As Google Book Search Gets Better, Here Comes the Anti-Trust Regulators
So while U.S. Anti-Trust Regulators are planning to investigate Google’s deal with book publishers to settle copyright issues amounting to $125m, Google continues to make...
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Arnold Zafra writes daily on the announcements by Google, Ask.com, Yahoo & MSN along with how these announcements effect web publishers. He is currently building three niche blogs covering iPad News, Google Android Phones and E-Book Readers.
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Google Blog Search Adds RSS, Hot Queries, Latest Blog Posts
Nothing innovative here really. Just some functional features which should have been added a long time to Google’s Blog Search. Then again, better late than...
Google Disables Commenting in Google News
Google has disabled a Google News feature that allows personalities featured on the news items to comment on the news stories. When this was announced...
Bing Starts Indexing Twitter Updates, Sort Of
As real-time search and Twitter’s growing importance in producing valuable information is getting into the mainstream, Bing is joining the likes of Facebook, Google and...
Michael Jackson Death : TMZ Traffic Surge Numbers
When the news about Michael Jackson’s death broke out, it was TMZ who scooped it beating other news outlets and was quoted as a source...
Bing Gets a Slight Increase in Market Share
Expect more of these kinds of post in the next couple of days as search analysts will be on the lookout for statistics on Bing’s...
Flickr Rolls Out Twitter Integration Feature
Flickr has just introduced a new feature that it should have done long ago – Flickr2Twitter. If you use Flickr, this new feature would allow...
Firefox 3.6 in 2010? Namoroka!
With Google Chrome threatening its dominance in the browser arena, Firefox certainly has got many things to consider to prevent Google’s browser from inching in...
Google Launches SMS Mobile App in Africa
Google is extending its services to mobile phone users in Africa via Google SMS. Google SMS is a suite of mobile apps that provide access...
Grab You Facebook Fan Pages’ Vanity URLs Tonight
Tonight, Facebook will start allowing Facebook fan pages owners to get their preferred vanity URLs. If you will recall, Facebook started allowing Facebook users to...
Google AdSense Coming to iPhone, Android Apps
A couple of days ago, Google announced the beta launch of AdSense for Mobile Apps. This is a new facility which iPhone and Android app...
Did Bing Copy Kayak’s Travel Search Portal?
Right after we mentioned in our previous post that one of Bing’s strengths is its travel vertical, here comes an interesting post by Epicenter on...
Google Shares Best Practices for Making the Web Faster
Google has just launched Code.Google.com/Speed, a new site for developers containing tutorials, tips and performance tools which can be used to optimize the performance of...
Google Brings Search to Community Service : AllForGood.org
Yesterday Google, in cooperation with a group of tech companies, create a new search service with the specific aim of helping users find community service...
Did Bing Just Beat Google in Search Trends?
Did Bing just beat Google in Search Trends? Apparently, that was what Eric said on a post over at TechCrunch. Eric compared the trend on...
Yahoo Rolls Out Self-Service Display Ads
Yahoo has just announced the launch of My Display Ads, a self-service display ad solution aimed to assist small and medium-sized businesses to put their...
Microsoft to Revamp MSN Portal to Fully Integrate Bing
Now that Microsoft had set the ground work for establishing Bing as its core search engine, the task that lies ahead is now focused on...
Google to Start Testing New Product Ads
Google is about to test a new form of advertisement called product ad, the WSJ reports. What so different about thsi Google product ad is...
Google Book Search Gets 7 New Features
One of Google’s most ambitious project which also happens to be one of the most controversial – Google Book Search is getting some new features...
Twitter Search Gradually Becoming a Real-Time Search Engine
Although Twitter’s search market share is not significant enough compared to other search engine, it is still interesting to know that gradually Twitter search is...
Google Highlights Verticals with Explore Search Page
So finally, Google does something to fight back at the mileage that Microsoft’s Bing has been receiving lately. Nothing fancy on the part of Google...
AdSense New Feature Lets You Change Font Size of Ad Text
Following up on the AdSense feature that allows the changing of font faces of ad units, Google announced a related feature – this time changing...
Microsoft Files First Lawsuit Against Click-Fraud
Microsoft has filed a lawsuite against three individuals in Vancouver, British Columbia – Gordon Lam, Eric lam and Melanie Suen plus several corporations and unnamed...
Bing Catches the Attention of Google’s Sergey Brin
Well, it looks like Microsoft’s tremendous marketing effort is paying well for its new decision engine – Bing. The New York Post is reporting that...
Google iGadget for iPhone, Android Gets a New Version
Google has just released a new and improved version of its web-optimized iGoogle for iPhone and Android devices. While previous versions of iGoogle was already...
Twitter Rolls Out Verified Accounts
A week ago, Twitter announced that it will start verifying accounts of Twitter users to prevent further impersonification of famous people. This decision was Twitter’s...
Yahoo Hires Timothy Morse as New CFO
Finally Yahoo has found a replacement to its previous CFO Blake Jorgensen who resigned sometime in February this year. The Yahoo Board has just appointed...
Numbers Show Bing Attracts Trial Users Only
While StatCounter’s data on Bing’s market share for June 4 showing that Bing managed to overtake Yahoo as the number 2 search engine, was a...
Bing Becomes the No. 2 Search Engine for a Day
If this is any indication of the trend to come in the search engine market, it looks like Yahoo might be in serious trouble while...
Want a More Organized Search Results? Google Square It
I’m not going to assume that Google’s sudden announcement of Google Square has anything to do with Microsoft Bing. Nevermind if Google intentionally or unintentionally...