Google Abandons PageRank in Webmaster Tools

Google has quietly gotten rid of PageRank in Webmaster Tools. Barry Schwartz at Search Engine Roundtable points to a thread featuring an explanation from Google Webmaster Trends Analyst Susan Moskwa.

Facebook Publishes 2009’s Top Status Trends

Facebook users are a pretty important group of people; after all, in recent months, it's been established that there are more of them than there are individuals in the United States.  So to wrap up 2009, Facebook's provided a list that helps spell out what its users have been thinking about all year.

Google Earmarks $20M For Charities As Holiday Gift To Everyone

Some time ago, Google established a tradition of sending top AdSense and AdWords users holiday gifts.  This year, it's departing from that routine.  But people are going to have a hard time complaining about the decision, because instead, Google's committed $20 million to a group of charities.

Google Arranges To Expand In Pittsburgh

Over the years, more than a few people have compared the Googleplex to Willy Wonka's chocolate factory.  Now, fact and fantasy will come even closer to merging in Pittsburgh, as Google's decided to lease 40,000 square feet at the former site of a Nabisco plant.