May 2009 – Mike Wilton

Google Local Reverts To Old Phone Verification Process

May 21, 2009 Mike Comments 6 comments

So for the last couple of days I’ve had to do some Google Local listings for clients and I noticed that Google has perhaps reverted back to it’s old phone verification process. For some time now you were given the option to have Google call you immediately or in 5 minutes. However, upon clicking finish when adding or updating a list and selecting phone verificationI have since been receiving the following screen: Seems that Google has gotten a bit impatient…

Wolfram Alpha – This Ain’t Your Mama’s Search Engine

May 18, 2009 Mike Comments 0 Comment

I had the chance to toy around with Wolfram Alpha today following its launch and I can say that this is definitely a different breed of search engine. It’s not cutesy like Google, it’s not as “user friendly” if you will, and it’s surely not something the general public is going to run to. It is however a tool that can be greatly useful, assuming you know how to find what you’re looking for. One of the main things I…