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Google Testing Map Quick Link Under Search Results

Threadwatch screen captured Google testing out placing a link to Google maps results directly below the search result’s description and above the…

By Barry Schwartz · 20 Nov 2006

Industry

Search Forums Roundup: Nov. 17, 2006

Today’s SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links to this week’s hot topics from search engine forums across the web:…

By rumo · 17 Nov 2006

Mobile

Google Expands Mobile Text Ads Beta

Google has expanded its mobile ads beta test beyond the U.S., U.K., Japan and Germany to eight more countries: France, Italy, Netherlands,…

By Greg Sterling · 15 Nov 2006

Industry

Ask.com, Google, & Yahoo Fight Raising SEC Fees

The Washington Post reports that the SEC wants to charge new fees for accessing and displaying real-time stock quotes. IAC (Ask.com), Google,…

By Barry Schwartz · 15 Nov 2006

Industry

Google To Add 500 Jobs In Dublin, Ireland

Reuters reports that Google is going to be adding 500 new jobs in the Dublin, Ireland office. This will make the Dublin…

By Barry Schwartz · 15 Nov 2006

Industry

Google Holding $200 Million In Escrow For Possible YouTube Copyright Cases

First Google was rumored to be keeping $500 million back from the YouTube sale to settle possible legal problems. Then Google CEO…

By Danny Sullivan · 15 Nov 2006

Video

Video Search Beyond YouTube

Google’s recent purchase of YouTube is yet another sign that video search is one of the hottest areas on the web today.…

By rumo · 14 Nov 2006

Industry

InfoSpace Launches Kid-Friendly Search Engine Zoo.com

InfoSpace has launched kid-friendly search engine Zoo.com, which provides web and news search. Intentionally there is no image search at launch. The…

By Greg Sterling · 14 Nov 2006

Industry

Merge Historical Maps With Current World In Google Earth

Google Earth in 4D from Googling Google is a very nice catch about how Google Earth now allows you to view historical maps…

By Danny Sullivan · 13 Nov 2006

Video

Google Video Getting Caption Search; Customizing The Player & More Features

This weekend, the Google Operating System blog wrote up a trifecta on Google Video. It explained that Google Video is apparently to…

By Barry Schwartz · 13 Nov 2006