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Google Font Directory: An alternative to Typekit

21.05.2010 By: ronansprake Under: Industry News, Technical Comments: none

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During Google I/O 2010, Google have made some very cool announcements, including WebM (a license-free codec for audio and video) and a new hosted Font API.

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The three parts of a well written title tag

05.02.2010 By: leenewell Under: Search Marketing Comments: none

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Making the most of the 68 characters that Google displays in its search results (other search engines display about the same) can be a difficult task.These are the three things I believe a good tile tag should achieve:

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Google and the blocking of adverts in Chrome

13.01.2010 By: ronansprake Under: Technical Comments: 1

ronansprake

When the Chrome extensions gallery opened in December last year, I had wondered if ad-blocking extensions would surface. Given that Google currently derives nearly all its revenue from adverts, it would appear to make no sense for them to allow their own adverts to be blocked by Chrome.

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Speeding up the Web: faster Google Analytics and DNS

03.12.2009 By: ronansprake Under: Technical Comments: none

ronansprake

With the imminent launch of their new search infrastructure dubbed Caffeine, Google will be using page load speed as a factor in Google search results. Caffeine should be good news for those of us who have sleepless nights thinking of ways to lighten the page load.

Web performance seems to have a been a hot topic for Google lately, the latest developments bringing a new release of Analytics tracking code and a public DNS service.

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