Google Wave Firefox Add-on : Google Wave Notifier
I just got into Google Wave after asking for an invite from the Google Wave site for several times. The first thing that comes into...
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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 Launches 3D Building Maker Tool
Google has just launched a new tool that would compliment its Google Earth and Maps products – the Building Maker. It’s basically an online tool...
Fetch as Googlebot and Malware Details in Webmaster Tools Labs
The Google Webmaster Tools is taking the “Labs” route of introducing and testing new features. And they just rolled out two new Webmaster Tools Labs...
Google Docs Updated with Easier Folder Sharing Feature
Google is gradually rolling out some new updates to the Google Docs service. These updates will make it easier to share files inside folders as...
Google Board Member Levinson Resigns
Google Board Member and Genetech Chairman Arthur D. Levinson has just announced his resignation from Google’s Board of Directors. The announcement comes in the heels...
Yahoo Activates Sponsored Search Ads on BOSS
We know Yahoo BOSS right? That open search web services platform whereby developers can build their own web-scale search products utilizing the Yahoo Search index....
Google Squared Gets New Features, Will You Use it Now?
In case you’re wondering what ever happened to that Google Labs feature called Google Squared, well it’s still on and just got some enhancements. But...
AP, News Corp Want Search Engines to Pay for Content
Both the Associated Press and News Corp’s and perhaps the whole news organizations are probably realizing that many online news aggregators including search engines have...
Sergey’s Last Ditch Effort to Defend Google Books Project
Today’s Op-Ed Column of NYT features a very long article by Google’s Sergey Brin. And the topic? Something which is close to my heart –...
Google Search Options Goes Mobile
The Google Mobile Blog has just announced that the Search Options which Google recently introduced to its web search service is now available for the...
Is Twitter Working a Deal with Google and Microsoft?
Is Twitter Working a Deal with Google and Microsoft? With 54 million users to boot and a steady stream of real-time and content-sharing information generated...
Google Adds Quick View for PDF Search Results
Google has just made it easier to view PDF files in search results – by providing the Quick View facility that would display these PDFs...
Yahoo Patents Human Edited Search Results Ranking
So, what is Yahoo up to now with regards to its search results? Reports say that Yahoo has just received the U.S. patent for something...
Google and Verizon Wireless To Bring More Android Phones
Announced just a couple of hours ago was the official partnership between Google and Verizon Wireless which would cover both parties working together to bring...
Ask Deals Offers More Than 1 Million Bargain Offers
Ask.com is about to officially announce its latest offering which is tied-up with its search engine – Ask Deals. Ask Deals can be officially described...
Google Experiments on a Fading Minimalist Homepage
If you’re one of the chosen Google user, you might have noticed earlier that Google.com was somewhat different in appearance. TechCrunch was reporting that the...
Ask.com Launches the Yahoo Deals-like Service
Ask.com has just launched a new service which will offer more than 1 million discount deals from national and local merchants across the country. The...
Google AdSense to Serve YouTube Promoted Videos
The Inside AdSense blog has just announced that AdSense will now be serving YouTube Promoted Videos. These YouTube videos will appear in various regular AdSense...
Google Introduces the View-Through Conversion Tracking Tool for Display Ads
Google has just announced a new way for advertisers to track conversion of their display ads which were not clicked but rather viewed-through by users....
Google Rolls Out 9 New Search Options
Google continues to roll out some new search related enhancements as if sending a signal to the Bing camp that they are prepared for whatever...
Delicious Rolls Out New Search Features
Delicious is introducing a slew of new features aimed at making its social bookmarking service more useful. From search refinements to graphing technology to its...
Google Highlights Forum Posts in Search Results
Google has introduced a new feature to its search results pages that highlights relevant forum posts and discussions relating to search queries. According to the...
Google Offers One-Click Website Translation Tool
Have you ever wanted to have a blog in Italian but could not do it because you don’t know the language? Well, now you can...
Google Makes Local Mobile Search More Useful
Local mobile search providers should start worrying now as Google continues to improve its Google Mobile Search facility. Posted just now is a pretty useful...
YouTube Still the King of Online Videos
Latest data from comScore’s Video Metrix service is showing a familiar trend in the video viewing habit of U.S. Internet users for August. With a...
Google Makes its Search Snippets More Useful
When it comes to search, expect Google to always come up with innovative ideas that will surely rock the house down. Take the case of...
Google Releases API for Sites Service
Google has just announced the availability of the API of its Sites service. Of course we all know that such API would render Google Sites...
Google Rolls out Sidewiki, Wikipedia for Websites?
Google has just rolled out SideWiki, a Google Toolbar option that when triggered will display a sidebar facility where anyone can add comment and publish...
Google Pushes Picasa 3.5 with Photo and Geo Tagging Features
One year ago, Google made photo and geo-tagging features available for its Picasa Web Albums service. I’m not really sure whether this made quite an...
Yahoo! Search Gets a Massive Revamp
There you go, Yahoo has just announced a major revamp of its search portal, particulary the search results format. According to the Yahoo Search blog...