I just can’t get enough of Google Maps satellite view! Everyone I tell about it is consumed with looking up their childhood neighborhoods, their friends’ homes, favorite destinations and the homes of celebrities.
Google’s fresh link filter discussion on SEO Radio
Google’s alleged fresh link filter is on the minds of many website owners and search engine optimization professionals. If indeed, Google is filtering new links into web pages, and not providing full link popularity transfer, then SEO is a whole new ballgame.
Google Q&A
Google Search now has new functionality that will attempt to answer what it perceives to be a question that you’ve keyed into the search box. It’s called Google Q&A.
More On Google, Maps, Mail, and Microsoft
He makes the point that several others did in response to my Hotmail taunt: that the number of users on email systems doesn’t matter to him.
Google United – Google Patent Examined
Google’s newest patent application is lengthy. It is interesting in some places and enigmatic in others. Less colourful than most end user license agreements, the patent covers an enormous range of ranking analysis techniques Google wants to ensure are kept under their control.
Google’s Specialized Number Search
When you search for a number in Google, it’s not necessarily going to do it’s normal web search, looking for pages with that number in them.
Google Testing Alternate Searches
Google is testing a new feature called “Alternate Searches” intended to enhance the user search experience. Other search engines like Yahoo! or AskJeeves have included in their results pages some suggestions of related searches.
Google to SEM Firms: You Don’t Own Your Clients, We Do!
Disturbing news circulating the SEW forums about Google’s attitude to search engine marketing firms. We’ve known this for a long time and it is common knowledge among most SEMs, yet few people realize that Google and Yahoo are constantly trying to “absorb” clients brought to them by an SEM firm.
Google Lowers Prices On Search Appliances
Yesterday, Google announced they would be slashing the price of its Google Mini search appliance, while increasing its search capacity by half.
Google Chasing Yahoo – Follow The Leader
Flashback 5 years just before the dotcom bubble burst and you’ll remember the name of another company that blazed the path Google’s following long before Larry and Sergey were even out of their dorm rooms. I’m talking about Yahoo!.