Google is really hot on the heels of Facebook. Aside from teasing us netizens with the search for illusive Google+ invites, fresh news just surfaced that the search giant is developing a social like game platform for Google+. As this was one of the key features that made Facebook what it is now, I’m pretty sure this will add more hype to the platform that is Google+.

Below is an image of a code that is slowly circulating the net which clearly includes a reference to Google+ Games. While they have the option to either include or scrap this on Google+ before it is publicly released, not including such an option would be illogical.

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Yup! Even the Pope wants to get social like us.


On June 29, the head of the Roman Catholic Church using an iPad tweeted for the first time. The Pope sent a 129 message to the twitterverse about the launch of the Vatican news website News.va, and ofcourse praised the son of God.

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Was about to sleep when I came across a news feed that I think was long overdue. As of writing this, social networking site MySpace has been sold to the tune of $35 million to advertising network Specific Media.

MySpace CEO Mike Jones says that he is leaving the company, so will most of his staff. Though an email, Mike said;

“In conjunction with the deal, we are conducting a series of restructuring initiatives, including a significant reduction in our workforce. I will assist Specific with the transition over the next two months before departing my role as MySpace CEO.”

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Google has officially announced the closed Beta for Google+, which is a collection of social tools. Is this their answer against top social media site Facebook?

For months now after the launch of Google's +1 button, pundits have been speculating what Google is up to. Though industry top dogs outside of Google are in agreement that the search engine giant is leaning towards the creation of their own "social network", there was no concrete evidence that they were, well that is until now.

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Google +1, the answer of the search engine giant to Facebook's popular like button just went live today. The purpose of the +1 button is the same as the like button found on Facebook. But being part of the Google empire, the plus button has an advantage over the innovative like button. And that is being integrated to every search result on Google.

Analysts say that this is a precursor of Google converting their search results into a type of social media platform. If that does happen, then it would have a great impact on SEM, SEO and web surfing in general as clicking on a +1 button on a site will boost its SERP rank.

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The Google Panda update is old news to the online world, but it is just now that I found time to actually write about it. Need to pay the bills first before public service.

Going back, for those who were not able to get the memo, Google did not buy a panda for a mascot. The Google Panda update is actually a revamp of their algorithm. And this update targets websites which has content that the search engine giant considers as low quality.

When I first read the update last February (Yes, I told you this was old news) I suddenly felt my wallet shrink.

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