Can Apple's Siri Defeat Google?

This week's post deals with Apple's new
Siri technology which uses the spoken word
to answer your questions.

Some search engine experts are saying that
this new language search will kill SEO as
we know it and change everything.

There is even an interesting article in Forbes
saying that Siri is a Google Killer!

While I wouldn't go that far, this new Apple
Siri does pose some very interesting questions
for the future of search and the web in general.

One thing is for sure, Google won't go gentle
into that good night or go down without a fight.
And they have the resources to back up that
fight and then some.

However, probably the only company at present,
besides Microsoft, which has around the equal
resources is Apple and Apple is coming on
strong even after Steve Jobs.

Let's face it-

Apple showed us how to use the Walkman.

Apple showed us how to use the Smart Phone.

Apple showed us how to use the Tablet.

Can Apple show us how to use a search engine?

This upcoming showdown, if there is one,
will definitely be something every webmaster
and online marketer should be aware of and
if you want to know why, simply go here:


Can Apple's Siri Defeat Google?

Does Your Site Need An SEO Checkup?

The Google Panda Update did change the way Google
ranks pages and sites. Some major important sites have
lost their rankings and they don't seem to be getting those
traffic numbers back from Google.

Now more than ever, it is important that you get
all your site's SEO issues fixed or done properly.

While the number of quality one-way links you have flowing
back to your site will be the most vital ranking factor,
you must get all your other SEO things right with your
site or you could lose ranking points, especially in
Google.

So here's more information on this topic, complete with
a link where you can quickly do an SEO Checkup on your
site:

Does Your Site Need An SEO Checkup



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Is Google Really Developing a Facebook Killer?

No less than CNN is reporting the rumors that Google
does indeed have a social networking site in the works
which could give Facebook some competition. This new
social site/program is supposed to be called GoogleMe or
Google Me.

Only Google knows the truth.

However, creating such a site would be a smart move on
Google's part since they do need to compete with Facebook,
mainly because Facebook is turning into a real search engine,
one that could possibly give Google a run for all those
lucrative search dollars. Ridiculous you say - not really,
especially when you consider Facebook's recent move towards
"Open Graph Search" and its use of the "Like" button and box.

Unless the surfing public changes overnight, Bing/Yahoo
is not going to give Google any real search competition,
but Facebook with its massive number of users and rating
system could present a true contender.

We also might see a complete change in how that surfing
public sees online search. Google and the other search
engines are quickly becoming one big "joke" in regards to
organic search with big companies buying and selling
their way into the top 10 spots and the search engines are
helpless to stop it.

Link buying and selling has made organic search a joke
and more and more web users are catching on to this fact.
Once this becomes common knowledge, search engines
will be appropriately viewed as corporate billboards
rather than anything of true relevance or importance
- even the mighty Google could fall.

That's why Facebook and its actual ratings/rankings by actual
consumers/customers are becoming much more important. While
even this kind of search equation is open to abuse, a
search engine based on such "user-based" results will beat
Google's SERPs any day.

More about Google's Facebook Killer

Once web users realize the true value of such rankings and
search engine, then Google will have some real competition at last.

Of course, Google is not standing still, for those of us who
make a full time living from search engine marketing will
tell you, Google is placing more emphasis on "user-generated"
content and ratings. They have placed more emphasis on
the "truer" ranking systems on the web, those coming from social
networking sites like Twitter, Digg, Del.icio.us, YouTube, MySpace and
even Facebook.

How many Tweets does a post get? How many Diggs does your
content gather? How many comments does your YouTube video
have? How many Thumbs Up? How many times is a web page bookmarked
in Del.icio.us and recommended to friends.

Granted even these social bookmarking sites can be manipulated,
but it is just a little harder to do than simple link buying
or employing simple SEO tactics/services to get your site to the top
spot.

Which brings us back to the question at hand, is Google developing
a social networking site like Facebook? If you count all the programs/sites
which Google presently offers up: Google Wave, Google Voice, iGoogle,
Google Accounts, Google Buzz, Gmail, Google Profiles... one could
even argue does Google really need another social networking program?

Even considering all of these current offerings, but is it just me, or is
there no real center to all these Google products? Google needs
one site which connects all of its programs/products at your fingertips,
maybe iGoogle should already fill the spot, but it doesn't take
in everything or have that crucial social networking element.

Google should have a social network site like Facebook, where
you can easily connect with family, colleagues and friends, but
this site should have a sidebar which lists all your Google's
programs/sites which you use. Make this site your "one-stop-center"
for all things Google.

Give Google and all its countless programs a concrete solid focus
or center. One click and everything that Google has to offer is
displayed on ONE page. More importantly, all Google's products need
to be consolidated and connected - Google Voice, Wave, Buzz, Maps,
Mail, Profiles, Search... all need to be functional in one simple
social networking platform.

Then make or develop a user-based ranking/rating system within this
newly formed social networking site and you will be able to
compete with Facebook when it comes to true democratic search.
Such a site, if it does materialize, could give Google's Search Engine,
and search in general, a much needed dose of honesty. Then again,
if wishes were horses, beggars would ride and Google would no
longer be a one trick pony.

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All opinions expressed in this piece are solely those of the author who has been following Google since it was a mere BackRub. He is also a full time search engine marketer who operates numerous niche sites, as well as two sites on Internet Marketing, where you can get valuable marketing tips for free: internet marketing tools or try here Titus Hoskins Copyright 2010. This article may be freely distributed if this resource box stays attached.