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Is Schmidt Batting Cleanup for Google on the Hill at Antitrust Hearings?
Answering the call of the U.S. Senate antitrust subcommittee, Google will have Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt to testify on their behalf in September. Schmidt…
In China, Baidu Continues Search Market Domination Over Google
Google’s share of China’s 4.3 billion yuan ($665.9 milllion) search market dropped once again in Q2, according to numerous reports citing data from consulting…
HubPages Adds Subdomains, Claims Google Panda Recovery, But…
User-generated article site HubPages was one of the thousands of websites hit hardest by Google’s Panda update. But now they claim to have a…
Local Online Business Listing Hijacking: Protecting Your Identity
Listings hijackers and spammers create chaos for legitimate local businesses and the local search industry. Some statistics provide insight on the size of the…
Bing Maps Updates Interface and Road Map Style
While Bing has released many competitive features in the past, one of their more successful is Bing Maps. Microsoft is continuing its enhancements of…
Google at 92%; Facebook at 54% Industry Share in UK
Google and Facebook are dominant players in their respective fields, but that supremacy is more notable in specific areas. A recent Hitwise report showed…
Visual.ly Infographic Search & Data Visualization Tools Launch Publicly
In the world of a highly visual web, data has remained largely static and visually uninteresting. Visual.ly aims to change that with extensive infographic…
Google Reports Q2 2011 Earnings, Record $9 Billion Revenue
With lower than expected earnings in Q1, growing concerns over spending, and a decline in Google’s stock price since Larry Page was appointed CEO,…
Google Celebrates French Independence With Bastille Day Doodle
Today on Google France, a special Google logo recognizes the national Bastille Day celebration and embraces its symbols. Google has celebrated the event since…
June 2011 Search Engine Market Share from comScore, Hitwise
Bing was the only search engine to see its share of searches increase in June 2011, according to the latest comScore and Hitwise figures.…
New York Times & Digital Due Diligence Target Google’s Local SEO Spam Problem
Shady SEO tactics are once again in the mainstream spotlight, as a report shows Google's local search results are being gamed by some in…
Link Building by Starting a Market Research Firm
One successful link building strategy is to start a market research firm for your specific industry. This strategy is so great because it forms…
A Starter’s Guide to Search in Korea
Examining what South Korea’s top search engines Naver and Daum offer. Also: an overview of one of the few search markets where Google isn’t…
Google’s Photovine Goes Live
Photovine, a Google project that's been rumored for several weeks, has officially gone live. Once a mystery project, we now know Photovine is a…
Google Makes Big Changes to Product Search Feeds
E-commerce sites that have their products listed on Google Product Search need to pay attention: A big sweep of updates to the feed formatting…
Google Appeals Wiretapping Definition Ruling
When Google "accidentally" picked up data from encrypted wireless networks, the gates of Hades burst open. Lawsuits have flown freely since, and a recent…
Google Offers Hit NYC, Oakland & San Francisco
If you had signed up to receive more information on Google Offers and live in New York City, Oakland, or San Francisco, you should…
Google+/Gmail Integration: Current Status & Giving Feedback
Google+ is already starting to seep into other Google services. Googler Mark Striebeck indicated that there are several Gmail-Google+ integrations in the works, and…
37% More Incentive to Focus on SEO for Bing
Rosetta conducted a study of organic search clicks from Yahoo, Bing and Google to vertical markets. The study found that the Bing-Yahoo search alliance…
How to Analyze Your PPC Ad Positions
On the surface, your average ad position is one of the most straightforward metrics you’ll find in AdWords. But trusting it too much can…