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Google Earth Won’t Have Distribution Blocked

Google Earth is out in a new version with new features, as Greg Sterling will be detailing more on the blog later today. But meanwhile, Google escapes having…

By Danny Sullivan · 13 Jun 2006

Analytics

‘Search: Thy Name Is Google’

Last week, MediaPost reported on an Outsell report, “How Information Providers Can Keep Pace With User Demands For Time-Saving Solutions,” which showed…

By Greg Sterling · 12 Jun 2006

SEO

Is Duplicate Content Killing Your Rankings?

A paper presented at the 10th International Conference on Extending Database Technology conference in Munich near the end of March, Indexing Shared…

By Bill Slawski · 12 Jun 2006

Industry

Reflecting On Direct Hit, The Google Rival

Perspective: The man who would be Sergey from News.com talks with Gary Culliss, formerly of Direct Hit, on cashing out of search…

By Danny Sullivan · 12 Jun 2006

Industry

#&@$%@ Gmail!

It’s been six hours now without POP access to my Gmail account. I’ve been through this irritating problem before with Google, as…

By Danny Sullivan · 12 Jun 2006

Industry

Google Founder “Ron Google” Helps Jessica Alba At MTV Movie Awards

Via Valleywag, this clip from last night’s MTV Movie Awards shows Jessica Alba having "Ron Google," the inventor of Google, comment on…

By Danny Sullivan · 09 Jun 2006

Industry

Search Forums Roundup: June 9, 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 · 09 Jun 2006

Industry

MSN Windows Live Launches News & Local Live Answers

The MSN Search blog announced that MSN Search now supports news specific and local specific “live answers.” What that means is if…

By Barry Schwartz · 09 Jun 2006

Local

Brands, Search and Local

ClickZ local columnist Phil Stelter wrote a piece this week about brands taking notice of local search. Geotargeting online is something that…

By Greg Sterling · 09 Jun 2006

SEO

“Gnomedex 2002” On Google Shows Again The Need For Webmaster Control Over Titles & Descriptions

We’ve written before about the need for search engines to give webmasters more control over their titles and descriptions. Today, I came…

By Danny Sullivan · 09 Jun 2006

Industry

Google Paper Explains Listening To Your TV Can Help It Put Ads & Info On Your Computer

There are many people discussing a recent patent Google was awarded for picking up on ambient audio from your TV and pairing…

By Barry Schwartz · 09 Jun 2006

Video

Google Video Movers & Shakers (AKA Zeitgeist)

David Krane posted that Google Video launched a new feature named Movers & Shakers. The Movers & Shakers feature is a page…

By Barry Schwartz · 09 Jun 2006

Analytics

Hitwise: Google Nearing 60% Of Queries In US

Just over a week ago, NetRatings said Google went over the 50 percent mark in powering web searches in the US. New…

By Danny Sullivan · 08 Jun 2006

SEO

Unique Content VS. Plagiarism In The Eyes Of An Algorithm

Chris Boggs over at the Search Engine Roundtable wrote an item named Which Came First: the Content or the Plagiarism? which discusses…

By Barry Schwartz · 08 Jun 2006

Industry

Google Browser Sync For Firefox

Google announced a new Firefox plugin named Google Browser Sync. The Firefox extension allows you to “synchronizes your browser settings – including…

By Barry Schwartz · 08 Jun 2006

Industry

Look Out Wikipedia, Here Comes Yahoo Answers!

New stats add fuel to the idea that Yahoo Answers is perhaps becoming a social interacting phenomenon like YouTube or MySpace. A…

By Danny Sullivan · 07 Jun 2006

Industry

Brin Can’t Get Some Senate Meetings On Last-Minute DC Trip; Admits Needing Better Organization

It wasn’t only China that Google cofounder Sergey Brin was talking about in Washington DC yesterday. The purpose of his trip primarily…

By Danny Sullivan · 07 Jun 2006

Industry

Hitwise: Google Tops For UK Web Search But Weak With Other Offerings

Figures recently released from web monitoring firm Hitwise provide mixed messages from the UK for Google and their major competitors. The bare…

By Phil Bradley · 07 Jun 2006

Industry

Googlebowling A Reality?

Googlebowling is a term used to describe the method of knocking out a page from the Google search results. Googlebowling is conducted…

By Barry Schwartz · 06 Jun 2006

SEO

Funny Example Of Why DMOZ Titles Are Bad In Search Results

Threadwatch posted a funny example of why DMOZ (ODP) directory titles should not always be used in the Google search results page.…

By Barry Schwartz · 06 Jun 2006

Industry

Google Asks If AdWords Is Useful With Feedback Buttons

Philipp Lenssen reports that Google is testing feedback buttons near AdWords ads. The feedback buttons asks, “Was this link useful?” You can…

By Barry Schwartz · 06 Jun 2006

Industry

Google Indexing Fewer Pages: Signs Of The Google Crawling Sandbox?

Aaron Wall over at SEOBook.com has an excellent write up on the recent indexing phenomenon at Google. Google has been indexing fewer…

By Barry Schwartz · 06 Jun 2006

Industry

Google Spreadsheets To Launch Shortly

Google is to release a new Google Spreadsheets product on Tuesday, allowing anyone with a web browser to create and interact with…

By Danny Sullivan · 05 Jun 2006

Video

Our Video Conference Looks Like A Winner

ClickZ’s Online Video Advertising Forum takes place in New York next week on Friday, June 16th. I must say there’s been a…

By rumo · 05 Jun 2006

Industry

Google Testing Expandable “More Google” Links On Home Page & More

Philipp Lenssen reports that Google has been testing an expandable “More you can do with Google” link on the Google.com home page.…

By Barry Schwartz · 05 Jun 2006

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