Visitors to Google Book Search will have the opportunity to download and print classic titles from the service. Sometime today, Google Book Search should open its virtual doors to literary fans and allow them to download PDF copies of certain titles, and to print them.
Google, eBay Ink Advertising Deal
The multi-year agreement between eBay and Google focused on two main advertising components – text-based ads and click-to-call advertising functionality.
Google Launches Microsoft Office Alternative
There’s long been speculation that Google was preparing an online office suite that would take on Microsoft Office products.
A Google vs. Microsoft Double Standard?
I was just looking at all the blog writing about Google’s new announcement. Hey, what an awesome PR machine Google has. They don’t talk to a single blogger and we all talk about them anyway. I think bloggers like the abuse!
Google Apps No Microsoft Threat Yet
Google debuted its Apps for Your Domain as a hosted communications option for domain owners, and it is being touted in some places as a gauntlet being tossed down in challenge to Microsoft.
Google Fears Investment Fund Status
An obscure little fun fact about Google has been making the rounds; last month, Google filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission requesting that it not be treated like a mutual fund.
Google Bestows Much Love Upon Webmasters
The revamped Google Webmaster Central has enough changes in place that it merits a second look for our readers.
Google Patents Editorial Favorability
The US Patent and Trademark Office awarded Google a curious patent on Tuesday, filed for in 2000. The patent covers a “system and method for supporting editorial opinion in the ranking of search results.” Observers are still uncertain if the patent is merely an “artifact” or a signal for a new direction in Google News.
Google’s Revamped Sitemaps Program: Webmaster Central
Google’s transitioned Sitemaps program, Webmaster Central, offers an inclusive approach for small business site owners to index their pages.
Google Joins Child Porn Fight
Google added its name to two lists of corporate heavy-hitters who’ve teamed up with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and its international sister agency ICMEC to combat child pornography on the Internet.