Want to Get Your Google Profile Verified?

Now that Google is putting Google Profiles in search results, you might want to consider getting verified. You have to go through a process to do this however. "Should you get a verified name? Right now, it doesn’t influence whether your profile will rank better in profile results," says Danny Sullivan at Search Engine Land. "But if you’re trying to convince people to trust that…

Google Offers Money, Fame To Young Artists

Courtesy of Google, quite a few artistically inclined young people are going to have a great summer.  The search giant has announced a new phase in its annual Doodle 4 Google competition, and it's also started a Google Photography Prize contest.

Twellow Gets a Makeover

Twellow has undergone a big redesign, and now has a cleaner look with a convenient tabbed browsing format. If you are unfamiliar with Twellow, think about it as a yellow-pages service for finding people on Twitter.  You can search for things or browse the directory to find people who tweet about the topics you are interested in. This is a Webproworld service.

Schmidt Sticking To “Profitable YouTube” Story

It's been close to three years since Google bought YouTube, and so far, the site has cost the search giant a lot more money than it's made.  But Google's CEO still believes the situation will right itself, and new info from an analyst goes a little way towards bearing out his line of thought.