Baidu Sued by New York Activists
There aren’t many markets left where Google isn’t the dominant player (in fact, we’re down to three or four, depending on how you look at...
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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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Bing Webmaster Tools Drops Mandatory Silverlight
Once upon a time, there was a big argument about Silverlight’s place in the world. This Microsoft utility was a great option for web apps, especially ones...
Microsoft BPOS Steals Back San Fransisco
Earlier today we talked about Google’s great victory over Microsoft in Virginia; Google received the business from more than a dozen government groups in Virginia,...
Google Apps Secures Virginia
One of the major battles between Microsoft and Google is taking place at a government level, and no, I don’t mean the Olympic-class lobbyists both companies employ....
Google’s Blogger Releases “Tip Jar”
There are only two types of Blogger in the world: those who need money from their blog, and those who want money from their blog. Even the...
Google Launches Official Search Blog
Google has a massive list of blogs at their disposal (roughly a hundred, in fact), and for those keeping an eye on the mass movements,...
Google’s Eric Schmidt: UK’s Anti-Piracy Could Be “Disastrous”
As the U.S. debate rages on about the appropriate policies for preventing piracy, the United Kingdom is on schedule to implement controversial countermeasures. More specifically,...
Google Leasing Another Mountain View Location
If Microsoft is Redmond, then Google is most certainly Mountain View. Yes, just like Microsoft, Google has locations around the globe. But, also like Microsoft,...
Google Map Maker Goes on a College Tour
Google Maps are a very popular way to get around these days, especially with the increasing popularity of Android-powered devices (primarily smartphones) that can so...
Microsoft BPOS Crashes, Hard
One of the big Microsoft-Google battles taking place right now is the war for cloud productivity services. From web-based email to document creation, both companies...
Could Microsoft-Skype Mean the End of Carriers?
For those who haven’t already heard, Microsoft has purchased Skype for over $8 billion. There are plenty of reasons why Microsoft was smart in making...
The Google Translate Song (Oh Yeah, It’s Viral)
It’s not often that two of my great passions intersect, but that’s precisely what they’ve done with a recent viral video. This YouTube release, dubbed...
Google Docs Adds Pivot Tables
Google Docs is undoubtedly a powerful tool. They were the flag-bearer in the online document creation and editing genre, and though their absolute dominance may not be...
Blekko Wins Over Flipboard
Those who have paid attention, with neurotic intensity, to my entries over the last few months (and why wouldn’t you?) know that I enjoy Blekko. I...
Google Still Silent on Facebook Subterfuge
Google and Facebook are kind of like brothers: Cain and Abel. Which one is which I’ll leave to your imagination and taste, but there’s no...
Experimental Google AdWords Format in Testing
For Google, AdWords represents the foundational advertising model, not to mention the primary mode of income. Billions are spent each year on advertising through Google, and with...
Bings Unrolls Even More Facebook Features
For a long time, everyone was shouting that Facebook was Google’s biggest competitor. I scoffed at this, loudly vocalizing my opinion that Facebook was irrelevant...
Google News Gets a Facelift
Google News has become a trusted source for information on the web. The history of the service is of interest; it began as a response...
Google Reports $64B Economic Contribution to Businesses
Google is taking a moment to celebrate small business week (this week, that is), which may seem a little odd at first glance. After all,...
Google 301 Policy Update from Matt Cutts
One of the questions that’s brought to me on a semi-regular basis is whether or not 301 redirects diminish the amount of link juice passed by a...
Google Chromebooks Officially Announced
Google Chrome OS has received plenty of attention from us over the last few months. The idea of having an operating system that functions as...
Google Celebrates MIT’s 150th Anniversary
MIT, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been around for a long time. In fact, at 150 years of age, MIT is older than the web,...
Watching the Google I/O Keynotes
Google I/O, which took place earlier this month, was packed. Not surprise there! Tickets sold out in under an hour. Nevertheless, the million-plus viewers who...
The Google “Filter Bubble” and Its Problems
If anyone had doubts that politics is involved in search engines, then the $5 million plus that Google spends on lobbyists each year should be...
Google Optimization: Site Redirects, Canonicals, and Link Juice
Over the years, our good friends over at Google (largely through the input of Matt Cutts through his webmaster Q&A videos), we’ve heard a lot of information...
Google Blogger Glitches, Posts Vanish
Google runs a lot of the electronically stored data for people these days. Beyond file storage in the new Google Docs, users get their email,...
Google Announces In-App Payments at I/O
It’s been a long time in coming, and now Google has finally released the in-app payment API for web app developers. This new set of code serves...
Google Ice Cream Sandwich Details
For the last few months, we’ve repeatedly mentioned the upcoming Google Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 2.4) operating system, almost always with the tag line “and we’ll find...
Blekko Sees 30% Increase in Unique Visitors for April
Every time Blekko starts to fade from the spotlight, it seems that another big group picks up the story. This time around its the almighty New York Times,...
Google Bolsters the Analytics Overview
Google never sites still. Like a fidgety child who’s diagnosed with ADHD but is really just too smart to be challenged by the class’s curriculum,...