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Google Docs Adds Pagination
Every time I get writer’s block, I head somewhere else to write. I don’t just mean grabbing my laptop and going to a coffee shop,...
How To Analyze Modified Broad Match Keywords in Google Analytics
Keywords are at the heart of Paid Search (at least in the current SEM environment). Therefore, choosing the right keywords along with implementing the right...
Google Makes Hefty Donation to Science Museums
In a world where at least some level of philanthropy is expected from all corporations, it’s difficult to say that throwing millions of dollars around is...
Google Clarifies URL Shortening’s Impact on SEO
URL shorteners have become more and more prominent in recent years, with the four character “j.mp” hitting the scene alongside established shortening services like “goo.gl”...
Google Expands Experiment for “Hotel Ads” in Maps, Places
The travel and hospitality industry remains one of the most profitable “per action” on the web. After all, not only do these companies have a...
Google Chrome Goes Completely “SPDY”
Let’s play a little game of word association. When I say Chrome, what’s the first word that comes into mind? There are plenty of options:...
Google Challenges Users’ Search Prowess with Daily Trivia
Most trivia games around the world focus on one specific capability: the accumulation and recall of (typically useless) facts. That’s why people who cheat at...
Common Sense: The Secret Ingredient of any SEO Campaign
It’s a section of the brain that seems to be disintegrating through generations, and even those with high IQ’s don’t always have it. It’s something...
Google Acquires PushLife for Music Synchronization
Google makes enough small purchases that a lot of them, seeming almost irrelevant at first, fly under the radar. However, for those who know about...
Google Drops Street View in Germany
Google just lost a legal battle for Street View in Switzerland. While that particular battle didn’t ban Street View altogether, it did make the service impractical,...
Google Gets the Go-Ahead on ITA Acquisition
We’ve discussed the Google/ITA deal several times over the last, oh, year. There’s been plenty to talk about; after all, the merger itself is huge news, and...
Google Tech Incubator “Umbono” Comes to South Africa
Google has helped back companies, research, education, and other major projects around the world. With the help of Google’s advanced technology, property space, and –...
Google Merges Hotpot with Places
In the past I’ve described Google’s Hotpot service as an “evolution to places.” This moniker has been both very accurate and somewhat misleading; Hotpot and Places...
Bing Releases iPad App
Those who know me (or my opinion-based content here) know that I tend to favor Google, the practical monopoly that may or may not be evil. However,...
New Google Grant Awards Researchers with CPU Power
There are very few who would dispute that Google is on the cusp of modern technology, and those who do are probably smoking something. After...
Page Rearranges Google, Adds Social Incentive
We reported just the other day that Page had officially taken the reigns over at Google, and that early shuffling in the ranks had already...
Yahoo Comes Out as a Linux Company
Linux, or GNU/Linux if you take that particular side of the naming controversy, isn’t exactly growing in strength and popularity amongst common users. However, Linux...
Blekko Releases a Road Show Guide
Having just received my Blekko trading cards, it feels as if another entry about everyone’s favorite, tiny search engine is in order – if not quite...
Yahoo BOSS V2 Officially Released
While Yahoo may not be cultivating some of their more traditional search offerings, that doesn’t mean they’ve left search alone. Beyond developing certain niche aspects...
Chrome OS Coming to Tablets – Someday
Those who have been paying close attention to the development of Google’s tablet interface and the development of the Chrome OS have probably heard plenty...
Google I/O, Live on the Web
Once people realized exactly what happens at Google I/O each year – which is to say, all the important announcements of summer releases, not to mention...
Google Rolls Out “Small Tweaks” in Gmail
Right now I have eight tabs open on Google Chrome. Four of these pages are for the content I’m writing now. One page is my...
Google Buys 49% of a German Solar Power Plant
Google has long been committed to renewable energy resources – though how much of that is for environmental as opposed to monetary reasons is difficult...
Google Chrome to Add Malware Download Warning
If the email messages I get from my Grandma who is (despite an inability to travel) in London and lost all her money, my younger...
Page Takes Google’s Reigns, Rosenberg Resigns
Several months ago we announced that Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google who was brought on board to help the fledgling search company back in...
Google Forced to Tweak Instant Suggestions in Italy
Yesterday I talked about the legal battle Google lost in Switzerland. That legal action is mandating that Google Street View do so much manual editing that...
Google AdWords Adds Phone Support, at Long Last
From 2008 to early 2010, I worked as a search engine marketer in a small business development company. One of the major projects I worked...
Will Google TV Merge with Android?
Google TV hasn’t precisely been the stunning success that some, including those in Google, predicted it would be. Reasons cited for that failure have been...
Google AdWords and the New +1
There has been a burst of posts about the new Google +1 button and SEO, even an awesome discussion on Sphinn. It does seem to...
63 Juicy Internet Entrepreneurship Interviews in One Book: #Code Bytes
The Internet is full of countless industries and make-money opportunities – which makes it hard to focus and succeed. What if you had a resource...