The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Like it or not, your relationship with Google is becoming a lot more intimate. The company recently expanded its ability to combine data from its various services to create a highly detailed profile on you. Google says it's doing that...
The Associated Press
Apple subpoenaed in FTC's Google case, report says
Washington Post
According to Bloomberg, two unnamed “people familiar with the matter” have said that the agency is seeking answers about how Google's search engine is used on the iPhone and iPad. The request is reportedly asking for documentation including the deal ...
Apple Subpoenaed By US On Google Mobile Search: Report
Huffington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Antitrust regulators investigating Google for potential antitrust violations have asked Apple Inc how it incorporates Google search on its iPad and iPhone, Bloomberg reported citing two people familiar with the matter.
Former Google exec rips new, more social Google
Computerworld
By Sharon Gaudin Computerworld - A former Google executive has said the company is so focused on advertising and its increasing rivalry with Facebook that the search company is going off track. James Whittaker, who for nearly three years was an ...
FTC said to subpoena Apple in anti-trust probe of Google
Kansas City Star
By SARA FORDEN and JEFF BLISS The US Federal Trade Commission subpoenaed Apple Inc. as part of its antitrust probe of Google Inc., seeking information on how the computer maker incorporates the search engine on the iPhone and iPad, two people familiar ...
Google Adds (Even More) Links to the Pentagon
Wired News
By Noah Shachtman On Monday, the Defense Department's best-known geek announced that she was leaving the Pentagon for a job at Google. It was an unexpected move: Washington and Mountain View don't trade top executives very often.
Wired News
Antitrust Experts: US Gov't Should Avoid Enforcement in Tech Industry
PCWorld
By Grant Gross, IDG News US government agencies should be wary of bringing antitrust complaints against tech companies such as Google or Apple, because of the ever-changing nature of the industry, some antitrust experts said Wednesday.
Has Google lost its magic?
CNET
Its big weapons -- Search, AdWords, and AdSense -- are not as potent as they once were, thanks to the rise of social media. This frightens Google immensely. Facebook is now the Web's top destination, and it's quickly becoming the platform that powers ...
Google's Search Quality Meeting Video: Where's the Beef?
Search Engine Watch
by John Rampton, March 14, 2012 Comments Google has released an "uncut" 8-minute video of asearch quality meeting to show the process of how Google improves its search engine. However, the video is hardly revealing – I wish they'd give us search ...
FTC Subpoenaed Apple over Google search on iOS
tuaw.com
The FTC asked Apple to hand over documents that detail its search agreement with Google.Google has been the default search engine for iOS since the iPhone launched in 2007. Rumors suggest Microsoft, in 2010, tried unsuccessfully to unseat Google from ...
FBI, stumped by pimp's Android pattern lock, serves warrant on Google
Ars Technica
By Nate Anderson | Published March 14, 2012 11:33 AM The FBI can't get into a pimp's Android phone—so it wants Google to hand over the keys. In addition to accessing the phone, agents also want Google to turn over e-mail searches, Web searches, ...
US FTC drags Apple into Google antitrust probe
Inquirer
Bloomberg has reported that two sources familiar with the case have revealed that the FTC probe of Apple centres on how the cappuccino company integrates Google's search services with its Iphone and Ipad devices. The FTC's subpoena demands documents ...
Is Google Plus's Problem One of Design?
New York Times (blog)
By NICK BILTON | March 14, 2012, 3:45 pm screenshots via Google and PathTheGoogle Plus iPhone app, at left, looks unfinished next to the Path application. People love Google Plus. Wait, no they don't, they hate Google Plus. Nope, that's not right,...
New York Times (blog)
Google ruined itself with social, Google+, says former exec
ITworld.com
By Chris Nerney Add a new comment March 14, 2012, 2:51 PM — Last October, if you recall, aGoogle engineer inadvertently published a rant about Google+, calling the search giant's new social networking project "a pathetic afterthought ... a knee-jerk ...
FTC subpoenas Apple as part of Google probe
The Hill (blog)
The FTC's request for documents includes the contract that made Google the default search engine on Apple devices. Microsoft, which operates the Bing search engine, has criticizedGoogle's arrangement with Apple as anticompetitive.
FTC Probes Apple in Google Antitrust Case
Mobiledia
By Melissa Daniels | Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:42 pm The Federal Trade Commission subpoenaed Apple as part of an antitrust investigation into Google, potentially threatening Google's dominant search features on smartphones. The FTC asked Apple to turn over ...
Mobiledia
Apple vs. Google: FTC asks one monopoly to tattle on another
BetaNews
Google has been the default search engine for the iPhone since its debut in 2007, and on the iPad since 2010. While consumers do have the option to change the setting to Yahoo or Microsoft's Bing, from the factory it's all Google. Google Maps also is ...
BetaNews
Goodbye, cruel Google--an ex-employee's lament
CNET
It's not quite a Google version of the now famous peanut butter manifesto, but it's still worth reading this angry tirade from a Googler leaving the Googleplex because he feels the corporate culture has changed for the worse. In his very public adios, ...
Google+ a Party No One Came to, Says Ex-Google Engineer
Search Engine Watch
by V3, March 14, 2012 Comments Google's former director of engineering has slammed life at the company under the leadership of CEO Larry Page, accusing the company of losing its focus on innovation and becoming an “advertising company with a single ...
US Subpoenas Apple For Details About Default iOS Google Search Deal
Search Engine Land
The US FTC has subpoenaed Apple to provide documentation and information about Google'spresence on iOS as the default search engine. According to Bloomberg the FTC is also seeking similar information from handset makers and carriers.
Social climbing with Google
Crain's New York Business
Unlike other social-media sites, Google+ is tied to the Google search engine. When users give your page a +1—the equivalent of being “liked” on Facebook—it is linked to your AdWords campaign and your ranking on Google searches.
Apple said to be subpoenaed on Google mobile search
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
By Sara Forden and Jeff Bliss, Bloomberg News / WASHINGTON -- The Federal Trade Commission has subpoenaed Apple as part of its antitrust probe of Google, seeking information on how the computer maker incorporates the search engine into its iPhone and ...
Google's New Privacy Policy vs. the World
TechNewsWorld
Since Google saves users' searches for 18 months in the US and 12 months in the EU, many government officials are leery of the way Google exploits users' privacy and uses that information to generate more ad revenue. And that's just the search engine ...
Slingshot SEO Releases Largest Study to Date on the Value of Online Marketing ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Our study suggests that online advertising vehicles such as organic search, email marketing and paid search ads lead to a large portion of those direct visits," notes Slingshot SEO founder, Jeremy Dearringer. "A user may interact with a website in a ...
Former Employee Says Google Has Lost Its Entrepreneurial Spirit
Portfolio.com (blog)
by Kent Bernhard, Jr. The search and advertising giant, under increasing scrutiny from regulators and Congress, has turned to Susan Molinari—a former Congresswoman—to run its lobbying efforts. Read More Google's attempt at a social network, Google+, ...
Thank you, Microsoft, Apple, and Google
ZDNet (blog)
Not Bing, Baidu, Yandex, or any other specialty search engine I've tried is as fruitful. And for those of you reading, before you disagree with me and tell me that your preferred search engine is as good as Google, go run the following search query (or ...
Google, Glaxo, Victoria's Secret: Intellectual Property
BusinessWeek
By Victoria Slind-Flor on March 14, 2012 Google Inc. (GOOG), creator of the most- used Internetsearch engine, received a patent on a technology that will push advertising into a new area of telephone use. Patent 8135613, issued yesterday, ...
Beervana: Nike Fails to Do a Google Search; Makes Guinness Shoes
By Jeff Alworth
By the way, while I would fault Nike for being boneheaded enough to let this shoe go out without having done a Google search to find out if "black and tan" meant what they thought it meant, I am going to exonerate them on the following point, ...
Beervana
Google Search meeting - Paul Morris | Search Muse - Manchester, UK
By Paul Morris
You will find above a hugely interesting/ geeky Google Search algorithm meeting. This video gives you a glimpse into the how decisions are made on how to improve the Google Search index. It is interesting to see how revenue is not debated ...
Paul Morris | Search Muse
Apple subpoenaed by FTC over Google's search deal on iPhone ...
By The Guardian
Google has been the default search engine on Apple's mobile devices since the iPhone was unveiled in 2007, though Apple is believed to have pursued talks with Microsoft in 2010 to use its Bing search engine instead. However, Google ...
The Raw Story
Google Search Quality Meeting Review; Yahoo Focus on Ads Over ...
By WebmasterRadio.FM
Welcome to your home for the latest search marketing news and views of the world. From Berlin to Bucharest, London to Lisbon, the Silicon Valley and beyond, Our hosts will discuss the latest headlines and issues from search engine ...
State Of Search
8 Features that Make Google+ Better than Facebook and Twitter
By FreelanceSwitch.com
Google+ is designed to provide maximum advantage to the giant search engine Google. Google+ supplements Google. Although it's true that your business's Facebook and Twitter activity will also count towards your Google's search rank (for example. Google's spiders consider the number of tweets and ... I strongly recommend the following article from Social Media Examiner – 5 Ways to Use Google+ to Improve Search Engine Optimization. Every serious businessman who has been ...
FreelanceSwitch
Dear Google: Thanks Ever So Much for Breaking Attachments in ...
By Lawrence Person
This may be a simple screw-up, but it follows more user-hostile actions from Google, such as not carrying search strings over from the main Google search to the Google News search, and removing the Google Blog search from both the main ...
Lawrence Person's Futuramen
By Lawrence Person
This may be a simple screw-up, but it follows more user-hostile actions from Google, such as not carrying search strings over from the main Google search to the Google News search, and removing the Google Blog search from both the main ...
Lawrence Person's Futuramen
iNeedName Offers Domain Name Search On Google Chat; Our ...
By Vikas SN
iNeedName.com, a new product from the Indore-based Walkover Web Solutions Pvt Ltd, allows users to search for domain name availability through Google.
MediaNama: Digital Media in India
Google search box - odd behavior after redirect Google AdSense ...
google search box - odd behavior after redirect. ... I used to use the Google provided search box to display search results on my site. I recently stopped using it in ...
www.webmasterworld.com/google_adsense/4428969.htm
Understanding Google Panda Help Required - High Rankings Search ...
I have been trying to work out what to do to get my e-commerce website back up the rankings afterGoogle Panda. Everyone says that a site needs lots of unique ...
www.highrankings.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=47138
Personalization High Priority for Google Search says Schmidt
Google's Eric Schmidt confirms Google's search priority is on Personalization which means that both local and social play a major role.
helpmyseo.com/.../673-personalization-high-priority-for-goog...
11 Ways to Minimize the Impact of Google Panda | Submitedge Blog ...
Algorithm upgrades are not new for Google. However, since they have the largest market share onsearches, any alteration to its algorithm is a potential game ...
www.submitedge.com/.../11-ways-to-minimize-the-impact-of-...
SEO. google, search, engine, rankings, top, good, | ynottony.com
Google search engine rankings- How to get your website to show up in Google?
ynottony.com/ynot/google-search-engine/
Google search domains to get HTTPS by default - Techworld.com
The steady roll-out of SSL for the world's most popular websites continues with the news Google'sglobal search domains including google.co.uk are finally to ...
news.techworld.com/.../google-search-domains-to-get-https-by...
