Search Engine Watch
Now, this one seems to be one of the largest heads on the many headed hydra of SEO paranoia. Time and time again we see those that truly are out-thinking themselves. Yes, it is duly noted that Google (and other IR systems) have an entire wing of the ...
Google Customers Sue Over Changes to Privacy Policy Rules
Bloomberg
Google Inc. (GOOG) customers sued the company over claims they were deceived by its new privacy rules merging separate policies for about 60 services into one. The suit seeks to represent in a group, or class action, people who held Google accounts and ...
Firefox to turn on default encryption for Google searches
Computerworld
By Loek Essers IDG News Service - Mozilla is currently testing default encrypted Google searches for all Firefox users, with the intent to make all Google searches encrypted in the near future, the browser maker said on Wednesday.
Google Search Plus Your World: The Peer to Peer Evolution Continues
Search Engine Watch
by Howie Jacobson, March 21, 2012 Comments Google now sprinkles Google+ results into general search results, in an initiative they've dubbed “Google Plus Your World.” Webmasters and SEO experts have been arguing heatedly about why Google is doing this ...
Google: Better To Ask Forgiveness Than Permission
San Francisco Chronicle
In the ongoing debate over online privacy, Google seems to always rise to the top of the discussion, in a bad way. The latest installment of the Google's privacy faux pas comes from their workaround on Apple's Safari web browser according to the Wall ...
Google Docs Gets Better at Spell-Check
PCWorld
See, when you type a mispelled query into Google Search, an adaptive, context-sensitive system comes up with suggested corrections: "Our suggestions get smarter and smarter based on the words Googlebot sees as it explores the web," according to Google ...
Google Docs Getting Google Search Spell Check
WebProNews
By Zach Walton · 1 min ago · Leave a Comment Google Search has a pretty impressive spell check in place that lets you know if you've spelled a word wrong and gives you suggestions as to what word you might have been wanting to spell.
Firefox to turn on default encryption for all Google searches
Network World
Mozilla is currently testing default encrypted Google searches for all Firefox users, with the intent to make all Google searches encrypted in the near future, the browser maker said on Wednesday. "We are currently testing the change to use SSL for ...
Firefox Takes Privacy Lead With HTTPS By Default
InformationWeek
Websites receiving search traffic happily collect this information because it's valuable for marketers to know the search terms that brought visitors to their sites. Having begun tests of HTTPS search in 2010, Google last October said it would relay ...
Google Working on Better Ways to Measure Online Ad Impact
Forbes
Still the king of search ads, with no end in sight, Google has for years tried to diversify into display ads, the pictorial banners that support most Web sites. Despite those efforts, Facebook has zoomed into the lead in display ads.
Forbes
Google Complaint Said to Be Reviewed by EU as Soon as Next Week
BusinessWeek
By Aoife White on March 21, 2012 The European Union's antitrust chief will review a draft complaint against Google Inc. (GOOG) as soon as next week, according to two people familiar with the situation. Joaquin Almunia, the EU's competition commissioner ...
Google hands over $5 credit to Wallet customers, report says
CNET
... 2012 8:08 AM PDT After an embarrassing snafu that left Google Wallet prepaid card users in a potentially worrisome situation, the search giant has reportedly given customers an extra $5 to bring them back. According to The Verge, Google Prepaid ...
Google acquisition of Motorola stalled as China extends probe
Computerworld
By Sharon Gaudin Computerworld - The Chinese government, Google's last hurdle to acquiring Motorola Mobility, are slowing up the purchase process by expanding their investigation into the pending transaction. Motorola filed documents with the US ...
Google Said to Rethink Wallet Strategy Amid Slow Adoption
Bloomberg
Google Inc. (GOOG) is weighing changes aimed at improving its Google Wallet mobile-payment system following slow adoption and the departure of two key managers, according to people with knowledge of the project. The company is considering sharing ...
Bloomberg
Here's The #1 Complaint About Google TV (GOOG)
San Francisco Chronicle
Google TV customers seem to have one main complaint: too much content they want is not available. This shows how important it is for Google to keep working with content providers to try and make premium shows available. It also suggests why Google was ...
Individuals Polled On "If Not For Google, Which Search Engine Would You Prefer ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) March 20, 2012 Internet Marketing Company, an seo optimization company that provides internet marketing services, announced today the results of the poll "If Not For Google, Which Search Engine Would You Prefer Using?
Let's Face It: Google is the New Apple
Datamation
Everyone is confused about the new Google. Don't be. It's just becoming more like Apple. And that's a good thing. A disgruntled former Google executive named James Whittaker last week posted a rant on the Microsoft blog called “Why I left Google.
SURVEY: Mobile Coders Prefer Google Over Facebook
AllFacebook
An International Data Corporation survey of 2173 Appcelerator developers from across the globe found that the ability to easily integrate Google assets including search, YouTube, Gmail, and Google Maps led 39 percent of respondents to sayGoogle was a ...
AllFacebook
Google to Sell Ebooks in France [REPORT]
Mashable
Google is preparing to launch a French edition of its ebookstore and app ecosystem, according to a report. As first revealed by French trade publication Livres Hebdo [login required], the searchgiant has sent the publishing and retail partners in its ...
Google Again Opposes Movie Industry in a Copyright Fight
Hollywood Reporter
If the argument sounds familiar, it's exactly the one successfully deployed by Google subsidiary YouTube in defending a billion-dollar lawsuit by Viacom. That case is currently on appeal.Google points to the Viacom v. YouTube summary judgment decision ...
The Good, Bad and Ugly - Apple, Google, Dell
Forbes
Google was once THE company to emulate. At the end of 2008 its stock peaked at nearly $750/share, as everyone thought Google would accomplish nothing short of world domination (OK, a bit extreme) via its clear leadership in search and the way it ...
How to Get Off Google for Good
PCWorld
By Alex Wawro, PCWorld Get a fresh start with our guide to moving your data off Google servers and permanently deleting your Google accounts. Now that Google has unified its search functions, Gmail, and its other offerings under a single Google Privacy ...
Google planning to penalise sites with 'too much SEO'
browser media
During a recent panel event at SXSW it was revealed by Google's Matt Cutts that Google is working on penalising sites that are 'over-optimised'. According to Search Engine Land, Matt Cutts said that the new penalty will be rolled out in the next few ...
Why Google Ads Benefit Only Google
Internet Search Engine Database
Other 3 big spenders were the retailers and general merchandisers, the travel and tourism segment and jobs and education the big 4 accounting for 30% of Google'srevenue kitty. The Google advertisement model is assisted by its targeted search that its ...
Internet Search Engine Database
Chrome becomes World's top Web Browser - for a day
San Jose Mercury News
Since it was launched in 2008, Google's Chrome browser has been steadily gaining share against Mozilla's Firefox and Microsoft's Internet Explorer. And for one day last week, Sunday March 18, Chrome was the most used browser in the world, according to ...
Mobile app developers see Google+ on the rise
Network World
When asked why they liked Google+ for mobile devices, respondents said Google's wide range of assets -- search, Gmail, YouTube and Android -- together create a powerful network effect when combined with Google+. The survey findings ( download PDF ) are ...
Google to be criticised by MPs over links to controversial content
The Guardian
Google is expected to come in for heavy criticism from a parliamentary committee set up by David Cameron, with MPs and peers unhappy with what they say is the search engine's tardy response to removing links to controversial content that breaches ...
Google dividend speculation swirls after Apple move
New York Post
The company that is seen at the top of shortlist is Google. With $44.63 billion in cash and cash equivalents on its balance sheet as of Dec. 31, the search behemoth is the most cash-rich tech company among the big dividend holdouts.
Meet The Hackers Who Sell Spies The Tools To Crack Your PC (And Get Paid Six ...
Forbes
At a Google-run competition in Vancouver last month, the search giant's famously secure Chrome Web browser fell to hackers twice. Both of the new methods used a rigged website to bypass Chrome's security protections and completely hijack a target ...
Forbes
Firefox Users to Get Secure Google Search by Default | threatpost
By Dennis Fisher
Mozilla has changed its default search for users of Firefox to HTTPS for Google queries. ...surprising aspect to this otherwise great bit of good news is that the first major browser to use HTTPS search is Firefox and not Chrome. I reasonably assumed that as soon as Google's pro-privacy engineers and lawyers won the internal battle over those in the company sympathetic to needs of the SEO community, that Google's flagship browser would have been the first to ship HTTPS by default.
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Google Docs Dumps the Dictionary for the Whole Web
By Jon Mitchell
Just as the Google search box can fix spelling mistakes based on Web results, Google Docs spell-check can now make contextual suggestions. If you accidentally type "let's meat tomorrow morning," Google Docs can now suggest "meet," even ...
ReadWriteWeb
Google to Face Scrutiny over Links to Controversial Content ...
By Faarooq Mehmood
Google seems to have entrapped itself into a lot of controversy and might come under a lot of criticism as well after the reply that it gave on the issue of controversial content on its search engine was found to be overdue. A parliamentary ...
TopNews Arab Emirates
By Faarooq Mehmood
Google seems to have entrapped itself into a lot of controversy and might come under a lot of criticism as well after the reply that it gave on the issue of controversial content on its search engine was found to be overdue. A parliamentary ...
TopNews Arab Emirates
Blog - Google Changes its Algorithm to Punish Excessive SEO ...
By Paul
Google just announced changes to its search algorithm intended to punish websites that use unnatural-sounding search engine optimization (SEO) to increase their page ranking. This evolution of Google search could spell the end of many ...
Fueled | Mobile Blog
Google Search Results To Start Becoming More Similar To Wolfram ...
As if Google Panda update wasn't enough, Google is currently working on adjusting their searchalgorithms again. The outcome of the rumored changes makes ...
pulse2.com/.../google-search-results-to-start-becoming-more-si...
FTC Subpoenaed Apple over Google search on iOS | Software news ...
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission subpoenaed Apple as part of a Google antitrust inquiry says Bloomberg. The FTC asked Apple to hand over documents ...
www.softwaredownloads.org/.../ftc-subpoenaed-apple-over-go...
