Last Monday in a remarkable presentation at Pubcon, Matt Cutts has revealed that there is a strong possibility that Google might start considering loading speed of a site while ranking it. He said that the this parameter is under the review for quite some time now and lately it has caught a strong wind behind it through several lobbies within Google.
He said that Google’s aim has always been to provide it’s users with fast and most relevant search results. And with perception like that how could they overlook the speed factor. After all there’s no use having a SERP full of relevant results that take ages to load. That’s definitely not where the future of search lies. Specially when real time search is gaining more and more wind, this discrepancy is annoying not only from users point of view but also from that of Google’s.
There’s already around 200 parameters that Google consider in their algo, it could very well be an addition to the list shortly.
Though it might not be the most important factor, but still it could very well be decisive in its own term. So I think the time is not very far when webmaster’s will start optimizing the speed for their sites.
To know more on this topic, see the webpronews video below that features the Matt Cutts interview.
Mozilla’s transition from 2.x to 3.x had earned them a whooping 8 million downloads in the first day it was available, to topple all the previous records. The main factor that had played the most significant role in this showdown, was a very successful PR campaign. And the majority of the credit should go to this campaign, which succeded to create the hoopla. web transaction monitor
But with compare to that the release of Firefox 3.5 was a very silent affair. It saw the day light almost without any real publicity. But the sheer success of its predecessors ensured that it becomes a smashing hit over night. The internet community jumped in to hit the download button and made sure that it enjoys over 5 million downloads in the first 24 hours of availability.
The reviews so far have been very positive and encouraging. Very few of the users experienced any server mishap this time, guess they had proper planning placed in right place time. And definitely their effort was successful regarding this.
While the new additions like private browsing was welcomed by many, its strangely slow start up speed has fetched them some fierce criticism.Some felt that they should make teh option much more available(as it is almost hidden in tools) and easy to switch like Bookmark’s star button. Many have also complained that newly incorporated private browsing feature does not match with the efficiency and quality of that of Chrome or even opera in that sense.
Many have also complained that many of their add ons are not working with this new kid. But overall the release has been proved to be definitely a positive step forward. And the fact is that it still works faster for most of the sites than its contemporaries. It is still miles ahead in the add on aspects, and its just got better.
Microsoft’s recent urge to it’s IE8 users regarding the usage of Google Chrome Frame has not gone down well with the web community. According to a Microsoft representative who spoke with ars technica said;
“With Internet Explorer 8, we made significant advancements and updates to make the browser safer for our customers. Given the security issues with plugins in general and Google Chrome in particular, Google Chrome Frame running as a plugin has doubled the attach area for malware and malicious scripts. This is not a risk we would recommend our friends and families take.”
And that at least to me sounded really fishy. To me it was just a reflection of Microsoft’s growing anxiety regarding Google. Yes,There were security issues with Chrome at it’s nascent stage, but they have sorted it out now. And the most funny thing was that why they are only concerned about the IE8 version! And that too when the version still could not achieve the success that it was meant to. Isn’t it a fact that more people use IE than Chrome and so the hackers also mainly target IE rather than Chrome. So their concerns in the security issue looked more of a protective grudge to me.
In a surprisingly fast development, Adobe has announced that it will take over web analytic software company ‘Omniture’. This take over will be costing them about $ 1.8 billion. This buy by Adobe will definitely force Google to revise its strategies for the web analytic market. Many are thinking that Google might come out with an ‘Enterprise’ version of their web analytics service. html to pdf free batch
Adobe Systems Inc. said Tuesday it will buy the Web analytic software company Omniture for about $ 1.8 billion, giving the maker of content-creation software a way to let marketers monitor the effectiveness of such content.
San Jose, Calif.-based Adobe Systems Inc. said it will buy Omniture Inc. for $ 21.50 per share in cash, a premium of 24 percent over Omniture’s closing stock price Tuesday.
The announcement came as Adobe said it earned $ 136 million, or 26 cents per share, in the fiscal third quarter that ended in August, down 29 percent from the same time a year earlier.
Excluding one-time items, Adobe earned a profit of 35 cents per share, a penny above what analysts polled by Thomson Reuters were expecting. The maker of Photoshop, Flash and Acrobat software says its revenue fell 21 percent to $ 697.5 million.
As nobody was expecting the entry of Adobe in the web analytics market, and that too so early, it will take some time for the web geeks to come out with their own versions and thoughts regarding this development. This has already started showing its effect in their shares(NASDAQ:OMTR), as it has pushed Omniture shares up $ 4.43 a share, while Adobe’s share went down about 4% to $ 34.10.
According to Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayan, this was an important game changer for both Adobe and their customers. He has also said that this ‘Omniture take over’ wil enable advertisers, media organizations and e-tailers to realize the full value of their digital assets.
At last we got to take a peek at the first glance of Google Chrome OS, and that too strangely enough came not from the Google’s end. And although it has come with loads of bugs and
problems in it, still it has already succeeded to generate enough curiosity among enthusiasts. You can now easily download the raw or unstable version as it is named. Google is definitely not happy about this. And they have already started an internal investigation to find out the source of this leak. I’ve here also posted some screen shots that were originally posted by Jonathan Frederickson of Techcrunch, who was actually the first person to find this out.
usage of Google Chrome Frame has not gone down well with the web community. According to a Microsoft representative who spoke with ars technica said;
Adobe will definitely force Google to revise its strategies for the web analytic market. Many are thinking that Google might come out with an ‘Enterprise’ version of their web analytics service. 
