Posted in Google on Nov 19th, 2008
In the very near future, you will no longer be able to reliably check your rankings in the Google search engine. As Google moves more toward personalization, it will be even closer to the end of the search engine rankings: no more top rankings or number one ranking for a certain keyword phrase.
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Posted in Google on Nov 10th, 2008
Google has taken another step in its effort to shed light on the so-called “Dark Web” with an announcement that its engine can now search scanned documents in Adobe Systems’ PDF format.
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Posted in Google on Nov 6th, 2008
Google Inc pulled out of a search advertising partnership with Yahoo Inc due to regulatory objections, causing Yahoo shares to rise as investors hoped the move could lead to a resumption of deal talks with Microsoft Corp. Microsoft had lobbied hard against the partnership which Yahoo initially struck with Google as a way to fend [...]
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Posted in Google on Nov 3rd, 2008
Telstra’s Sensis has given up on competing with Google in online search and mapping, announcing today it would provide its Yellow business listings to Google Maps and abandon its own search engine for one powered by Google.
Announcing the agreement at Google’s headquarters today, Sensis CEO Bruce Akhurst spun the announcement as a positive move [...]
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Posted in Google on Oct 18th, 2008
(Bloomberg) — Google Inc., owner of the most popular Internet search engine, said third-quarter profit climbed 26 percent as more customers used Web search ads to spur sales in a slowing economy, sending the shares higher. The Internet will account for 8.7 percent of the $284 billion in U.S. ad spending this year, up from [...]
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Posted in Google on Sep 13th, 2008
Google began running a live test last year that lets people re-rank and remove search engine results and comment on them, but remains undecided about rolling out the changes for everybody. read more
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Posted in Google on Aug 20th, 2008
Google placed well ahead of its Internet search competitors in a recent customer-satisfaction survey, another advantage for the runaway market leader. read on
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Posted in Google on Aug 20th, 2008
“Google analyzes backlinks posted on web pages to calculate PageRank, which in turn influences the search results ranking of pages. But web pages aren’t the only places to find URL pointers.” read on
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Posted in Google on Aug 20th, 2008
Frank noticed that sites using Google Knol or Google pages were getting great positions in the Google SERPs. You keep track of the SERPs — the patron saint as it were — and as much as he gamed the system, He always trusted his moral compass and moved as close to it as his clients’ [...]
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Posted in Google on Aug 20th, 2008
Google may have added some relevant blog posts, under the search result, as opposed to showing the typical Sitelinks. more
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