Browsers, URLs, Facebook and expectations February 24, 2010 in posts By now, many of you will have seen the ReadWriteWeb confused as Facebook saga. They don’t know what a URL is nor how it works. For us to expect the people using the things we build to have the desire to learn technical things like URL manipulation, or that Google, Facebook, or whatever their favorite site isn’t the web itself is a pretty selfish notion. They don’t know what a URL is nor how it works. Collaboration. Community. Nor do they even understand what a browser is. MORE >>

Today: Duplicate content by  Derek Mabie. . Duplicate content is every webmaster’s nightmare. It’s exactly what it sounds like: A portion of text that exists on multiple URLs, making it difficult for search engines to determine how to rank them in order of importance. Google will ultimately choose one URL to show in the results page – but it may not be the page you want to be exposed. The bigger issue, though, is Google may prematurely give up on crawling your site if it keeps encountering instances of duplicate content. Avoid Duplicate Content . MORE >>

Everybody’s been arguing over the value of Google Plus lately. Well, Google just changed the conversation in a big way and just in time. The announcement of Google pages for business came just in time to turn the whole argument on it’s head. As I scanned my Google Plus stream it quickly became clear that it was way more than that. The online social media magazine Social Media Examiner didn’t waste any time creating a page, and neither did most of the regular users of Google Plus. Select one and you are now using Google plus as your page. MORE >>

Tweet SEO has been an essential part of brands’ online marketing strategies in the race towards top rankings on Google search. However, a new research reveals that social media engagement connected to a website can leverage a sizable rise (or even fall) in Google rankings independently from any SEO initiatives. Each site focused on similar sized American cities and contained similar type of content and URL. Social media channels tested: Google+. Google+1 votes to the site. Similar Posts: What ‘Search Plus Your World’ Means for your Google Ranking. MORE >>

'Google+ Content Recommendations is a great way to add more interactivity to your mobile site. Google has introduced this new feature to enhance the Google+ integration with your site, recommending the articles which have been +1 by your visitors and lead them to deeper engagement with your site. Add Google+ Content Recommendations. For most websites and blogs which already display the +1 button or Google+ badges, it means simply editing a single line of code. Most sites have this code as it is essential for integrating your site Google+ page. MORE >>