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Google Makes Plus Box Official
The “Plus Box” feature, which was spotted in November and which Matt Cutts blogged about in December, is now an official feature.…
Gmail Blocking Yahoo Groups Emails
The ever vigilant Barry Schwartz posted about this today. Seems Google does not like Yahoo Groups. Interesting that they have been aware…
Google to Test Pay-per-Action Ads
Watch out Commission Junction. Here comes Google. Google today announced a limited beta test of pay-per-action advertising, a new pricing model for…
Innovectra Launches LeadStream
Local search consultancy Innovectra is launching a local search product today at the Kelsey Group’s “Drilling Down on Local” event. The new…
Microsoft Sucks, According to Robert Scoble
Former Microsoft Live evangelist Robert Scoble is now saying “Microsoft Sucks”. Scoble wrote in his Scobleizer blog, “the words are empty .…
AOL France Drops National Search Engine Exalead For Google
TelecomPaper.com reported today that AOL France will drop the national search engine, Exalead, for Google. This loss of usage from a prominent…
Yahoo! Finance Market Share 52 times Bigger than Google Finance
Last month, I asked: “Is Google News the Tail Wagging the News Search Dog?” Today, I’d like to follow up by asking:…
Comcast Playing Hardball with Google?
The Wall Street Journal reports (behind pay wall), based on “people familiar with the matter,” that cable operator Comcast is talking to…
Google Provides Webmasters with More Linking Data
Google has enhanced the reporting capabilities in its Webmaster Tools to show full phrases being used in anchor text, instead of just…
Q&A With Ask.com’s Gary Price
Gary Price, Ask.com's director of online information resources, talks about his role in reaching out to the research and librarian communities.