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Amazon Reviews, Yahoo Answers Showing in Bing Quick Previews Box

Bing seems to have recently made some changes to its Quick Previews, inserting reviews from Amazon.com and answers from Yahoo Answers when users mouseover the arrow to the…

By Danny Goodwin · 15 Jun 2011

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Bank of England Using Google Search Tracking for Economic Insights

In an attempt to better understand the behavior of UK citizens, the Bank of England has started tracking search trends on Google.…

By Rob D Young · 14 Jun 2011

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DuckDuckGo Questions Quality, Accuracy Of Search Engine Traffic Numbers

Gabriel Weinberg, founder of new search engine DuckDuckGo, noted in his blog the hundreds of thousands of bogus searches being done at…

By Frank Watson · 13 Jun 2011

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Google Test Adds Website Names, Subtracts URLs in Search Results

Google appears to be testing a new look for search results, adding the name of popular websites including LinkedIn, Facebook, Apple, Wikipedia,…

By Danny Goodwin · 13 Jun 2011

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Privacy Regulators See Red Over Facebook Facial Recognition

Facebook is coming under attack from European Union regulators questioning its intrusion in to users' privacy. Facebook gave information to the EU…

By Frank Watson · 13 Jun 2011

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Google Buys AdMeld for $400M

Google is continuing its investments in the display advertising arena with its purchase of AdMeld, a publisher utility targeted at optimizing ROI…

By Rob D Young · 13 Jun 2011

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Visual Health Search

New visual search tools aim to take you inside the human body to address health related concerns, improve healthy outcomes, and reduce…

By Dean Stephens · 12 Jun 2011

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Canadian Watchdog Wants Privacy Audit Of Google

Seems auditing Google's privacy policies and actions is becoming a popular demand these days, only months after the FTC required Google to…

By Frank Watson · 10 Jun 2011

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Les Paul Guitar Google Doodle Gets Encore

Google's special playable guitar logo in tribute of Les Paul's birthday was so popular yesterday that Google is keeping the interactive Doodle…

By Danny Goodwin · 10 Jun 2011

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Bing Branding Blitz on Xbox

Microsoft is bringing Bing search to the Xbox 360. The new search feature will use Microsoft voice recognition technology and the Xbox…

By Rob D Young · 09 Jun 2011

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Is Google’s Software Infrastructure Almost Obsolete?

Former Google engineer Dhanji R. Prasanna, who helped design Wave, Realtime Search and maintained the code library that resided on most of…

By Frank Watson · 09 Jun 2011

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Kazakhstan Law Makes Google Put On Redirect List With China

Google has decided to redirect their Google.kz domain to their global homepage Google.com, in response to a Kazakhstan law enacted last month…

By Frank Watson · 09 Jun 2011

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Les Paul Google Guitar Logo Lets You Play, Record & Share

Google today is paying tribute to legendary musician and innovator Les Paul with an interactive logo that lets you play a virtual…

By Danny Goodwin · 09 Jun 2011

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Search Advertising Forecast to Hit $14.38B in 2011 [Report]

U.S. search advertising could hit $14.38 billion by the end of 2011, an increase of 19.8 percent over 2010. This strong growth…

By Danny Goodwin · 08 Jun 2011

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The 1970’s Just Called. They Want Their Internet Back.

The numerical format of IP addresses limited it to 4.3 billion combinations. Once deemed more than sufficient, the growing need for Internet…

By Thom Craver · 07 Jun 2011

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Gmail Phishing Attack: China Cries Slander

The Chinese government claims Google is using an attempted targeted Gmail phishing scam as a “political tool for slandering other countries,” according…

By Danny Goodwin · 07 Jun 2011

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Richard Scarry Gets Google Doodle On 92nd Birthday

Popular children's author Richard Scarry - born June 5, 1919 and died April 30, 1994 - received the cyber equivalent of a…

By Frank Watson · 05 Jun 2011

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Google Apps Could Soon Not Work In Your Browser

Google said they would not be supporting Firefox 3.5, Internet Explorer 7, and Safari 3 or older browsers. "In these older browsers…

By Frank Watson · 03 Jun 2011

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IL Affiliate Tax Being Challenged As CA Pass it

The Performance Marketing Association challenged the constitutionality of the Illinois law taxing products sold by affiliate marketers residing in the state, filing…

By Frank Watson · 02 Jun 2011

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Eric Schmidt on Search Result Answers, Social Failures & Google Offers Launch

During an interview last night with Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt at the D9 Conference, questions from Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher…

By Danny Goodwin · 01 Jun 2011

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SearchDay: Push the Button Edition – May 31, 2011

The launch of Twitter's follow button for publishers was eclipsed by the news today that Clearspring accidentally leaked the news to TechCrunch…

By Jonathan Allen · 01 Jun 2011

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Mubarak Fined $33 Million For Turning Off Mobile, Web In Egypt

Overthrown Egypt President Hosini Mubarak fined millions by Egyptian administrative court for cutting off access to the internet and mobile communications during…

By Frank Watson · 31 May 2011

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Online Reputation: 5 Ways You’re Offending Online Customers

When you have an online presence, your customers will increase their expectations accordingly. Pay attention to the buzz about your company on…

By Kevin Gibbons · 31 May 2011

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US Senate Internet Copyright Legislation Deja Vu

Last year there was COICA, this year there is PROTECT IP - legislation in the US Senate wanting to control aspects of…

By Frank Watson · 29 May 2011

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Is Twitter Getting More Social Or Just More Complicated?

Twitter has added new features such as the ability to see what tweets your followers are making as well as those made…

By Frank Watson · 27 May 2011

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