Google Hotel Finder

Google has launched a Hotel Finder Service which one expert says is "so simple, it's brilliant."

Travelers will love the simplicity and speed with which you can select, compare and book hotels without ever having to leave the page, except for the final booking. No ads or affiliate links that get in your way - just relevant hotels. Google Hotel Finder is so simple, it’s brilliant.

Read the entire article on HotelMarketing.com

While the service applies only to hotels in the United States at this initial launch, it is anticipated that other countries will eventually be included.

Google+ Tackles Facebook with Circles & Sparks!

Google has launched a new platform called 'Google+' which takes Facebook head-on (again). But this time Google may have got it right.

• By addressing privacy issues with its innovative 'Circles', Google+ lets you control which of your friends see your photos, posts, etc.
• The Sparks feature lets you stay up to date on any topic, pulling search results from Google like a news reader.
• And Hangouts is basically video-conferencing, allowing up to 10 people connect.
• Android phone users get an added bonus with Huddles (group-chatting within your Circles).

Google+ is still considered a 'project' and you have to be invited to join by someone who is already a member.

Keep an eye on the Google+ website to see when they open registration.

Read more about the pros and cons of Google+ in David Pogue's NY Times article Google+ Gets a Leg Up on Facebook.

Summer @ Delphis Ltd.

Delphis Ltd. is pleased to have a Summer Intern once again this year.

Visit our Delphis Intern blog to see what our new intern, Dylan Madisetti, is learning.

His first week got off to a great start - he met two Mermaids and a Singing Cowboy! Web development is a fun and exciting career opportunity.

How to create good presentations (part 276)

We've spoken before about ways to make better presentations (because who hasn't sat through a bad presentation). Here's a good article which covers the same topic. http://lifehacker.com/5810271/how-to-create-presentations-that-dont-suck

Key points:

1) Keep it simple
2) Engage with your audience
3) Crack an occasional joke

Bing Goes Social too!

It's official. Microsoft's search engine Bing has integrated social networking into its search results.

Now when you perform a search on Bing, you will see sites that your friends 'Like' (as long as you are logged into Facebook at the time).

Moving away from traditional search, Bing is trying to integrate search results which will provide a 'conversation' among friends, as they believe this will lead to better decision making.

Bing has integrated more than a dozen types of social networking into its results.

• Read this article at Search Engine Watch for more details.

Why Your Business Needs a Mobile Presence

There are 6.9 billion homo sapiens on the planet and 3.7 billion of them actively use 4.3 billion mobile phones. What's your excuse for not spending a few dollars making your site mobile-friendly?

Read more Digital Marketing Crimes Against Humanity at Occam's Razor

Google Goes Social

Last week Google made changes to the algorithm it use to display search results.

For the most part this update centered on reducing the power of 'spam' and 'link farms' in their search results. But they also rolled out a new feature which displays social search information from your friends on Blogger, Twitter, Flickr and other sites. You must be logged in to your Google account for this to work.

See how it works on this brief video: