Is Google a Monopoly? Wrong Question

Is Google a Monopoly? Wrong Question
Bloomberg
Google responded last week to European antitrust regulators investigating a long list of claims against the world's largest search engine. Whether or not the complaints against Google are valid, they may be looking backward. Increasingly, Google is not...

Bloomberg

How to Search: Google Offers Free Online Classes
Mashable
Everyone knows how to do a simple Google search, but do you know how to read pages in languages you've never studied or track down the location of a friend's picture they took on vacation ages ago? Google ... The search engine giant will be offering a ...

7 Experts Predict Google Plus Is Here to Stay | DailyTekk
By Chris McConnell
Just last month, the search giant closed the doors on Google Places, replacing it with Google+ Local, bringing all business location results into Google+, a significant step in Google's march to control the social web. With the overlap of ... The ever increasing integration of Google+ signals intosearch results will also force brands to engage with the platform for SEO reasons. Google .... I'm concerned when the number one reason for using a “social” site is for search engine value. It's like ...
DailyTekk

Google Panda Update: Matt Cutts Talks About Recovery (And A Bunch Of Other ...
WebProNews
It's pretty common for Google's Matt Cutts to appear in Webmaster Help videos, but they're usually only a few minutes long. This time, he's treated webmasters to an hour-long Google+ Hangout (from India), with some other members of Google's search ...

Google Now: The Next Generation of the Personal Assistant
Search Engine Journal
Instead of relying solely on a user's input, Google Now can perform searches and tasks automatically based on the current circumstances. For example, if someone has ... During my time as a managing member of an educational startup I gained direct ...

Google Beats Apple Siri, But Who Uses Voice Search Anyway?
Bright Side of News* (blog)
We wrote a story here about how Google's voice search function beats the one from Apple called Siri. The story was widely picked up and even reproduced elsewhere using the sincerest form of flattery. What baffles me about the interest is that I have ...

Bright Side of News* (blog)

Google Spring Cleaning Continues to Eliminate Products
CMSWire
Google says that Google Mini, a Google Search tool specifically aimed at small businesses that features simplified deployment and licensing as well as a specialized cost structure, has “had a good run” but has functionality that can now be better ...

Hands On With Android 4.0 for the Samsung Galaxy Note
PC Magazine
Right now the tech world is talking about Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, which brings a smoother interface, better responsiveness, and the potentially radical Google Now search function to the world's top smartphone platform. But as of July 10, AT&T is ...

Twitter Tweaks Search to Trim Tweet Mountains
TechNewsWorld
Twitter has given its site an overhaul designed to simplify its search functions and provide users with suggestions when they're unsure of an exact handle or hashtag. The site's upgraded search results will now more closely resemble those of a Google ...

Chicago Police Use Google To Arrest Fugitive
Search Engine Land
The police used Google to search his name and date of birthday and found an episode from America's Most Wanted where he disguising himself as a woman. Here is the episode description on America's Most Wanted. They say he was wanted for First ...

Search Engine Land

Ronnell Jones Arrested: Chicago Police Use Google To Catch 'America's Most ...
Huffington Post
The Chicago Police Department are partially crediting their use of a simple Google search in nabbing a double-homicide suspect from New York who had avoided authorities for two years by dressing as a woman. Ronnell Jones, 24, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was ...

Yandex, Mail.ru Search Shares Fall in Russia, Google's Advances
Businessweek
Yandex NV (YNDX)'s and Mail.ru Group Ltd. (MAIL)'s shares of Russia's Internet searches declined in the week to July 8, while the percentage for competitor Google Inc. gained, according to Liveinternet.ru. ... The share for Yandex, the owner of Russia ...

Police credit Google in 'Most Wanted' arrest
WBEZ
Even Chicago police rely on the world's most popular Internet search engine when tracking down criminals. Chicago police said Sunday that intuition and Google were key factors in last month's arrest of a man suspected in a 2010 gang-related shooting in ...

Google Tests New Shopping Results Placement, Tabbed Mega Sitelinks
Search Engine Watch
Google is busy testing more new SERPs formats, including one that moves Google Shopping results to the right sidebar and another that enhances mega sitelinks by sorting the site's contents into tabs the user can flip through on the results page ...

James Dreesen's Book 'SEO For Google Places' Tops Amazon's Best Sellers Lists
Equities.com
Google Places is a free service from Google which allows small business owners to display their business information on Google search results. Thousands of these business listings are auto-generated by Google every day, but there is only room for a ...

Google, Bing, Yahoo Find Data (Not Paid-Search Ads And SEO) Profitable
MediaPost Communications
Google, Bing, Yahoo Find Data (Not Paid-Search Ads And SEO) Profitable - 07/09/2012. ... Some suggest that Microsoft's failed aQuantive acquisition proves it should exit the online ad business and sell its search engine Bing. One big problem behind ...

MediaPost Communications

Why Google Glass is the next frontier for developers
CNET
When Google co-founder Sergey Brin demoed Google Glass, the search giant's attempt to build a next-generation wearable computer, with skydivers live streaming their descent, it became very clear that Glass wasn't some side project -- it was Google's ...

Google Shopping Forcing Online Retailers To Raise Prices Says DasCheap
San Francisco Chronicle
DasCheap! is one company that has been affected by the switch to an all paid model that GoogleShopping has adopted to be able to offer discount online shopping deals via there product search engine. [...] in essence, the finger points back to Google ...

Can Google "Legalize" Love?
NBC Bay Area
Lots of people start the search for the right person on Google, if for no other reason than to track down the latest hot matching website. But the Mountain View search giant has bigger fish to fry in the love department. Google just launched what it ...

Why Kayak Can Shrug Off Google's Threat — For Now
Mashable
For a company that bills itself as a search engine for travel, Kayak gets a fairly small slice of traffic from searches. As the company disclosed in its IPO paperwork Monday morning, about 10% of Kayak's user queries came from searches on Google, Bing ...

Twitter Upgrades Search With Autocomplete, 'People You Follow' Results
Search Engine Watch
Google has offered autocomplete in organic search since 2004, when it first launched as GoogleSuggest (it would be renamed in 2010). On Google+, however, autocomplete is not offered; you won't find it on Facebook, either. Both of those social networks ...

Planned Amazon smartphone could drive mobile search, content consumption
Brafton
Given the Kindle Fire's reliance on Google's Android, marketers could see a boost in mobile website traffic with the integration of Google products and services, including search, on the device. While there are substantial hurdles for companies ...

Google needs to show it can earn profit from its hardware
Globe and Mail
Google Inc. will kick off a busy month in the tech sector when it reports its second-quarter earnings on Thursday. But the company behind the world's most popularsearch engine will be under pressure from investors to show that it is making money off ...

Globe and Mail

For the Love of Kenya - Woman Up!
AllAfrica.com
When you type "Why women __" into Google search, the first terms that pop are "cheat, cry, play hard to get." When you add to the line, and type, "why women make -Google says "noise in bed, make less than men, better leaders". Make better leaders is ...

British Airways: Knowing Me, Googling You
brandchannel.com
A BA spokesman added to the Standard: “The most recent advancement of the system enables the British Airways team to search Google images for a photo of specific customers so they can recognise them and proactively approach them. The airline is ...

The near future of smartphones (Smartphones Unlocked)
CNET
Predictive search that knows your life! That was June for us, one big sneak peek of the mobile platform future, a flurry of OS features and software specs that Apple, Google, Microsoft, and RIM lobbed at us from San Francisco area events all in the ...

Obama surfs for support with Google claim
PolitiFact
PolitiFact Georgia did (what else?) a Google search to find out. Our inquiry was sparked by comments President Barack Obama made during a recent speech in Atlanta. The president was making the argument that smart government investments have been ...

It Takes Google 'Now' Three Days To Figure Out Where You Live
Forbes
I thought it was cool and then I opened up Google Maps on my home computer. Lo and behold there is now a new, completely different looking icon where I live that is labeled home. I didn't add it nor did I ever even search for directions back home. I'm ...

Forbes

Google's 'Legalize Love' campaign fights gay discrimination worldwide
Fox News
Google is launching an international campaign in support of same-sex marriage in an effort to homosexuality discrimination around the world.

Google Axes iGoogle, Chatback & Google Mini - Search Engine Watch
By Miranda Miller
Google has announced a bit of housekeeping: the days are numbered for personalized homepage iGoogle, Google Talk Chatback, intranet Google Mini, and the Symbian search app. Google Videos is also making the final migration to ...
Search Engine Watch - Latest

Google search tips and tricks | L&S Unscripted
By Eric Cross | Director of Digital Development
To search for an exact text match put quotes around your search term “search engine tips”; To exclude a phrase from the results include a minus (-) in your search search engine tips -bing; Searcha specific site: site:google.com search engine ...
L&S Unscripted

How to Search: Google Offers F… | AW WebBiz & Social Media Blog
By Gretchen Glasscock
How to Search: Google Offers F… by Gretchen Glasscock on July 9, 2012. How to Search: GoogleOffers Free Online Classes: More About: Google, Google Hangouts, google search, SEOhttp://t.co/nC5aBfN2. Share. Tagged as: tweets, Twitter ...
AW WebBiz & Social Media Blog

Goodbye Google Mini
By robert.claypool
“The Google Mini has been an important part of our Enterprise Search offering since it was first introduced in 2005. It's had a good run, but beginning July 31 we're discontinuing the product because its functionality can be better provided by ...
GISbiz

Android App marketing and Google Play – What you need to know (a
By admin
Acquiring users on Google Play is different than what you may. ... What follows is a sampling of key information you need to know. for more details, download the eBook: Android App Marketing andGoogle Play – What You Need to Know. ... Approximately 75% of organic downloads originate from asearch. Google Play considers several variables that determine an app's Search and Browse Rank. for more details, download the eBook. Optimize your App for Search. You can greatly ...
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Maxxcat: A Replacement for Google Mini? : Beyond Search
By Stephen E. Arnold
Google Mini was a small in-site search appliance provided by the company. As it was a popular service, previous users may wonder where to turn to get a search box for their site. We suggest MaxxCAT, an enterprise search engine that is ...
Beyond Search

The 'Signals' that Google searches when you search | Mozaik Blog
By mozaik
The 'Signals' that Google searches when you search. Google uses more than 200 signals according to which decides if a page is relevant to the query, according to an algorithm: how updated is the page, links directing to the page, webpage ...
Mozaik Blog

The Evolution of Google: Communications, Content, Commerce and ...
By seopressrelease
First revolutionizing search, Google is evolving to become a force in Communications, Content, Commerce and Applications. This research evaluates Google's current offerings and their anticipated evolution over the next five years. The report ...
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How Your Business Can Take Advantage of Google+ Local
By AmandaDi
While connecting with others and promoting content is key to taking advantage of Google+, the site offers many more advantages including search engine ranking factors, +1s, and of course Google+ Local. For those who are unfamiliar, Google+ Local took the place of Google Places just a few weeks ago and can be found by clicking a “local” tab on a Google+ page. This new tab will allow users ...Ask Gerald. Gerald answers SEO questions on a monthly basis through his newsletter.
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Recap from the Did you Google It Event | SEER Interactive
By Melissa Alam
A video recap from SEER Interactive's Did You Google It? event on June 22, 2012. ... The “Did YouGoogle It?” event combined this passion for volunteering alongside the search marketing skills of SEER and some brilliant friends. ... SEER Interactive's Wil Reynolds and Ethan Lyon, along with Mike King (from New York digital marketing agency iAcquire) and Tom Critchlow (formerly from New York SEO agency Distilled, and now Google) gave an in-depth look at how local nonprofits ...
SEER Interactive

Power Searching Class From Google | The Thinking Stick
Search Google resently announce a free course they are offering in mid-July. I have signed up for it as I still believe search is the most important skill any of us ...
www.thethinkingstick.com/power-searching-class-from-google/

Google Search Appliance Connector for File Systems - Google Search ...
*Google Search Appliance Connector for File Systems*<http://code.google.com/p /google-enterprise-connector-file-system/>? We are doing some testing to see ...
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