I had a chat with E-Nor President Feras Alhlou after reading a guest post of his on the Official Google Analytics Blog. He was asked by Google to make a post, as E-Nor is a Google Analytics Authorized Consultant and is very active on a number of Google Analytics (GA) support fronts.
Google Optimizes Book Search for Mobile
Google has launched a long overdue mobile version of Book Search for the iPhone and Android. This includes access to over 1.5 million mobile public domain books.
Google Health Gets Handle On Real-Time Medical Data
Never mind Santa – 365 days a year, it’s now Google that may know when you’re sleeping or awake. The tech giant will be able to track things like heart rates and blood sugar levels, too, thanks to a partnership with IBM and help from the Continua Health Alliance.
Google Asks Time Warner For Money Back
Roughly three years ago, Google bought a five percent stake in AOL for $1 billion. AOL then went down the tubes, and more recently, the economy has done the same. So everyone’s favorite search giant has now put Time Warner into a position where it may have to offer something of a refund.
Google Rides the Internet Bus to India
Today, Google launched an initiative called the Internet Bus Project, designed to show off all the Internet has to offer to cities in Tamil Nadu, India. The purpose is to introduce people that are not familiar with the Internet to the education, information, communication, and entertainment it has to offer.
Trial Of Google Execs Begins In Italy
In September of 2006, a clip of four Italian youths teasing a teenager with Down syndrome was uploaded to Google Video. Today, the trial of four Google executives on criminal charges of defamation and privacy violations is set to begin in Milan.
Google Mobilizes Gmail Tasks
About two months ago, Google announced a new "Tasks" feature in Gmail Labs. the feature provides a window in Gmail similar to that of chat and lets you add tasks by simply clicking in the empty area and starting to type.
Now they are offering a mobile version of the feature for iPhones and Android devices. It is also accessible by any xhtml enabled phone.
Google Earth 5.0 Goes All Out With Proper Ocean
Sylvia Earle, a leading oceanographer, once jokingly suggested to Google Earth and Maps Director John Hanke that the former product should be called "Google Dirt." She asked, "What about the 3/4 of the planet that is blue?" Her concerns have been addressed today with the release of Google Earth 5.0.
Is Google Showing Political Bias with Search Results?
There are people who think Google is incorporating political bias into search results. As examples they use misspellings of George Bush and Barack Obama. Are the results of misspelled queries really something Google would take the time to specifically alter to inject their political beliefs though?
Search for Barack Aboma in Google and you will get a "Did you mean: barack obama" suggestion, and the top 2 results for Barack Obama:
How To Get Google To Remove Third-Party Content For You
It’s been generally thought that a webmaster could not request the removal of another webmaster’s content from Google’s search results. A Google representative says that’s not always the case and that Google will remove third-party results under certain conditions. In most cases, Google leaves it between webmasters, and if someone wants site content removed, they should contact the site owner in question and deal with them directly for removal—from the Internet.