Google Buys German Reverse Engineering Company
Google is a monolithic entity – so big and so powerful that it trumps competitors (except Bing, which is gaining) by its mere presence, with...
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Rob has been insatiably obsessed with Google, search engine technology, and the trends of the web-based world since he began life as a webmaster in 2002. His work as an SEO consultant since 2006, and subsequently to content writing for technology and internet-focused publications, has done nothing but fuel this passion.
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Google Adds OCR for 29 More Languages
Google is an incredibly multi-lingual company when it comes right down to it. That’s no negligible factor, either. While Yahoo! U.S. was busy siding with Bing to finally...
Google to Release In-App Payments in May
When Google acquired Jambool in August of 2010, many rumors started flying around. After all, Jambool is and was a social network game payment group that helped “synchronize” payments...
Google’s Schmidt States Mobile Growing Faster than All Predictions
Google representatives, especially those high up on the ladder, are no stranger to major events. This is especially true for Eric Schmidt who, over the...
Google’s Algorithm Change: The Losers and Winners
Editor’s note: For the latest information on the Google Panda algorithm, please see: A Complete Guide to the Google Panda Update. The air is heavy with hatred...
Gmail Eats 150,000 Accounts
Google is well-known for its app suite, especially for the highly popular Gmail. Gmail has shown as one of the most innovative, stable, and all-around awesome utilities on...
Google Discusses the Importance of Anonymity
Image via Google Public Policy Google has made some recent updates to their interface, including a more succinct settings menu, as easier way to switch...
Yahoo Study Looks at the Who, What, and How of Search
There are plenty of debates in the world of search today, and “private vs personalized” is one of the big ones. While some users and...
Bing and Google: Mutually Stealing Social Search Concepts
In previous posts, I’ve put a lot of heat on Vivek Wadhwa, who – while he’s clearly knowledgeable – has also released a lot of...
Google Graduates Label Labs
In the midst of a Gmail disaster (more on that later today), Gmail is adding a set of new features for users. These two options...
The Transformation of Chrome into an OS
We all know that Google will be releasing an operating system sometime later this year with Chrome OS. However, what many people haven’t recognized is...
Google Becomes Your Sous Chef with Recipe Search
There are always dozens of excuses not to cook your own food, but the biggest one tends to be simply not knowing what to cook. After...
Google Encourages “Nuanced” Approach to No-Follows
Matt Cutts is often the insider who lets us – John Q Public – know what’s going on inside the giant Google machine. He’s the...
Google AdWords Adds “Conversion Optimization” Option
There’s little doubt that the AdWords interface from Google is both powerful and appealing; after all, that’s how Google has managed to achieve an estimated...
Chrome Introduces High-Powered Background Pages
Chrome is certainly an industry leader in innovation, even if it hasn’t quite swept the market yet. The Google-powered browser has still managed to show...
Google to Chrome Users: Calm Down – The Omnibox Is Safe
Google has long been a fan of minimalistic designs that get right to the point. The Google search engine was nearly revolutionary for this tendency,...
The Details of Google Honeycomb Spread
Google’s Honeycomb OS went head-to-head with Apple’s “Daily News” for release parties, showing off the details of its interface for both users and developers in...
How Should Google Spread Word About Google?
Before I started writing about Google, Bing, Yahoo, and all the rest, I didn’t even know about the existence of half their services. This wasn’t...
Gmail Improves Its Contact Groups
Google’s productivity services, from Google Docs to Gmail and more, offer plenty of time saving alternatives. Some of these items are hidden away in the...
Microsoft’s Hotmail Adds Alias Accounts
Hotmail has long been a popular service for setting up “side accounts” for email. After all, it’s one of the easiest services to set up...
Google Hotpot Spreads to a Global Scale
When it comes to the world of modern technologies, Google has a thriving grasp of almost every major division. However, there are two “areas for...
Bing and Google Stand Together for IPv6
When the Internet was invented by Al Gore (or the countless researchers in various locations around the globe who collaborated and slowly advanced networking concepts...
The U.S. Justice Department Probes Google-ITA Deal
The travel industry plays a key role in the web information field, and each search engine is working hard to create travel features. However, Google’s...
Interesting Google Statistics from 2010
One of the great things about modern business is that it’s always learning and growing. The great examples of this are found in the tech...
A Brief Look at the Android Market Web Store
The iPhone has been winning the app war with Google. Let’s count the points. 1) The iPhone is pickier about applications, meaning fewer freezes and...
Google Honeycomb Adds Improved Security
Google is about the only competitor that threatens Apple in the tablet industry, but somehow the company making the iPad just isn’t feeling that frightened....
Google AdWords Integrates with Maps
Google AdWords has always been an excellent resource for those who want to push traffic to a website, but for a long time after the...
Google Blogger Gets an Android App
Google services cover more properties than someone who’s been cheating at monopoly (no pun-based accusation intended), but some of these services are far more venerated than...
Google’s “Hiybbprqag” Gets the Spotlight
There’s plenty left to say about the mudslinging battle that happened between Google and Bing recently — and it’s even possible that the companies will...
Google Adds the “Web Clipboard” Extension
While competitors must label themselves as niche solutions (for example, Bing is your source for travel, sports, and entertainment), Google is trying to cover every...