Don't look now guys, but only 16 months after it was officially released, Google Chrome is now the world's no. 3 browser , based on Net Applications' web browser usage data for December. What makes this more interesting is that Chrome has edged out Apple Safari which has been occupaying the third spot next to Internet Explorer and Internet Explorer. Google Chrome registered a 4.63% market share while Safari got 4.46% making it the no.4 browser for the first time.

by Miriam Ellis I understood from day one that getting into website design and SEO meant that my job description would necessarily include acting as a sort of liaison between small business owners and the sometimes bewildering world of Google. When Local Search became my passion several years ago, the importance of my role as an interpreter and guide for business owners became all the more critical. Most business owners have some sense of what the organic SERPs are for,

Google has put together a one-minute guide to using its Search-based Keyword tool. The tool was launched just over a year ago in beta. It lets paid search advertisers see what keywords they may be missing out on based on searches on their site. "Millions of people use Google each day to find products and services by searching on various keywords," says Dan Friedman of Google's Inside AdWords Crew.

Matt Cutts announced in early November that Google Caffeine would be available in one data center after the holidays . In other words, the new joy ride in search will begin in January 2010. But what exactly is Google Caffeine and how could it possible impact search engine optimziation? In August, when Google first introduced its beta-tested new search infrastructure, they announced that Google Caffeine would "let us push the envelope on size, indexing speed, accuracy,

So remarkably bad, that I had to share it! :D I don't know who Demand(ed) that Media, but could I please get my minute and six seconds back? With 50,000+ views, that 1 video has wasted over a month of human life, so far. How many man-years are wasted watching such garbage? And yet they are just getting started! Demand Media's goal is to create a million pieces of "content" each month. What do Youtube users think of that "content"? Hmm....not impressed.

ABC News has published this doomsday piece by Michael S. Malone, who notes that while Google's Nexus One device is getting a lot of buzz, it won't rightfully challenge Apple's iPhone hegemony. Google is expected to unveil the device Jan. 5 at an Android press event at the company's Mountain View, Calif., Googleplex. We know the device is made by HTC, runs Android 2.1 and is super fast, with a Motorola Droid-like big touchscreen.