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Google Sued for Showing Defamatory Results
In New Dehli, Arindam Chaudhuri filed a major lawsuit against Google and several other sites for publishing and distributing “defamatory, libelous, and slanderous articles.” His action created a maelstrom...
Who Should Buy Hulu?
Yahoo! may have gotten the ball rolling on the Hulu sales deal by coming at them with an offer, but Hulu leveraged the position by pushing for a number...
Interview: Kyle James, Owner of Rather Be Shopping
I couple of weeks ago I felt so inspired by a few successful entrepreneuship stories that I shared them as a guest post 5 Hugely...
Is Yahoo Seeking a New CEO?
Carol Bartz was named the Yahoo! CEO in 2009. She has been a major part of efforts to change the company’s floundering position, and her voice was likely...
Google: The First Company to Hit One Billion Monthly Unique Visitors
While the world of web technology is far more about loyalty, revenue, and a few other less-than-easy to track metrics, Google has nevertheless earned some...
Study Shows Google Directly Informs 15.4% of Brand Conversations
According to a study sponsored by Google and run by Keller Fay, Google is directly involved as an informational resource in 15.4% of all conversations...
Google to Integrate Real-Time Chat with Chrome
Fans of Gmail likely know that the service allows for simple video chatting directly in your browser. While the Gmail-based video and voice chat isn’t seen as a...
Google Docs Integrates More Deeply with Office & Box.net
For a cloud-based service like Google Docs, one of the major challenges is integrates fully and effectively with the popularity productivity mechanisms already in place....
AdWords to Sunset Custom Shape Targeting
In a quiet announcement made last month, Google indicated that some changes would be made to their geo targeting. The most noteworthy of the changes...
Yahoo! Display Ads Falling to Facebook
Yahoo!, long known as the leader in the display ad industry, is going to be handing over its seat if trends continue and predictions are...
Google and Sun Microsystems: The Costly Non-Purchase
Google has passed up a few potential buys that, as has been proven by history, it absolutely should not have passed up. Facebook, for example?...
How Non-Standard TLDs Will (or Won’t) Impact Search Results
A decision from the Internet Global Coordinator on June 20th ruled that domain names could be sold with an open-ended top-level domain extension. Rather than...
Google Street View Frozen in India
In late May, Google made its way into Bangalore to continue its Street View project – taking panoramic images of the streets while blurring out...
Google Adds 5 Indic Languages to Translate
Google Translate has been a highly useful project for the development of the web, scholars, and anyone who wants to understand a page that isn’t...
Google Music (Beta): A First Look
Google Beta invites have been sent to users the world over and, at long last, to yours truly. This article takes a look at the...
5 Sources of Links for Local Businesses
Need more tightly relevant links? Go local! Here are 5 tips for you to get inspired! 1. College Websites Many college’s are looking local businesses...
The SEO Industry Needs Better Industry Associations
Compared to other marketing practices like advertising and PR, the SEO industry is incredibly young. As an industry we are still finding our way, establishing...
Why You Can’t Ignore Schema.org
The Internet is a vast world that is constantly changing and evolving. As more people log on, the necessity for organization of content and increasing...
Yahoo! App Search Gives Android a Boost
Earlier this month, Bing released a lineup of search features that left Google out in the cold; Bing was allowing users to quickly find, install,...
The Improved Google Analytics Map Overlay
Few things are as important as analytics if you want to succeed on the web – which is probably why Google worked hard to develop...
Google’s New “Me on the Web” Feature
Slowly but surely, Google is becoming more social – but it’s not because the company has launched a social network that rivals Facebook, and it’s...
Google Denies Favoritism in Obama Re-Election Efforts
The U.S. political scene walks a fine line between privatization and public domain; while there are strict limits on what corporations can do in sponsoring a political...
Google’s Les Paul Doodle Costs the World $268 Million
Google giveth and Google taketh away. One area that surprisingly manages to cover both ends of those deitific duties is the recent Google Les Paul doodle – which allowed users to...
Simple Answers: Are Facebook Likes Part of Google’s Algorithm?
The QUESTION: Google has been open about using social data as a metric in the search ranking, but the company has only partnered effectively with...
Google Android’s Desserts Are Still Mixed Up
I’ve mentioned before that I use a Google Android phone. Specifically, I use the Evo. I got it during the week it first came out,...
Comparing Google’s and Apple’s Cloud Approach
The cloud is a beautiful place, even and despite the war. What war, you ask? Why, the war that’s happening between Google, Microsoft, and Apple....
Google Invests $280 Million in SolarCity
Google has already made massive investments in the clean energy sector, but the majority of investments have been in major projects like innovative solar technology, large-scale wind...
Google Releases Improved AdWords Display Network Tools
In the world of advertising, especially as breach into the often treacherous realm of the display network (be it Google’s or anyoneelses), relies on the...
Google Adds Desktop Voice & Image Search
There are several features for Google that are available only on the mobile platform. These features tend to be based on the unique functionalities of...
Google Chrome Adds SERP Prerendering Feature
Everyone on the internet likes speed. Despite the fact that we only recently emerged from the dial-up era, users on their smartphones will still be...