Both Apple and Google are building a relatively seamless ecosystem around their products and services, and both of them involve the cloud as a key component. Apple seems to be leading the way in terms of integration and seamlessness of it (no surprise there) while Google might be leading in terms of features, that is, all of the things that can be done in the Google cloud, with only a web browser as a client. I currently own an Android smartphone and a Mac, but I have to admit that Read More

Google has rolled out yet another update to their troubled search engine algorithms. This update, belatedly dubbed “Penguin”, was supposedly targeted towards sites which engaged in spammy SEO tactics, but instead it appears to have penalized a wide range of legitimate and high quality web sites. Some of the biggest losers are sites many ByteGuide readers know well, including: comcast.com is one of the largest cable television companies and Internet service providers in the world. Comcast lost 31% of their visibility in the Google’s rankings. dslreports.com is one of our Read More

Less is more. This is the slogan of the future. It should be among the most valuable concepts to keep in mind and aspire towards. Where “less is more” does not describe the current state of things the goal should be to rectify that. This idea captures a multitude of fields relevant to everything from the survival of the human race to its advancement. Here are a few key examples. Key to Survival In a time of crisis predicated on the depletion of readily available resources doing more with less Read More

Recent changes by Google have created a boom in the SEO industry, but perhaps not quite the one Google engineers envisioned.  Google has been fighting a losing battle against “web spam” for many years, and this motivated them to engage in more aggressive tactics to keep their search results clean.  In the past, Google stated that there was nothing that a competitor could do to hurt your rankings in their search engine, but a few years ago they updated it to add “almost”: There’s almost nothing a competitor can do Read More