InformationWeek
Google, the target of more than a hundred patent lawsuits in the past decade, has expanded the scope of its patent search capabilities and added a new search tool to help those investigating patent claims. To its database of patents filed with the U.S ...
Why is Google so judgmental? Map shows state search suggestions
Los Angeles Times
A blogger has put together a map that shows Google's auto-complete suggestions for each state when you search "Why is X so," and most of the results aren't pretty. The map shows you Google'sauto-complete suggestions for each state when you hover over ...
Search Convergence In SF: Matt Cutts, Danny Sullivan, Mike Grehan & Brett Tabke
Search Engine Land
Cutts briefed us all on more panda rolling updates, but then went on to talk about the beauty of the knowledge graph. The four search veterans then jumped into audience questions and a conversation about the evolution of Google search results, ...
Search Engine Land
Say A Prayer; Google Kills Prayer Times
Search Engine Land
It came up for searches such as prayer times in city or searches that would return prayer times. In my story from a year ago, I get into the complexities behind showing such search results. Google did not remove it because of those complexities, rather...
Search Engine Land
Forget Apple, Forget Facebook: Here's The One Company That Actually Terrifies ...
San Francisco Chronicle
Google is a search company, but the searches that it actually makes money from are thesearches people do before they are about to buy something online. These commercial searchesmake up about 20 percent of total Google searches. Those searches are ...
Google AdWords Display Network – Do it The Right Way
Search Engine Journal
A point worth highlighting is that conversion rates are generally nowhere near as high as those that can be seen on Google's search network, but does this mean display should be avoided altogether? Using the correct strategy, the display network can be ...
Search Engine Journal
I'm Feeling Googly: Google changes "I'm Feeling Lucky"
USA TODAY
The "I'm Feeling Lucky" button started defaulting to show Google Doodles with the advent of Google Instant, which allows you to see results as you type in Google's search bar. But Google with a team of outside engineers "came up with this idea to do ...
USA TODAY
Google upgrades Android maps as Apple battle looms
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google's mapping service for mobile devices is getting an upgrade as the Internet search leader braces for new competition from iPhone maker Apple. The improvements center on listings for public transportation options in nearly ...
With Frommer's buy, Google eyes new strategy
Computerworld
Ezra Gottheil, an analyst with Technology Business Research, said he expects Frommer's travel information to be integrated not just into Google search, but into Google+ and Google Maps, as well. "Maps and search, pretty soon. I'm not sure how or when ...
Why Did Google Flip-Flop On Cracking Down On "Rogue" Websites? Some ...
Forbes
English: Google Logo officially released on Ma... (Photo credit: Wikipedia). Last week,Google announced that it may downgrade search results for a website if Googlereceives a high volume of “valid” takedown notices against the website. Google's move...
Forbes
Does Google want to plan your vacations?
The Week Magazine
Google says it nabbed Frommer's to fulfill its "goal to provide a review for every relevant place in the world" in its search results, in line with what it's doing with Zagat Survey, the restaurant and business rating enterprise Google bought last year ...
Google Punishes Copyright Offenders by Sinking Them in Search
Marketing Pilgrim
Google has been in a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation for a very long time. ... In order to please the media without crossing into total censorship land,Google has agreed to punish repeat offenders by dropping them to a lower rank in ...
Marketing Pilgrim
Google Search Shortcuts & Tricks: Miscellaneous Tips
Business 2 Community
At this point, you've got a firm foundation in the basics of Google, advanced searching, and tab options. ... Open up a browser, go to Google.com and follow along with the following shortcuts & tricks – enter the bolded words into the Google search bar: 1.
Search reports peg Google as clear leader, with Bing, Yahoo queries falling
Brafton
Monthly search reported from comScore and Experian Hitwise show little growth forsearch leader Google, but the company's advantage in the market is on the rise withBing and Yahoo falling in July. For marketers, SEO campaigns centered on strong ...
Brafton
Music industry group asked Google to remove search links to album reviews
The Verge
On June 30th, the British Recorded Music Industry (BPI) group listed a series of pages that it wanted removed from Google Search. Most of the links were understandable: they offered free downloads of albums by Universal Music Group artists like Drake ...
Google Fiber roll-out zips along in Kansas City
USA TODAY
The search giant recently opened the Google Fiber Space store that I visited here to explain the promise of Fiber to the public and show it in action. The main virtue is speeds of up to 1 "gigabit per second" (1000 megabits per second, or Mbps), a ...
USA TODAY
Google Patents search gets upgrade, now filled with prior art and European ...
Engadget
Now Google's patent search is giving prior art some love as well with the addition of the aptly named "Prior Art Finder" to its patent search tool. Marked by a patently obvious blue button, the new addition serves up relevant prior art results by using ...
Phelps, Bolt among Google top searches during London Olympics
News Tribe
Google has released its own statistics about the games, showing the list of the topsearch queries since the start of the current Olympics. The stats show that Google search volume around the world was dramatically higher this year than during Beijing...
News Tribe
Google's Gingras: 'The future of journalism can and will be better than its past'
Poynter.org
The pace of technological change will not abate, it will only quicken. The consumer Internet is less than 20 years old. The emergence of Google and the power of search occurred only 15 years ago. Less than 10 years ago saw the eruption of the blogosphere.
Google Uses Print Newspaper Ad To Advertise Search Ad Effectiveness - 10000 ...
mediabistro.com
But here's a different twist on the relationship between the search giant and newspapers: Using a newspaper to drive advertisers to the search giant. That's whatGoogle apparently hopes to achieve in its new ad, which Globe and Mail media reporter ...
mediabistro.com
SEO Company Not Needed to Get First Place in Google According to ...
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
SEO company is not needed to get to the first place position in Google according to the new website GoogleTricks.co. Website owners around the world have learned to conform to the rules ofGoogle and typically hire search engine optimization companies ...
The Definitive Guide to Local SEO
Search Engine Journal
local comes with a few unique elements. The first and probably most important is that for local SEOyou need to create and claim a local profile on Google (and other platforms as desired.) Your local listing is what will show (usually) for localized ...
Adobe Flash Officially Gone From Google Play Store
eWeek
15, mobile Android 4.0 users will no longer be able to download Adobe's Flash Player from Google'sPlay Store, as Adobe continues its efforts to wind down the existing Flash app for mobile devices. Android users who already have the ... at ease-of-use ...
Julia Child's 100th birthday celebrated with Google Doodle, PBS remix video
Syracuse.com (blog)
Wednesday's Google Doodle celebrates what would have been the culinary personality's 100th birthday. The search engine's logo has been replaced with a special JC100 cartoon of Child cooking in the kitchen, with some of her dishes (like a stew, turkeys ...
Syracuse.com (blog)
Google Maps Now Features Schedules For More Than 1 Million Transit Stops ...
TechCrunch
The updated Google Maps app now, for example, allows users to choose which specific mode of transportation (train, bus, tram or subway) they want to see on their maps. Additionally, Google's ...“Sparks,” a search engine for sharing content between users.
Yes, Bing Has Human Search Quality Raters & Here's How They Judge Web ...
Search Engine Land
Like Google, Microsoft uses testing services (like Lionbridge and others) to hire human searchevaluators and administer the program. (Microsoft often refers to the evaluators as “judges,” and I'll do the same in this article.) Very little, if anything ...
Google Downgrades Piracy Sites
Free Times
Back in July, the French Supreme Court ruled that Google could be required to start disabling its autocomplete feature on searches for such piracy-related sites as BitTorrent, Megaupload and RapidShare. (The ruling is under appeal.) The case comes as ...
Free Times
Young Indians throng the web for education searches
Hindustan Times
He continues, “However, as a search engine we only play a role in helping people find the information they're looking for. When it comes to Google search we don't curate the content on the internet. We have another initiative on YouTube - called ...
Why are Tennesseans so…?
Bizjournals.com (blog)
Blogger "no upside" got to thinking about what state stereotypes are most common during this election year. Using Google, the blogger typed in "Why is (insert state name) so..." and let autofill display the most popular searches. While not exactly ...
A Google-a-Day Puzzle for August 15
Wired News
Also, with the knowledge that because others may publish their answers before you do, if you want to be able to search for information without accidentally seeing the answer somewhere, you can use the Google-a-Day site's search tool, which will ...
Google extends patent search to Europe, launches Prior Art Finder ...
By Olivia Solon
Google has extended its patent search tool to incorporate European Patent Office applications and launched "Prior Art Finder" to help those filing patents.
Wired.co.uk - News
Google Panda Search Updates: Will the Good Guys Win?
By jstevens
Panda again. These animals, or code names, represent the latest updates to the Google algorithm which reportedly uses over 200 signals to determine whether your website should appear on or near the 1st page of natural keyword search ...
Virtual Internet Blog
Your Gmail in Your Google Search Results | Location3 Media
By Leann McGlasson
In an effort to continue to bring the best search results to individuals, Google announced that it is now offering its users a chance to opt in to integrating their Gmail with Google's search box. Along with normal search results, you'll also receive ...
Location3 Media
Changes to Google Local Search Results | Visual.ly
By ewebmarketing
Is the merging of Google Places with Google Local enough to make you start using Google Plus? ...Add credit. Designed by cgambaccini. More Info. Rank: 2367 of 2367 in Business. Tags: google,google plus, search, Local search, seo ...
Visual.ly
Google Inc. (GOOG) Upgrades Its Patent Search Feature
By David Woodburn
It's just a thought, as Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) revealed recently that it has added some features to its Google Patents search feature that would allow for better, more efficient searches not only of specific patent claims, but also what are ...
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Google Decides To Stop Supporting Prayer Times In Search Results ...
By Chris Crum
Barry Schwartz at Search Engine Land shares a statement from Google, saying, “Users can still search for prayer times on Google and find results from local sites, but we weren't seeing much implementation of prayer times rich snippets, ...
WebProNews
Google Releases Stats on Olympic Search Trends - Peter Kafka ...
By Peter Kafka
More data in the wake of the London Olympics, this time from Google. The search giant has some fun if not totally surprising factoids about search: Americans spent a lot of time Googling Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte; Brits looked for Usain ...
AllThingsD
4 Critical Metrics You Won't Find in Google ... - Search Engine Watch
By Alex Cohen
Google Analytics is an incredible tool that has democratized data. But, one of its weaknesses is that it's a visit based analytics tool, instead of a person or customer based tool. If you work at a subscription based ecommerce company, you may ...
Search Engine Watch - Latest
“Paul Ryan Shirtless” Among Top Paul Ryan Google Searches ...
By Debbie
“Paul Ryan Shirtless” Among Top Paul Ryan Google Searches – America's Superficial Women · BREAKING: After Schlussel Story Starts Firestorm, ICE Chief of Staff Suzy Barr on Leave; New Allegations of Sexual Harassment Against Male ...
Debbie Schlussel
How To Remove Personal Info From Google Searches - Megan's ...
By Megan Smith
Recently I discovered that my name, address and phone number were coming up in Google searchesof my name, without my knowledge. It took me a couple of hours of searching, reading, testing and more testing to have that personal...
Megan's Minute
Google's Patent Search Expanded, Improved — Slaw
By Simon Fodden
Now when you search Google Patents you'll be querying a database that includes European patents. Even more useful perhaps is Google's just-introduced attempt to find "prior art". Here's a description of the process from the Google Inside ...
Slaw
Improving Google Patents with European Patent Office patents and the
By Research @ Google
At Google, we're constantly trying to make important collections of information more useful to the world. Since 2006, we've let people discover, search, and read United States patents online. Starting this week, you can do the same for the ...
Research Blog
Google cracks down piracy search results- paving way for Google ...
The music and film industries have complained for years about Google directing people to unlicensed material online. The prominence in search results of alleged illicit filesharing websites such as Pirate Bay and MegaUpload has become a ...
Digital Intelligence
Google searches for local edge with guidebook deal | Talk NYC
By ADaley
Finally, Google rivals like Yelp (YELP.N) have complained that the search engine has acted unfairly by making its own content appear higher in users' searches, and therefore catches more than a fair share of ad dollars. Offering professional ...
Talk NYC
How YouTube escaped Google's anti-piracy search crackdown ...
Why Google's anti-piracy search crackdown won't affect YouTube ... The websites most likely to be ranked lower in Google's search are sites like FilesTube and ...
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