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Rob D Young
2011
Chrome 13 With Instant Pages Launches & How Browser Loyalty Impacts Search
Chrome 13 is out now and features Google Instant Pages. Meanwhile, Chrome continues to gain ground on a global scale,…
Report: Google EU Antitrust Expands, Up to 9 Complainants
The European Google antitrust investigation, which has been ongoing since November 2010, is continuing to grow. According to two sources…
7 Google Projects Shut Down in the Page Era (The Google Friends Newsletter is the Latest)
Google just halted the Google Friends newsletter after providing Google updates for 13 years – but that's far from the…
7 Reasons Why Bing Is Here to Stay
Despite public criticism for losses posted by Microsoft's Bing, some of which even extended to calling for CEO Steve Ballmer…
Google Launches Hotel Finder, Steps Up Travel Search Game
Despite the purchase of ITA, Google has yet to delve deeply into travel features. However, their most recently experimental tool,…
Google Study Examines Organic/PPC Interplay
A new Google study examines a common question from advertisers: Are PPC ads redundant when combined with prominent organic ranking?…
Google Revamps Places Design, Removes Off-Site Reviews
Google has revisited the design of its Places pages. The new look is cleaner, involves more calls to action, and…
Google Buys Facial Recognition Company PittPatt
Google has picked up a facial recognition group known as PittPatt. PittPatt's technology is likely to be used in Google+,…
Google VP Explains the Google+ “Real Name” Policy
Vic Gundotra, Google's VP of Social, discussed the company's decision on enforcing real names for users. While Google accepts pseudonyms,…
Google Closing Down Labs
Google has announced that its Labs project, an incubation chamber that spawned Gmail, Goggles, Maps, Reader, and other products, will…