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Why Search Engines Should Use Social Signals as Ranking Factors
Social signals - from author authority to number of re-tweets to number of "likes" - should (if not now, then very soon)…
Google Wants Users To Confirm Business Listings
David Mihm noted that Google Maps listings for businesses now include overlays asking if they are still operating, in the case of…
Should Google Escape the Death Spiral in China by ‘Losing Face’?
Weighing which of four paths Google should take when it comes to China: promote within China but remain in Hong Kong; do…
TGIF: Classic Video of Google Meeting from 1999
Video posted this week offers a trip back in time to the early startup days of Google. The vintage footage, posted by…
Google Tags Out With Bad Team Coordination
Google announced it is dropping the Tags feature for its Places product – a feature they were selling to small businesses to…
Is Charlie Chaplin’s Body Missing Again? New Zealand Chaplin Doodle Is A Mystery
Google Doodles are done to honor an event – a historical persons birthday such as locomotive engine inventor Richard Trevithick’s 240th earlier…
Was Google’s Marissa Mayer Snubbed in Local + More Reorg Notes
Google CEO Larry Page made waves in his first week back at the helm last week, promoting seven executives to senior vice…
Larry’s First Day: Exec. Quits, Spends $900M – Grade? Maybe +1
Larry Page took over CEO duties at Google again yesterday and what a busy day it was for the creator of the…
Google Senior VP Rosenberg Stepping Down After ‘9 Short Years’
Unable to make a long-term, multi-year commitment to Google, Jonathan Rosenberg, Senior Vice President, Product Management, will leave Google within the coming…
Checks and Balances in Ranking Signals
Google +1 is part of a wide ranging network of social behavior signals that are designed to reshape Google's ranking algorithm.