Confessions of a Google Pioneer [video]
Google Account Activity offers more insight to email, search patterns
ZDNet (blog)
By Rachel King | March 28, 2012, 1:00pm PDT Summary: Google Account Activity offers users the chance to monitor their email statistics, search queries, and more on a monthly basis. Google is on a roll today with new releases and updates.
Google is Building a Third-Party Comments System
Tom's Guide
The move is seen to counter Facebook's similar commenting offering already distributed across the internet, but Google's version will be different in that comments will be indexed and integrated into search engine results. This could possibly be a huge ...
EU Consumer Group Calls for Sanctions Against Google
PC Magazine
"We are concerned that the dominant search engine, Google, may have abused its position in the search market to direct users to its own services and secondly to reduce the visibility of competing websites and services," wrote BEUC Director General ...
EU to release findings on Google search antitrust investigation soon
VentureBeat
If Google is found culpable, it could face a fine of up to 10 percent of its global financial turnover. “We are concerned that the dominant search engine, Google, may have abused its position in the search market to direct users to its own services and ...
Google Offers Users Monthly Reports on Account Activity
PCWorld (blog)
These reports cover signed-in activity on various Google services, including search, Gmail, andGoogle Latitude. They also indicate where users have signed in from, and which browsers or platforms they've been using to sign in.
Google proposes Android revenue for Oracle-filing
Reuters
* Oracle rebuffs offer as too low * Trial in patent case due to begin April 16 By Dan Levine March 28 (Reuters) - Google proposed to pay Oracle a percentage of Android revenue if Oracle could prove patent infringement of the mobile operating technology ...
Google's Future: Marissa Mayer Explains What The Search Engine Will Look Like ...
Huffington Post
Twenty years from now, Google won't just give you what you're looking for. It could know what you want before you know it yourself. "I think that there's a world that we can move into where can we do a different kind of search that's more ...
Did Google Abuse Its Dominant Position? EU Decision Expected Within Days
PCWorld
Google is accused of using its search service to direct users to its own services and to reduce the visibility of competing websites and services. The complaints were lodged by French search engine eJustice.fr and the UK-based Foundem in 2010.
Google Drive: A guide to the search giant's free storage service
The Week Magazine
Google is set to debut its own Dropbox-like online storage system called Google Drive, offering users 1 GB of free "cloud" space. Photo: Simon Chavez/dpa/Corbis SEE ALL 93 PHOTOSGoogle Drive, the search company's online storage service, is reportedly ...
Google Guns for Facebook With Third-Party Comment Platform
TechNewsWorld
Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) is reportedly planning to launch its own third-party commenting system soon. It will apparently be tied into its Google+ social platform, its Web services and the company's Web search products. Google, according to reports, ...
Google's Mayer Details Origin of E-Mail Advertising
Washington Post
28, 2012 - March 28 (Bloomberg) -- Marissa Mayer, vice president of search products for GoogleInc., talks about the origin of advertising in e-mail. Mayer spoke yesterday during a Bloomberg Businessweek Captains of Industry event at the 92nd Street Y ...
Google: Citi Ups Target to $750; Search Trends Hold Firm
Barron's (blog)
By Tiernan Ray Citigroup's Mark Mahaney late yesterday reiterated a Buy rating on Google(GOOG) while raising his price target to $750 from $680, writing that his “checks” of the paidsearch market and other inquiries give him confidence the quarter ...
Google Comment System Launch To Battle Facebook
Technorati
This begs the question then, back to the purpose of this news article, why wouldGoogle try to oust Facebook again after being so brutally defeated with Google+? For some reason, the folks at Mountain View in Google HQ seems to think that they have a ...
Technorati
EU's Almunia to decide on Google probe after Easter
Reuters
The European Commission opened an investigation into the world's most popular search engine in November 2010 after rivals, including Microsoft, accused Google of abusing its dominant position in the market for web search engines.
How Marissa Mayer Almost Stopped Google's Second-Biggest Business From Being ...
San Francisco Chronicle
Back in 2004, Google's Marissa Mayer almost blocked the idea that became AdSense, Google's second largest business, which now accounts for about $5 to $7 billion in annual revenue. In this video interview with Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Mayer explains how ...
Google I/O 2012: 10 Things Developers Can Expect at the Show
eWeek
NEWS ANALYSIS: When tickets for Google I/O went on sale March 27, they sold out within minutes. This shows that developers are extremely excited to find out what the future holds for Google's many platforms, including Android and Chrome.
Google proposes Android revenue for Oracle
msnbc.com
(Reuters) - Google is willing to pay Oracle a percentage of Android revenue on two patents if Oracle succeeds in proving patent infringement at an upcoming trial over the Java programming language, according to a court filing.
Ex-Googler Fears Google's Greed, So He Launched A Company To Protect People ...
San Francisco Chronicle
meBrian Kennish is a former Google engineer who never intended to found a startup, much less one that helps people protect their online privacy. He had been making his living writing apps that use people's online activities. But that's exactly what his ...
Google Drive, a Dropbox challenger, could launch soon
Los Angeles Times
By Salvador Rodriguez The long-rumored Google Drive may finally launch next month, putting thesearch giant toe to toe with Dropbox, the leader in the cloud storage market. The latest rumor concerning Google Drive came from GigaOM, which claims "well ...
Google must censor search results that breach privacy laws, say MPs
ComputerActive.co.uk
The search giant said, however, it was not its job to censor the internet and that it would not be desirable for Google to proactively monitor web content. The report said that the internet needed to be comparable to print media in cases involving ...
ComputerActive.co.uk
Google Account Activity Feature Lets You Monitor Your Usage
Huffington Post
Just several weeks after Google's controversial privacy policy changes went into effect on March 1, the company has announced the arrival of a new feature called Account Activity. According to a March 28 blog post by product manager Andreas Tuerk, ...
What Facebook? Google's a Buy to $750 a Share, Says Citi
Forbes
Influential Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney upped his 12-month price target on Google today from $680 to $750, maintaining a buy rating he restored last November. The new target didn't help thesearch giant's shares from posting a fractional decline, ...
Not Everyone Hates Google: Citi Just Raised Its Price Target To $750 (GOOG)
San Francisco Chronicle
Finally, someone is sticking up for Google. Unfortunately, it's an investment bank. Google has been taking a beating for the tech press, as well as with the cool kids in Silicon Valley for losing its focus, stuffing Google+ down users' throats, ...
Keep Tabs on Your Google 'Account Activity' Via New Tool
PC Magazine
What were your most-searched terms on Google last month? Are you perhaps spending a bit too much time looking up cat videos on YouTube? Google today introduced a new service, dubbed Account Activity, that will keep your apprised of, well, your account ...
Mobile to Account for 25% of Paid Search Clicks on Google in 2012 [Study]
Search Engine Watch
by Miranda Miller, March 28, 2012 Comments Smart mobile devices will account for 25 percent of all paid search ad clicks in Google's network by December 2012, up significantly from 5 percent in January 2011. Click through rates (CTRs) on mobile phones ...
Google Takes Another Swipe At Site Search Facilities
Search Newz
I am used to seeing Google try to siphon off traffic that once went to site search engines. It makes sense, from Googles point of view, to grab as much search traffic as they can"the better to show their ads and put a few more pennies towards the ...
Too Much SEO? Google's Working On An “Over-Optimization ...
By SearchEngineLand
Google's Matt Cutts announced that Google is working on a search ranking penalty for sites that are “over-optimized” or “overly SEO'ed.” Matt announced this during a panel Search EngineLand's Editor-In-Chief, Danny Sullivan and Microsoft's ...
Shoemoney - Skills To Pay The Bills
How Does Google Panda Work? | Submitedge Blog - Search Engine ...
By Gops A
If the latter is true, then you are probably familiar with the changes the algorithm updates have caused to search engine optimization (SEO). But what exactly is Google Panda and how does it work? And why should you care? Google Panda is ...
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Google Takes Another Swipe At Site Search Facilities | Cambridge ...
By erikwestlake
I am used to seeing Google try to siphon off traffic that once went to site search engines. It makes sense, from Googles point of view, to grab as much search traffic as they can”the better to show their ads and put a few more pennies towards the ...
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British MPs want Google to censor certain search results | Ubergizmo
By Tyler Lee
Google's search engine is a pretty popular search tool and is undoubtedly one of the most popular search engines around, but it seems that while you can pretty much search for anything on Google, a committee of MPs in the [...]
Ubergizmo
Consumer Group Turns The Screws In Euro Google Antitrust ...
By newsfeed
“Google regularly places its own services at or near the top of Google's search results and diverts traffic from its competitors to its own services,” Goyens writes. Within search, BEUC points out that it provides specific results that also drive traffic ...
Nebraska Digital
Google Leverages Search to Push Play | Evolver.fm
By Connor McKnight
Google users may have noticed a new addition to the black navigation bar pictured above — you know, the one that was supposed to go away, but instead has become an omnipresent springboard for Google's growing list of non-search ...
Evolver.fm
Consumer Group Turns The Screws In Euro Google Antitrust ...
By Ingrid Lunden
Within search, BEUC points out that it provides specific results that also drive traffic to its other services covering areas like maps, video and books (Google Maps, YouTube and Google Books, respectively). It doesn't mention advertising, although ultimately that is the glue that connects ...In addition to its dominant search engine, it offers a plethora of online tools and platforms including: Gmail, Maps and YouTube. Most of its Web-based products are free, funded byGoogle's highly ...
TechCrunch
Man Blames Google for Unsuccessful Job Search - The Salary ...
By Marissa Brassfield
Posted by Marissa Brassfield. By Marissa Brassfield, PayScale.com. We know that many employers research potential candidates online, but one job-seeker recently argued in court that Google's autocomplete feature has tarnished his ...
The Salary Reporter
Can Google Kill Search Spammers by the End of 2012? | Fast ...
By JD Rucker
Every few months, we hear about how Google or Bing have a new program or change in their search algorithm that will kill search spammers. These rumors and ... It isn't that they'll be able to track down and de-index everybody, but the sheer threat of losing everything will be enough to make search engine optimization companies switch gears towards more honorable methods.Google and ... Panda only affected the sources of content, not the SEO firms that sculpted the rankings.
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Google Cracking Down on “Unnatural” Links ... - Search Engine Watch
By Miranda Miller
It's unclear whether it's an algorithmic update or manual penalty, but it's likely not a coincidence that Google recently discussed the deindexing of web hosting services earlier this month. WherePanda set out to rid the web of mass-produced, ...
Search Engine Watch - Latest
New Panda Rollout 3/23/12 Google SEO News and Discussion forum at ...
One possibility - at least in some cases - is a shift in Google Suggestions. If your search term disappeared (or even dropped lower) in Suggestions, fewer people ...
www.webmasterworld.com/google/4432760.htm
Google Panda Tip: rewrite your site in Chinglish
Because even if you're not interested in learning Chinese just try this search to see exactly how screwed up Google is. And then compare the results to ...
popupchinese.com/.../google-panda-tip-rewrite-your-site-in-ch...
Google Panda: How Our Managed Partners Fought Back | Expedia ...
If your site appears in the Google search listings and a significant amount of users select the option to block it, this could have a negative impact on the rankings.
blog.expediaaffiliate.com/google-panda-how-our-managed-pa...
Google search to be overhauled - ComputerworldUK.com
Google is overhauling its search engine to provide a more direct answer to user queries, rather than just supplying web links.
www.computerworlduk.com/.../google-search-to-be-overhaule...
Google Search Traffic Switching To HTTP Referer For Some ...
Monday night Google posted an update on the Google Webmaster blog named Upcoming changes in Google's HTTP Referrer...
www.seroundtable.com/google-http-referer-analytics-14907.ht...
Too Much SEO? Google Might Penalize Your Site, Mitt Cutts
Google's Mitt Cutts announced the introduction of new search result system. Google would penalize sites with low quality content and highly SEO (search engine ...
www.crackmedown.com/too-much-seo-google-might-penalize...
My business won't show up on Google - Google Product Forums
My business won't show up on Google at all. I search "seafood to go minneapolis" and it comes up as no results on Google, just a big mess.
groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.../d/.../eR5otYIi-T...
The Anatomy of a Google Search Engine Results Page | Social ...
About Brent Carnduff: President. Echelon Business Solutions. Brent is the founder and president of Echelon Business Solutions. EBS is a boutique Inbound ...
socialmediatoday.com/.../anatomy-google-search-engine-result...
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