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Lost & Found: Ripoff Report Back in Google, But Would Your Website Be So Lucky?

Ripoff Report disappeared from Google's index on Tuesday. Although the site is now back in the index with all of its pages,…

By Dave Davies · 11 Aug 2011

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Google’s Large Double Column Sitelink Test Returns

A slew of reports in recent days indicate that Google is further experimenting with a new look that expands on sitelinks for…

By Rob D Young · 11 Aug 2011

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Google Books Makes a Deal with France’s Top Publisher

In France, Google has reached an agreement with the nation's largest publishing company, Hachette Libre. The opt-in agreement will allow Google to…

By Rob D Young · 10 Aug 2011

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Computer Scientist Calls for Natural Language Q&A Searching

The traditional blue links found in search engines will soon be a thing of the past, says computer scientist Oren Etzioni. He…

By Rob D Young · 08 Aug 2011

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Google Faces 10th European Antitrust Complaint

Deal du Jour, a French daily deal company, has filed an antitrust complaint to the European Commission, claiming it was removed from…

By Rob D Young · 08 Aug 2011

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ISPs Are Hijacking Bing & Yahoo Searches

Several ISPs are intentionally hijacking search queries to gain affiliate dollars, according to Reese Richman LLP, a New York Law Firm. Reese…

By Rob D Young · 08 Aug 2011

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Google Health Shutting Down Doesn’t Mean Google Has Abandoned Health

Google is pulling the plug on its personal health record (PHR) solution. Here are three reasons why Google Health failed, which companies…

By Dean Stephens · 07 Aug 2011

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Court: Google Image Search Didn’t ‘Irreparably Harm’ Perfect 10’s Porn Business

Adult website and magazine Perfect 10 has failed to prove to a federal appeals court that Google nearly drove it to bankruptcy…

By Danny Goodwin · 07 Aug 2011

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Google Loves Lucy: Lucille Ball’s 100th Birthday Celebrated with Google Logo

Google is celebrating the 100th birthday of Lucille Ball today with a special “I Love Lucy” themed Google Doodle. The black and…

By Danny Goodwin · 06 Aug 2011

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Universal Search: Which Formats Dominate in Google’s Results? [Study]

Google's current "standard" SERP model mixes links, images, news stories, maps, videos, and more. But what appears most often? Who gets the…

By Rob D Young · 05 Aug 2011