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Rob D Young
2011
Google’s New Homepage Test: No Longer “Feeling Lucky”?
A new Google search interface experiment has been discovered. While there have been a few fun design changes, one major…
Google Acquires SageTV for GoogleTV Reinvigoration
Google just picked up SageTV for an undisclosed amount. SageTV, a software and hardware company that built a product for…
Google “Photovine” Trademarked – But What Is It?
Google recently filed a trademark for a new service called "Photovine," and the photovine.com domain name just switched to an…
Google–British Library Partnership to Digitize 250,000 Books
The Google Books project has scanned over 12 million books, largely thanks to the forty-plus libraries in its Library Projects…
Google’s AdMeld Acquisition Sparks Anti-Trust Review
Google's $400 million acquisition of display ad ROI optimization tool AdMeld has, unsurprisingly, prompted action from the DOJ. According to…
Google AdWords Experiments with a Click Count Feature
Google is never short on AdWords experiments, running numerous format and placement experiments of varying sizes at any given time.…
Oracle Copyright Suit Seeks Billions from Google
Oracle, the company that owns Java, has been engaged in an arduous legal wrestling match with Google. Oracle's recent claims…
Google Adds Related Searches SERP Element
A recent addition to the SERP takes advantage of Google's understanding of the complexities of topic categorization to provide a…
Search Industry Roundup: Who’s Bought Who Edition – June 20, 2011
The world keeps spinning and the search industry never sleeps. HubSpot buys Performable, Channel Intelligence Buys ClickEquations, Publicis Buys Rosetta,…
Google Maps API Allows Street View in Grand Theft Auto’s Liberty City
Google's various APIs are designed to allow coders to run amok (in a good way) with Google resources. That's certainly…