BusinessWeek
By Mathew Ingram on March 05, 2012 An ocean of outrage erupted recently over Google's new privacy policy, which went into effect on Thursday: The European Union is protesting the changes, the Electronic Frontier Foundation is recommending that users ...
Why I think Google's new unified privacy settings make great business sense
ZDNet (blog)
Google's revenue will go down and it won't have the cash to spend on R&D to innovate any further. Which is fine if you are happy with that. The stock market however, will not be so happy. Every advert that you clicked on Google's search results page ...
12 Steps to Preserving SEO When Redesigning Your Website: "The following is a list of crucial do’s and don’ts for preserving your SEO when redesigning your website:
Don’t change your URL structure. If you are going to redesign, do whatever you can to keep your URLs the same.
Do 301 redirect all old pages . . . "
Look Out, Google -- 'Amazon Is Already Doing More Than $1 Billion In Ad Revenue'
Business Insider
AP One big threat to Google's core search business is the potential for Amazon to usurp Google's position as the "start point" for many product searches and skim off the revenue that goes along with it. Google makes an overwhelming percentage of its...
Business Insider
Google Assistant Aims to Challenge Siri, Reinvent Search
Mobiledia
Google is working on polishing its voice search Google Assistant, aiming to launch it as a "do engine" that would help narrow down decisions, like Bing. Google will likely open the app to third-party developers, potentially expanding innovation and ...
Mobiledia
Google Faces “Innovator's Dilemma” As It Prepares Response To Siri
Search Engine Land
We've heard the search-related mantra “answers not links” so many times over the past few years that it sounds like a cliche. However in a mobile context the phrase has more meaning: a page of Google search results is ill-suited to the mobile use case.
Is Google liable for unlawful web graffiti on its walls?
Register
By Kelly Fiveash • Get more from this author Europe's highest court has been asked to make clear whether or not it is Google's responsibility to remove data from its search engine index and news aggregator if it hadn't produced that material itself.
Heat turned up on search giant
Waikato Times
Privacy commissioners in the Asia Pacific have clubbed together to put the heat onGoogle over its controversial new privacy policy. Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities, a body representing the privacy commissioners of New Zealand, Australia, Canada, ...
Waikato Times
Spain Refers Google Complaints to Top European Court
Wall Street Journal (blog)
It is a case that could increase pressure on Google Inc. to review its privacy policies. Reuters reports: Madrid's data-protection authority has received over 100 requests from Spanish citizens to have their data removed from Google's search results.
Keeping Up With Google: Bing Launches New “Search Quality Insights” Series
Search Engine Land
Want to understand better how Bing creates its search results? Bing has announced a new “Search Quality Insights” series to provide a more behind-the-scenes look at itssearch engine. You know, like “Search Quality Highlights” series that Google ...
Search Engine Land
Google grabs Yahoo search guru
Inquirer
By Dave Neal The bad news is, it hasn't lost him down the back of the sofa or anything, but to rival Google, where it is likely much will be made of his skills in text, web mining and algorithm design. AllthingsD is first with the news, and suggests ...
New Google policy opens 'Brave New World' of data collection
Reporter-Times
“Google offers a wide range of incredibly popular applications. You have gmail, Google searchfunctions, Google docs for sharing documents, Picasso for sharing pictures, YouTube for sharing video,” Cate said. “There are roughly 70 applications that ...
Protecting privacy on the Internet is the user's responsibility
Philadelphia Inquirer
Privacy in the electronic age seems to be vanishing, with the introduction of Google's new privacy policy March 1, telling users that for their "convenience" all their Internet searches, data, and contacts will be shared across various platforms.
Google may be planning Siri rival for later this year
CNET
by Lance Whitney March 5, 2012 5:46 AM PST Follow @lancewhit The search giant is said to be working on a voice-enabled task software known simply as "Assistant" that might launch by year's end. Google could be cooking up a new voice assistant designed ...
Google Assistant Reportedly Will Surpass Siri
CIO
Google is said to be working on artificial intelligence technology that could surpass the capabilities of Apple's Siri voice assistant, a development that comes as Apple prepares for a media event at which it could launch the next iteration of its ...
Google defies critics over privacy
Sky News Australia
From March 1, data from an individual user can be shared between the company's services, which include the search engine, YouTube, Blogger and Gmail. The company could build a highly-personal profile of anybody logged in to their account - although it ...
Spain challenges Google with 'right to be forgotten' in EU
The Verge
Europe has been grappling with this question in recent years, and Spain's highest court has just asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to decide whether requests by Spanish citizens to delete data from Google's search engine are lawful.
A (Google-Aided) Search for a Real-Life Kenny Powers
Grantland (blog)
Everything about the fussy way these guys interact and debate what hairstyles and bangs look like during the hair-cutting process is adorable, especially when the main one yells, "PULL UP A PICTURE OF A MULLET ON GOOGLE!" One of them starts rapping ...
Will Google Assistant Work Better than Siri?
International Business Times
Google is well aware of the threat Siri could cause, and is hard at work on releasing a competing product known as “Assistant.” Not much is known about Google Assistant (codename Majel?), but what we do know is that Google is setting it up to go beyond ...
SEO & Personalization: An Evolving Relationship
Search Engine Watch
This is simply the same thing that search engine personalization is evolving into. First off, Googleand Bing are becoming smarter at corralling SEOs into today's search model. The days of building out pages with content just to target a certain term, ...
Apple's Anti-Cookie Strategy Hurts Google, but It Also Hurts Consumers
Slate Magazine
Google is not a charity, but it has built a remarkably successful company by giving products away for free. It's a minor miracle that the best search engine, the best Web browser, the best email client, the best map software, and the world's most ...
Slate Magazine
Google in a race to stay relevant
Independent Online
From Friday, Google's internal systems have altered, so information it gathers while you're using one of its products - for example the Google search engine - can now be used to tailor your search results when you're using another.
Independent Online
Q&A: Google digging deeper into users' lives
Houston Chronicle
A: Google is combining more than 60 privacy policies so it will be able to throw all the data it gathers about each of its logged-in users into personal dossiers. The information Google learns about you while you enter requests into its search engine ...
Why Search Engines Can't Just 'Fix' Search Results The Way The MPAA/RIAA Want
Techdirt
It's become clear in the past year or so that one key "target" in the legacy entertainment industry's game plan is to force Google to change its search results to have "good sites" rise up and "bad sites" be pushed down. They've been putting pressure ...
Schmidt: The Web will dissolve national barriers
CNET
It's laying the foundations for a global culture, Google's executive chairman says. Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt speaks at the CeBIT opening ceremonies. HANOVER, Germany--GoogleExecutive Chairman is hopping from country to country on a ...
Google Venice Update – New Ranking Opportunities for Local SEO ...
By Linda Buquet
Google is constantly making subtle search updates and makes hundreds per year. BUT when they go so far as to “name” an update it's usually worth noting! For the most part the local SEOcommunity I think missed or misinterpreted the new ...
Google Places Optimization and...
Google Gets Into the Airline Ticket Business
By Jon Mitchell
ITA Software was acquired by Google in 2010. So far, the partnership has produced new flight searchresults for desktop and mobile Google searches. Today, you can use a normal Google search for every step of planning a flight (in the U.S.) ...
ReadWriteWeb
Google Street View has Patent, Urination Problems - Search Engine ...
By Danny Goodwin
Google Street View has often been the subject of controversy. The latest: Google and Apple are facing a patent lawsuit for Street View technology used on the iPhone and iPad, while a urination image is causing legal troubles for Google in ...
Search Engine Watch - Latest
Technology Translated :: Minneapolis SEO :: Minneapolis Web ...
By jdoornink
Google Panda strikes again. Throughout February, Google was updating their system to what is now dubbed Panda 3.3. According to the official Google Search blog, “This launch refreshes data in thePanda system, making it more accurate ...
Technology Translated :: Minneapolis...
Look Out, Google -- 'Amazon Is Already Doing More Than $1 Billion ...
By Henry Blodget
One big threat to Google's core search business is the potential for Amazon to usurp Google'sposition as the "start point" for many product searches and skim off the revenue that goes along with it. Google makes an overwhelming percentage ...
Business Insider: Henry Blodget
How Cool is Google Image Search? You Can Even Use a Picture as ...
By K. Walsh
Google Image Search is pretty fascinating tool with plenty of possibilities for teaching-related uses. One day last year my son told me that had learned who.
Emerging Education Technology
Google Makes a Stunning Change! | Website Performance ...
By Marra
google logo Google has removed the one link-based signal that most of us are familiar with. This in fact is one of the several major changes incorporated by Google according to Google search blog in February 2012. Link evaluation was ...
Website Performance Optimization
Remove Updatesearch.org to fix Google search errors induced by ...
By Roman
Updatesearch.org is mentioned in user's complaint reports as a page loaded instead of Google or aGoogle search result item. In the wild, however, the infection that loads the page instead of the famous search engine can also open it in a ...
Spyware Removal News
How To Get Google to Index & Show Your Videos In Search | 12 ...
By Steven Shattuck
... but what about video that exists elsewhere on the web? The search engine giant has recently stepped up its game, displaying embedded website video content in SERPs (search engine results pages). The video below explains how Google indexes on-page video content: ... Steven Shattuck is the Community Manager at Slingshot SEO, which helps clients to shape online conversations and increase their search engine visibility. He never uses the boss powers in Mega Man.
12 Stars Media
Google Plus for Business – Sydney – 6 March 2012 : Search engine ...
By admin
Search engine optimization tips ( SEO ) ... We cover the basics of the service and then use the computers to gain hands on practical use of Google Plus for both Personal but mainly Business use, which the student can continue to use after the course. This is a very intensive course on the world's fastest ... Google Plus for Business – Sydney – 6 March 2012 · June 6 – 8, 2012 3 Day Advanced Workshop · SXSW: Dear Google & Bing: Help Me Rank Better! {eventful-title} · Charlotte Web ...
Search engine optimization tips ( SEO )
Google Search Settings in Chrome - Google Chrome Help
Google Search Settings in Chrome. ... ONLY in Chrome, Google Search setting are not saved. I like a return of 50 results and despise Google Instant.
www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid...
By admin
Search engine optimization tips ( SEO ) ... We cover the basics of the service and then use the computers to gain hands on practical use of Google Plus for both Personal but mainly Business use, which the student can continue to use after the course. This is a very intensive course on the world's fastest ... Google Plus for Business – Sydney – 6 March 2012 · June 6 – 8, 2012 3 Day Advanced Workshop · SXSW: Dear Google & Bing: Help Me Rank Better! {eventful-title} · Charlotte Web ...
Search engine optimization tips ( SEO )
Google Search Settings in Chrome - Google Chrome Help
Google Search Settings in Chrome. ... ONLY in Chrome, Google Search setting are not saved. I like a return of 50 results and despise Google Instant.
www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid...
Google Improve Image Search; Access Previews Through Related ...
Google has made an update relating to its image search feature, mainly relating to its related search feature located at the top. While this feature has been ...
www.simplyzesty.com/.../google-improve-image-search-access...
Google Panda 3.3 Update confirmed together with 40 search ...
Again new Google Panda update confirmed. Together with confirming this new 3.3 Panda Update, Google announced 40 search updates that happened in ...
www.nordicsearch.com/.../google-panda-3-3-update-confirme...
SEO for Google+ & Google Search | Outspoken Media
Welcome back, friends. I hope it's warm where you are because it is postively freezing in this session room. So much so that I ran across the hall to grab some ...
outspokenmedia.com/internet.../seo-for-google-google-search/
Infographic: Are you using Google Search Effectively? | Print Media ...
If you are like me, you know a few tips on how to hone in on the more targeted results when yousearch Google. Little did I imagine that there is a whole “search ...
printmediacentr.com/.../infographic-are-you-using-google-sea...
Local Search Optimization - Why Did I Get Fired? - SEO for Google
Local search optimization client no longer wanted my services. What went wrong ? Is online local business marketing effective? Numbers tell all.
www.seogoogleguru.com/local-search-optimization/
Google Panda Now A Year Old But Only 13% Fully Recovered ...
Today is the one year anniversary of when Google released one of the most talked...
technews.am/.../google_panda_now_a_year_old_but_only_13...
delete google search history | Daniel Travolto
for your own protection you should delete your search history on google. don't be naive.. would you want people standing behind you spying on what you do? or ...
www.travolto.com/posts/delete-google-search-history/
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