People who like to shop from the comfort (or at least convenience) of their cell phones are in luck; Google Product Search for mobile now supports all devices with mobile connections in four different countries. Plus, people with more advanced phones are getting access to Google Suggest.
Google Maps Receives Two Useful Upgrades
Google Maps just keeps getting more interesting. Today, two fresh features came to light, and together, they’ll make it a lot easier for users to get their bearings in unfamiliar territory and plan multiple-stop outings wherever they may be.
Google Talks Online Child Safety
Google is part of the "PointSmart ClickSafe Task Force," which is an organization that was set up to help keep kids safe online. This week, the task force released its Recommendations for Best Practices for Online Safety and Literacy, which it has been working on for nearly a year.
Facebook Getting Very Close to Google
Back in March, Murdok looked at how Facebook was driving more traffic to some websites than even Google was. While, that was certainly not the case for everybody, it was still fascinating to see.
Will Google Chrome OS Challenge Windows?
Google has announced that it is working on an operating system based on Google Chrome (their browser). The company says the project is an attempt to "re-think what operating systems should be."
The OS-in-progress is simply called Google Chrome OS, it is open source, and it will initially be aimed at netbooks. The announcement came on the same day that Google dropped the "beta" tag from Google Apps.
Google Recognizing Non-Blogs as Blogs
A number of people have noticed that Google is viewing their websites as blogs when they are not really blogs. They are finding that Google is placing them in blog search portions of universal search results in regular Google searches.
Google Adds Real Estate to Australian Maps
Over a year ago, Google started incorporating real estate search into Google Maps in the US. Now Australia gets the feature.
Google and Bing Tips for Site Architecture Issues
Google and Bing have both talked about site architecture issues lately on their blogs. Site architecture is an important part of search engine optimization, and crucial to ranking.
"You can have great content and a plethora of high quality inbound links from authority sites, but if your site’s structure is flawed or broken, then it will still not achieve the optimal page rank you desire from search engines," says Rick DeJarnette of Bing Webmaster Center.
Google Blog Search Gets New Features and a Gadget
Google has launched several new features for Google Blog Search today. These are: RSS AND Atom feeds, an iGoogle gadget, a "hot queries" features, and a "latest posts" feature.
RSS and Atom Feeds
Google says the addition of the feeds has been its most requested feature for Blog Search. Users can subscribe to specific topics or stories. There is a "subscribe" heading in the left-hand column on the site, and underneath that are links for Atom and RSS.
Google Makes Language-Based Product Announcements
Today Google made a couple of announcements involving the expansion of offerings into more languages. They’ve announced that the new optimized SERP pages for iPhones, Android devices, and feature phones are now available in over 60 countries and 38 languages. In addition, the company has announced an advanced translation feature in the newest release of Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer.
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