In America, Google is pretty much omnipresent. Elsewhere in the world . . . well, it’s getting there. The search engine company has announced plans to enter Portugal in order to access the African market indirectly.
Google Lags In Public Research
Earlier this week, John Battelle took a look at “the practice of academic publishing in the field of search,” and more specifically, at how many papers were submitted by each of the major search companies at a recent conference. The results: it seems as if Google doesn’t play well with others, at least as far as research papers are concerned.
Google’s Staunch Opposition to Hacking
Matt Cutts has posted a detailed synopsis of the reinclusion process for sites that have been removed from Google’s index under suspicion of spammy link content. He documents the misfortune of talkorigins.org and its owner, who was none to happy about being removed from Google user queries.
Google’s Incomplete SEO Advice
If you do any research on SEO you’ll find this statement repeated more then any other – “make sites for users not for search engines.” It even appears in the the guidelines of the webmaster help center right on Google.com. It’s one of the core fundamentals in what’s considered “white hat” SEO or SEO that conforms to all of the search engine guidelines in the interests of improving the web.
The (Focused) Future Of Google?
Not all Google products are created equal; some, like Google Catalogs and Google Code, were pretty much doomed from the start. Many onlookers believe that the company will soon start concentrating on its central products, instead of spinning off these strange little odds and ends every few weeks. Nicholas Carr picked the five products most likely to receive this special attention.
Facebook More Popular Than Google
What’s the most popular Web site for today’s youth? There certainly is a large variety to consider. Would you be surprised if males and females ages 17 to 25 both shared the same favorite Web site?
Google Goes To The Middle East
Google CEO Eric Schmidt spoke recently at the Arab Strategy Forum, and he made some thought-provoking predictions about the region’s future. “The next story in the development of the Arab world,” Schmidt said, “will be the unleashing of the power of the Arab entrepreneur.”
Quality Score Questions for Nick Fox, Google
I talked with Nick Fox, Senior Product Manager for Ads Quality at Google, to get caught up on the latest issues relating to Quality-Based Bidding.
Google Vs. Google, According To Hitwise
Hitwise’s Bill Tancer conducted a detailed analysis of “Google properties and how they rank amongst themselves in market share of visits,” and while the results aren’t necessarily shocking, they are interesting. Google’s main search engine is the far-and-away leader of the pack, with a 78.42% share.
Google And IU Strive For Net Trust
An effort between the search advertising company and Indiana University aims at codifying trust factors to help people avoid scams online.