Search Engine Roundtable
In Google fashion, late on Friday, Google released their now monthly update on the changes they made to Google search over the past month. It is really great that Google does this and this time they shared 53 changes in April.
Economists tell FTC to 'buzz off' on Google antitrust investigation
Daily Caller
By Josh Peterson - TheDC FILE - In this July 8, 2010 file photo, Google co-founder Larry Page arrives to a morning session at the annual Allen & Co. media summit in Sun Valley, Idaho. When he replaced his mentor Eric Schmidt as Google's CEO, ...
Daily Caller
Google Faces Antitrust Inquiry In India
InformationWeek
Regulators in Europe, the US, and now India circle Google; number of formal complaints still to be determined. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek Compounding Google's regulatory entanglements, India has begun an antitrust investigation into the search ...
Google's Android Infringed Oracle's Java, Jury Says
Bloomberg
Google Inc. (GOOG), the largest Web-search provider, infringed copyrights for Oracle Corp. (ORCL)'s technology in developing Android software running on more than 300 million mobile devices, a federal jury said. The 12-member panel in San Francisco, ...
Understanding Negative SEO & How to Defend Your Website
Search Engine Watch
by Ben Goodsell, May 7, 2012 Comments Google has stirred up some fear by sending out the following message within Google Webmaster Tools, resulting in several discussions in the Internet marketing community on the current effectiveness of negative SEO.
WebiMax Launches PenguinWatch.com, a Google Update Resource Center
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Kenneth Wisnefski, founder and CEO of WebiMax, a leading search engine optimization firm, announced today that the company launched PenguinWatch.com, a Google search engineupdate resource center. Mount Laurel, NJ (PRWEB) May 07, 2012 Kenneth Wisnefski ...
Jury finds for Oracle on a copyright claim, Google seeks mistrial
Los Angeles Times
The jury found for Oracle in the largest claim, but could not decide if Google's use of the copyrights was legally protected as “fair use.” Google prevailed on two other claims. Oracle has accused Google of stealing some of its Java technology to build ...
Google Infringed Oracle's Java Tools Copyrights, Jury Says
Bloomberg
Google Inc. (GOOG), the largest Web-search provider, infringed the structure of Oracle Corp. (ORCL)'s Java tools, a jury found in the first phase of a trial over an intellectual- property lawsuit. The jury announced the verdict today in federal court ...
Google search updates reward fresh content, but quality required
Brafton
The search engine first detailed its updated “smoother ranking” for fresh content. “We want to help you find the freshest results, particularly for searches with important new web content, such as breaking news topics,” said Matt Cutts, Google's ...
Google infringed on some Oracle Java copyright: jury
Chicago Tribune
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Northern California jury on Monday found that Google Inc infringed upon Oracle Corp's copyrights on the structure of part of the Java software programming language, in a high stakes trial over smartphone technology.
Oracle Wins Muddled Victory in Google Copyright Case
Wall Street Journal
s claims that Google Inc. infringed copyrights protecting Oracle's Java technology reached a mixed decision Monday, which could leave Google on the hook for only a relatively minimal amount of damages. The jury decided that when Google was developing ...
comScore: Google Sites Top Facebook On Mobile; 4 Out Of 5 Mobile Media Minutes ...
TechCrunch
But Facebook isn't #1 – depending on the platform, the App Store or the Android Market holds the top spot, followed by either Google Search or Maps. On the iPhone, iTunes was the top app, with 99.9% reach (what, did someone figure out how to delete ...
A New Era in Internet Marketing
International Business Times
With Google's release of both the Panda and Penguin updates, search engine optimizers have essentially been forced to design "smarter" campaigns which emphasize quality content and backlinks, rather than merely quantity. Although search engines do take ...
LG launching HDTV sets equipped with Google TV on May 21
ZDNet (blog)
“If at first you don't succeed, try, try again” could be the motto for Google TV, thesearch giant's snake-bitten attempt to enter your living room. The latest foray, after unsuccessful first-generation products from Logitech and Sony, comes courtesy ...
ZDNet (blog)
The Folly of the FTC's Section Five Case Against Google
Forbes
In the past weeks, the chatter surrounding a possible FTC antitrust case against Google has risen in volume, thanks largely to the FTC's hiring of litigator Beth Wilkinson. The question remains, however, what this aggressive move portends and, ...
Oracle wins in copyright case with Google
msnbc.com
By msnbc.com news services SAN FRANCISCO — A Northern California jury on Monday found that Google (GOOG) infringed upon Oracle's (ORCL) copyrights on the structure of part of the Java software programming language, in a high stakes trial over ...
Google negotiating fine after bypassing Safari privacy settings
ZDNet (blog)
By Zack Whittaker | May 7, 2012, 7:05am PDT Summary: Google is understood to be in talks with the FTC over how much it will be fined by the regulator after it bypassed the privacy settings in Apple's Safari browser. Google is understood to be in talks ...
Google increases search index size as part of April updates
Brafton
by Brafton Editorial According to Google's Inside Search blog, the company increased the size of its base search index by 15 percent last month. While algorithm shifts were the big news in April, expanding the index to include more websites means that ...
Google Boosts Bug Bounties
PCWorld
By Gregg Keizer, Computerworld Google has dramatically raised the bounties it pays independent researchers for reporting bugs in its websites, services, and online apps. Thesearch giant boosted the maximum reward from $3133 to $20000, ...
Google+ gets a killer app
BetaNews
Given Google's reach with search and video services, and the growing social network, coupled with Google Plus Your World, my answer is "uh-oh". Google+ debuted nearly 11 months ago in beta, with the Hangouts video-sharing service being one of its ...
Google hit with another antitrust probe -- this time in India
CNET
The investigation will focus on Google AdWords, but the Competition Commission of India could expand its probe to other areas of the search giant's business. by Don Reisinger May 7, 2012 8:25 AM PDT Google has another country to worry about in its ...
Google faces Indian antitrust investigation
SlashGear
Google faces another antitrust investigation, this time in India, it's reported, with thesearch giant's online advertising apparently under the microscope amid anti-competitiveness accusations. AdWords will be the initial point of appraisal, ...
SlashGear
Can You Build A Business Without Google Traffic?
WebProNews
It's about how you shouldn't run your business relying too heavily on how Google is ranking your content. “It is very possible to build a business without Google traffic.” It may not seem like it sometimes, but I believe Sage is right. Do you?
Google Infringed on Oracle's Java Copyrights: Jury
Fox Business
A Northern California jury on Monday found that Google Inc infringed upon Oracle Corp's copyrights on the structure of part of the Java software programming language, in a high stakes trial over smartphone technology. However, the jury failed to decide ...
LG Electronics And Google Looking To Revamp Your Television
RedOrbit
Internet-based television is being relaunched as Google TV is being reconfigured by the searchgiant, Kim Miyoung of Reuters reports. The move anticipates a similar launch from Apple expected sometime this year although no details are emerging from the ...
Google TVs Made by LG Expected in US on May 21
PCWorld
By Ian Paul, PCWorld May 7, 2012 7:38 AM LG Electronics plans to release televisions runningGoogle TV in the US by May 21, according to a report. The South Korea-based company made the announcement early Monday, but offered no details such as pricing, ...
Bi02sw41: Did Google Just Make Keywords Matter Less?
WebProNews
It doesn't get anymore SEO than keywords. In the last paragraph of Google's announcement of the Penguin update, Matt Cutts wrote, “We want people doing white hat search engine optimization (or even no search engine optimization at all) to be free to ...
Google under investigation in India antitrust case
Salt Lake Tribune
Google Inc. is under investigation by India after a dating website complained that the world's biggest search engine violated the nation's antitrust laws, a government official with direct knowledge of the matter said. Consim Info Pvt., which operates ...
SEO Implications of Google's Third Party Commenting System
Search Engine Watch
While undoubtedly true and a big part of the reason Google decided to build this tool, search engine optimization (SEO) implications could make this announcement even bigger than most initially thought. This new platform would give Google an incredible ...
Google-Oracle jury reaches impasse on key issue
SunHerald.com
s allegations that Google Inc. built its popular Android software by stealing some of the technology from Java, a programming platform that Oracle bought two years ago. The jury found that Google infringed on the largest of the claims, but it couldn't ...
Google Should Now Be Much Better At Handling Misspellings
WebProNews
By Chris Crum · 5 mins ago · Leave a Comment Late on Friday, Google unveiled its monthly list of algorithm changes, for the month of April. As usual, there is plenty to take in, with over 50 changes. Here are some observations we've made so far: ...
Do I have to leave Google Chrome behind?
ZDNet (blog)
By Christopher Dawson | May 7, 2012, 12:23pm PDT I've been an avid user ofGoogle Chrome since it was first released. Generally, it's fast, it enables the latest features in Google's various services, it syncs across all of my computers, ...
ZDNet (blog)
Google faces Indian anti-trust probe
New York Daily News
The Competition Commission of India has launched an anti-trust probe into Google's practices related to AdWords, after a complaint was filed by Bharatmatrimony.com. The match-making site claims Google engaged in discriminatory and retaliatory practices ...
Wikipedia Appears On Google's Page One 46 Percent Of The Time, Compared to 31 ...
Search Engine Land
A new study suggests that Wikipedia gets better visibility on Google than it does onBing. While that may not surprise much of the SEO industry, it contradicts what some Google employees have previously said, as well as another recent study on...
Search Engine Land
Using Google Search to its Full Potential
By James Tanner
Google.com is easily the most popular website on the entire Internet. Its popularity is based primarily on its sophisticated search engine's ability to find information for its users. As genealogists we are the beneficiaries of the vast amount of data ...
TechTips
Top 10 SEO Strategies To Protect your blog Against Google Panda ...
By Qasim Zaib
... in improving the quality of websites. Here are some SEO tips that we learned from this update, and which you can apply to recover some traffic lost to Panda, and to avoid any inconveniences in future updates. ... And basically, it was aimed at getting rid of low quality websites and bringing higher quality websites in SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages). Many bloggers saw a drop in their traffic, .... This simply excludes that page from Google search. This is a good way to hide your ...
My Blogger Tricks
Newsletter: SEO & content in the post Google Panda/Penguin era ...
By David Mercer
Finding the top SEO company to drive quality traffic to your business blog or website, without getting penalized by Google's Panda and Penguin algorithm updates, is vital to the health of your organic search traffic. A previous article of mine entitled "Google's Panda and ... In the meantime, SEOs are trying desperately to sidestep the Panda and Penguin updates, and recover theirsearch engine rankings and organic search traffic. Why? Because they aren't creating great, useful, funny, ...
Site prebuilder
Google indexing search forms
By webmaster
I am just doing some research into Google behavior based on an increased reporting of 404's from our customers - it appears as though (Contrary to previous knowledge) Google is indexing pages that don't actually exist (They are "search ...
Real Estate Forum - Realtor Forums
What is Google CSE? - Technically Squeaking
By Jonathan Grove
Google Custom Search Engine is (essentially) a search tool that you can plug into your website on the back of very little technical knowledge. To configure a CSE you use a simple webform, which allows you to set properties such as the theme ...
Technically Squeaking - Web design...
Will Social Media Initiatives Change Your Google Ranking ...
By Henriette Stisen
SEO has been an essential part of brands' online marketing strategies in the race towards top rankings on Google search. However, a new research reveals that social media engagement connected to a website can leverage a sizable rise (or ...
Mindjumpers
Unnoticeable Google Panda 3.6 Update For Quality ~ Internet Tech ...
By Vinod Suthersan
Google Panda 3.6 Many webmasters missed the Google Panda 3.6 update which happened on 27th of April 2012. We missed the Google Panda update 3.6 was because it was a quick refresh and it was never expected from the Google team ...
Internet Tech Column
What's the Real Result of Google's New Search Algorithm ...
By Joanne Del Gigante
Following Google's recent warnings about violating its guidelines, this update shows that thesearch engine is serious about fighting webspam and serves as a way to encourage websites to pursue “white hat” SEO practices rather than engage in deceptive webspam activities. “We've... Regardless of the rationale, similar errors may result in a boost for Bing, which listed Viagra's official site at the top of its search rankings, followed by numerous affiliate sites and online stores. Yet Bing ...
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Google Penguin Search Algorithm, Credibility & The Little Guy ...
By Zarko Njakara
I'm sure Google had enough from guys who only care about their search engine rankings and neglect content, but in the process they are also punishing the little guys like us who don't try to cheat the system with fancy SEO techniques on their ...
DeputyCIO.com
An Overview of Google Adwords Recent Updates and My Grades ...
By Paul Mosenson
Pity those poor writers who've written books on Paid search and Google Adwords. There have been so many modifications in search over the last couple of weeks that it makes those authors scrambling to update. Well, change is normal; just ...
Business 2 Community
'Zerg Rush' easter egg eats your Google search results ...
Bored with Google doodles, then you should look at the latest easter egg from the search giant.
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