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Rob D Young
2011
Google Directory Has Been Shut Down
Google's Directory, a relic of eras past, has been removed – with essentially no fanfare. This shutdown is part of…
Google Halts Support for Firefox Toolbar
Google recently announced that it would be halting support for the Google Toolbar on Mozilla Firefox. While Google and Mozilla…
Major Google URL Removal Exploit Found & Resolved
A Google Webmaster Tools user found a security hole that allowed him to delete any web page from Google's index.…
Google+ iOS App Released, Tops iTunes
Just over three weeks after the release of the Google+ social network and its corresponding Android app, an iOS version…
Google+ Takes No-Nonsense Policy on User Identity & Community Standards
Google+ has been banning accounts that seem to be using fake names and discussing ways in which celebrity identities can…
Yahoo Q2 2011 Report: Revenue Hurts While Income Grows
Yahoo's second quarter report doesn't look pretty at first glance: GAAP revenue is down 23 percent. However, the operating income…
Bing Satisfaction on the Rise, Facebook Customers Unsatisfied
In the 2011 American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), Bing saw a strong rise is satisfaction, though Google remains the search…
Google vs Copiepresse Copyright Tension Settled
Copiepresse, a copyright management company for Belgian newspapers, has had a long history of tension with Google. Now, after five…
Microsoft’s Accidental Leak of Tulalip Social Search
Socl.com, a domain name recently purchased by Microsoft, briefly posted a landing page for a service called Tulalip. While it's…
The Future of the Bing-Twitter Partnership
After having lost its deal with Google, Twitter is now at risk of losing the chance to re-up with Bing.…