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Two recent patents indicate that Google is taking significant steps to finding more places to put search, navigation, and ads.
Google has announced plans to open a new data center in Lenoir, N.C., according to state officials. Local residents hope that Google's presence in the region will boost the local economy and spur job growth.
The Copiepresse agency that forced Google to post a court decision against the search advertising company on Google.be has initiated a legal battle with Yahoo over linking to articles.
Google wants publishers and authors not to fear giving away electronic books online saying that it will ultimately lead to more book sales. At the Google Unbound conference yesterday at the New York Public Library the focus was the marketing potential of offering free books online.
Google wants to speak - presumably using an "inside voice" - with librarians. To facilitate this, the search engine company has launched the Librarian Central blog. And while some of us might just accept that information and move on, there have been some surprisingly strong reactions to the development.
The Internet, magazines, newspapers, mobile phones, radio, and recently, maybe even billboards. But is Google going to top all those media this year by working with CBS to set up an online auction for TV advertising spots? Reports conflict, and Google, as usual, will not "comment on rumor or speculation."
