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Google released a statement saying while it’s not involved in the HTC lawsuit, it “stand[s] behind [its] Android operating system and the partners who have helped…to develop it.”

Meanwhile, Microsoft is using its patents to demand money from Android makers. Previously, Apple also went after Motorola’s Android devices.

Google, being a relatively young tech company, has a relatively small patent portfolio (read: small legal war chest). Recently, it has been using its massive cash hoard to shore up that portfolio. 

Just weeks ago, it bid $3.14 billion for 6,000 Nortel Networks wireless patents but lost to a consortium that included Apple, Microsoft, and RIM (all Android competitors) that bid $4.5 billion.

“Like many tech companies, at times we’ll acquire patents that are relevant to our business needs. Bad software patent litigation is a wasteful war that no one will win,” a Google spokesperson said in an emailed statement regarding the IBM purchases.

Regarding its attempted purchase of Nortel Networks patents, Google’s general counsel Kent Walker said it hoped the Nortel patents would “create a disincentive for others to sue Google.”

“Google has long argued in favor of real patent reform, which we believe will benefit users and the U.S. economy as a whole… In the absence of meaningful reform, we believe [buying up patents is] the best long-term solution for Google, our users and our partners,” said Walker.

Article source: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/189894/20110731/apple-ibm-patents-1000.htm

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You Dream it and we will build it!

(PRWEB) July 31, 2011

SEO Marketing Media Elite, an Indiana web design and SEO marketing company, salutes the men and women in uniform. One of the owners served in Iraq and had been in the military for over ten years. The company as a whole truly understands what sacrifices are taken when serving in the military. The sacrifices are not just taken by the person serving in the military but it also takes a toll on the family as well. Because of this they would like to give back to the soldiers that are or were dressed in uniform.

SEO Marketing Media Elite is running a contest that will give a veteran owned business a free website. The contest will be run from August 1, 2011 to September 1, 2011. The winner of the website will be announced on Labor Day September 5, 2011. In order to enter the contest any past or present veteran can click here and submit a short essay on why they should be the one to win the website. There needs to be a photo of the veteran in uniform performing their MOS submitted as well. SEO Marketing Media Elite will read all essays and choose a winner. The winner will work with their team of experts to make a custom business website up to 20 pages an estimated value of three thousand dollars. The winning veteran’s picture and story will be featured on the website. They will also create a web page on the site dedicated to the stories submitted.

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Many small businesses are reluctant to invest in search engine optimisation due to the lack of transparency and requirements to pay a considerable amount of money without any result based incentive.

When SEO Specialist asked small businesses which kind of online services are missing in the market, performance-based website optimisation was the majority response.
SEO Specialist realised the gap in the market and created an SEO service suitable for all companies.

Its sad to see a small business spending large sums on website optimisation with little or no return on investment, says SEO Specialists founder, Markus Jalmerot.

He continues: Website optimisation is highly measurable. If our SEO Specialists dont manage to create top 10 rankings in the leading search engines, there is no monthly fee.

How do most businesses pay SEO companies today?
Most companies take all the risk themselves when hiring an SEO company. The average SEO company in the UK charge a start-up fee of £2500-£5000, followed by monthly fees.

With SEO Specialists’ new result based website optimisation it’s different. SEO Specialist only charges for excellent performance top 10 placements in the major search engines.

How does SEO Specialists Pay on Results SEO work?
After analysing the website and main competitors, a free keyword analysis is performed. SEO Specialists finds the most relevant keywords to optimise and provides realistic Google, Yahoo and Bing ranking targets.

Unless top 10 rankings in Google for relevant keywords can be achieved, there are no ongoing costs.

Why do most companies fail to rank in top positions for relevant keywords?
There are many possible reasons why companies do not succeed in search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing. After working with website optimisation clients in four countries for over six years, SEO Specialists chief executive Markus Jalmerot shares some conclusions why most websites fail to rank well in search engines.

1. Website not built in a search engine friendly manner
A website must be built to enable search engines to find and read all the web content. Search engine specialists can help solving any kinds of technical SEO issues on an early stage.

2. New content seldom uploaded
Unless new content is written and uploaded frequently, the website will be considered dated. Search engines dont want to show dated web content, so its required to keep the website up to date at all times.

3. Poor web content not describing what people search for
Few companies do proper keyword analysis and analyse what potential customers actually search for in Google, Yahoo or Bing. One of the most important website optimisation factors is to allocate relevant keywords on various sub-pages and set-up a complete SEO strategy based on what users actually search for. SEO Specialists performance based website optimisation solutions include a proper keyword analysis free of charge.

4. Lack of backlinks
Without enough backlinks, small business websites will continually fail to accomplish top rankings in the major search engines. Backlinks can be seen as votes and a handful is simply not enough.

5. Primary low quality incoming links
What sets apart top ranking websites from the ones that nobody will find is trustworthy incoming links. Receiving several highly trustworthy votes will make a website more credible, while increasing search engine rankings.

For those who would like to find out how to create a website in the best manner for search engines, read the SEO School. It’s free, simple and straightforward guide to website optimisation.

About SEO Specialist:
SEO Specialist Limited (seospecialist.co.uk) is an SEO company based in London. It was created at the end of 2010 by Markus Jalmerot. With eight years experience in website optimisation, SEO specialist offers a wide range of first class SEO services.

SEO services offered include pay for results SEO, search engine consultancy, link building solutions, keyword research, website analysis and multilingual SEO. The SEO companys website features an extensive SEO guide (seospecialist.co.uk/school/) that is both simple and straightforward.

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Why pay a website optimisation provider for anything but top results? SEO Specialists new Pay on Results SEO services are built for firms that failed to succeed with their previous website optimisation company. Learn about the new SEO solution and five reasons why a large number of small businesses fail to achieve top rankings in Google, Bing and Yahoo.

London, England (PRWEB) July 31, 2011

Many small businesses are reluctant to invest in search engine optimisation due to the lack of transparency and requirements to pay a considerable amount of money without any result based incentive.

When SEO Specialist asked small businesses which kind of online services are missing in the market, performance-based website optimisation was the majority response.

SEO Specialist realised the gap in the market and created an SEO service suitable for all companies.

“It’s sad to see a small business spending large sums on website optimisation with little or no return on investment”, says SEO Specialists founder, Markus Jalmerot.

He continues: “Website optimisation is highly measurable. If our SEO Specialists don’t manage to create top 10 rankings in the leading search engines, there is no monthly fee”.

How do most businesses pay SEO companies today?

Most companies take all the risk themselves when hiring an SEO company. The average SEO company in the UK charge a start-up fee of £2500-£5000, followed by monthly fees.

With SEO Specialists’ new result based website optimisation it’s different. SEO Specialist only charges for excellent performance – top 10 placements in the major search engines.

How does SEO Specialist’s Pay on Results SEO work?

After analysing the website and main competitors, a free keyword analysis is performed. SEO Specialists finds the most relevant keywords to optimise and provides realistic Google, Yahoo and Bing ranking targets.

Unless top 10 rankings in Google for relevant keywords can be achieved, there are no ongoing costs.

Why do most companies fail to rank in top positions for relevant keywords?

There are many possible reasons why companies do not succeed in search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing. After working with website optimisation clients in four countries for over six years, SEO Specialist’s chief executive Markus Jalmerot shares some conclusions why most websites fail to rank well in search engines.

1. Website not built in a search engine friendly manner

A website must be built to enable search engines to find and read all the web content. Search engine specialists can help solving any kinds of technical SEO issues on an early stage.

2. New content seldom uploaded

Unless new content is written and uploaded frequently, the website will be considered “dated”. Search engines don’t want to show dated web content, so it’s required to keep the website up to date at all times.

3. Poor web content not describing what people search for

Few companies do proper keyword analysis and analyse what potential customers actually search for in Google, Yahoo or Bing. One of the most important website optimisation factors is to allocate relevant keywords on various sub-pages and set-up a complete SEO strategy based on what users actually search for. SEO Specialists performance based website optimisation solutions include a proper keyword analysis free of charge.

4. Lack of backlinks

Without enough backlinks, small business websites will continually fail to accomplish top rankings in the major search engines. Backlinks can be seen as votes and a handful is simply not enough.

5. Primary low quality incoming links

What sets apart top ranking websites from the ones that nobody will find is trustworthy incoming links. Receiving several highly trustworthy votes will make a website more credible, while increasing search engine rankings.

For those who would like to find out how to create a website in the best manner for search engines, read the SEO School. It’s free, simple and straightforward guide to website optimisation.

About SEO Specialist:

SEO Specialist Limited (seospecialist.co.uk) is an SEO company based in London. It was created at the end of 2010 by Markus Jalmerot. With eight years experience in website optimisation, SEO specialist offers a wide range of first class SEO services.

SEO services offered include pay for results SEO, search engine consultancy, link building solutions, keyword research, website analysis and multilingual SEO. The SEO company’s website features an extensive SEO guide (seospecialist.co.uk/school/) that is both simple and straightforward.

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SEO Specialist Limited
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Article source: http://news.yahoo.com/seo-specialists-launch-sought-pay-results-seo-120212818.html

Two weeks ago, when I first wrote about the problems with Google+ and identity/pseudonymity, some people misunderstood. They believed that I was speaking about a virtual worlds issue (solely and specifically), and what’s more, a personal one, even though I was clear, using very small words that the issues raised by this controversy have little to do with virtual worlds per se, and have no effect on me personally, whatsoever.

The Google+ identity dust-up only started with virtual worlds because that group were the first to predict the oncoming freight train, not because they were the only ones impacted. Since the time I wrote that article, the stain of this issue has spread all over the world. It’s become more and more obvious that this is a big problem and a public relations headache of a proportion Google may not have anticipated, but almost certainly should have.

So far, Google’s handling of the issue has been, at best, a bit ham-handed. Defense of the policy while adamant, is easily shot through with holes so large you could drive a train through them, leaving a result that cannot logically be supported past the point of “because I said so.” Though Google is perfectly allowed to try that tactic, I’m not sure how well it’s going to hold up for a company that has traded on a “do no evil” philosophy. To be clear, there’s plenty about Google’s stance that is evil, and has the potential to do real harm.

But Google eventually had to say something, and Brad Horowitz has done so. Of note is the following:

“MYTH: Google doesn’t care about ____. (businesses, teenagers, organizations, pseudonymous usage, disadvantaged populations, etc.)

We aspire to having great solutions for these (and many more) use cases. While this may appear as easy as the stroke of a policy pen (“Just let the businesses in!”), we think we can do better. We’re designing features for different use cases that we think will make a better product experience both for them and for everyone else. Please don’t misconstrue the product as it exists today (4 weeks since entering Field Trial) as the ‘end state.’ We’re flattered that there’s so much passion and interest… and will continue to improve the product and innovate in ways that will hopefully surprise and delight.

To which I reply, after editing my words four times so my poor editors don’t have to do it for me:

You have it backwards. Consideration should be with those who could be harmed *FIRST*, not “after we get everyone else on board.”

This, right here, is where the PR nightmare really starts – because this shows priority, and a lack of prediction and foresight that considering the source, is largely indefensible. It’s clear though that camps are firmly dividing on the issue. But because the argument is heating up and gaining more and more press from ever larger sources (hi, BBC!) either way, Google loses from a public relations standpoint due to their lack of foresight and poor use of language and wording in their account signup process.

Meanwhile, Back At The Lab

After the Facebook marketing campaign collapse, Linden Lab decided to try to sort this mess out, by developing Social Profiles as a way to take matters into their own virtual hands. The timing turned out to be perfect, as Plusgate was just around the corner and a DIY approach from the Lab seemed to be the best way to go.

This week that project went fully live. If you go to https://my.secondlife.com/firstname.lastname, and hit the home button, you will be able to see your “feed”. I made my first (and only) post today just to show you what it looks like:

I can also show you the privacy settings, which allow a choice between Everyone (a public, internet wide setting), Second Life (SL) users only, or SL friends only, or nobody. Which options you get depend on which criteria you’re looking to change. Here’s mine:

It’s clearly an evolving system, but some things appear to be working well from the start. While you CAN link your social profile to other services (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc). you are not required to do so (choice is good!). Further, this allows people to interact with others in SL without having to be logged into the actual virtual world themselves, which is handy when one is on a laptop, mobile or a tablet device where intensive 3d graphics capabilities are not up to snuff. You do need an account to have a social profile, but you won’t have to load the SL program – good for people on the go.

A Work In Progress

On the other hand, there’s things that obviously still need to be explored. The one that stands out the most to me immediately is that there’s no way to organize your friends list into any kind of user defined groups. That’s something that must be examined, because otherwise it’s the Facebook Effect all over again; forcing a social modality that is unnatural and counter productive. There needs to be a way (as there is with Diaspora and other services like Livejournal or Dreamwidth) to filter postings to groups of people, and that choice of groups must be made by the user themselves or it is very nearly useless.

Though the wall page itself doesn’t seem to do a live update, and must be refreshed (which means remembering to refresh it), you can choose to have notifications of people commenting to your wall or your comments on that of another either inworld, via email, or both. If you choose to do it inworld, you get a popup IM window telling you someone has commented.

I’m also noticing that if I post something, I can’t find it in my own feed on my home page, though others can see it, obviously since they can reply. I’m unsure if that’s the way it’s meant to be, but if so, that seems like something that would need fixing as well, as your own posts should be seen in context with those of others.

There’s also issues (predictably) with the “recommendations” feature. “Recommendations” is a mechanism by which using the interests you provide in your profile you will be “recommended” to others (total strangers) with whom those interests match. This is good for people who enjoy random contact, but less so for those of us who aren’t so into that. Right now, the only way to not be recommended to others is to not list any interests in your profile. There’s no way to list interests (which people do have) and NOT be matched with strangers (for the record one of my interests is “being left alone”).

Further, everything is governed by your inworld friends list. So there is no way (as there is in Twitter, for example) to follow people without adding them to that list. If there was a way to separate that, it might provide greater functionality, particularly for potential future uses as regards commerce and networking. You may, for example, want to create a group chat on the web, (like one does using a hashtag in Twitter) and follow those people, and drop them into a user defined group, without having to add them all to your inworld friends list. It would be a way to interact with like minded people without a) being forced to be logged in, and b) without having to add all those people with whom you might not interact onto your friends list.

The system the Lab has released also solves the concern of it being Facebook and Google+ in reverse- if you set your account so “everybody” can see and post on your profile then it does not matter whether they have a Second Life account or not, or what identity (wallet or pseudonymous) they use to do it.

An Interesting Development

Though it’s clear that this new feature still needs to be fleshed out, what I find startling is how it addresses some of the most pressing issues that Google+ had completely borked from the beginning. I’m very curious to see how this develops.

Maybe the folks on Battery Street can teach Google a thing or two.

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Article source: http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2098138/As-Google-Controversy-Rages-Linden-Lab-Launch-Social-Profiles