kevin Youkilis. Nick Swisher won it by a close number of fan votes, hugely [...]

iPhone versus Android – Memories of Mac vs. PC
July 6th, 2010 by iRISEmedia Staff

iPhone Versus Android

In a recent set of developments, Google’s Android mobile-based operating system is expected to launch on LG’s tablet.. With over 50 Andriod phones expected to be released, and with the Android being featured on both LG and Verizon  tablet phones, Google’s direction is clear: launch its open-source operating system onto as many phones as possible.