Last year, Google was kind enough to tailor a specific version of its personalized homepage tool iGoogle, to the ever-popular iPhone. They even offered a video showing how nice and convenient it would be for iPhone users.read more

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I recently posted about ways to get more conversions out of Google Site Search. This was based on tips that Google itself offered for capitalizing on its potential. These tips were: 1. Make your search box easy to find 2. Make sure search is always available 3. Customize the appearance of search to fit your site 4. Experiment 5. Be open to feedback 6. Learn what users are looking forread more

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Men take their manhood really, really seriously. It probably shouldn’t be surprising, then, that after McSteamy on Grey’s Anatomy suffered a fractured penis, the Internet lit up with searches for information about the injury as men everywhere asked, “can that really happen?” read more

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As you're probably aware by now, Google released its financial results for the fourth quarter yesterday, and although they managed to beat the analysts' expectations, they also had a drop in profit. read more

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The Google Base Help Forum - or at least a person who runs it - doesn't want you to forget that the resource is there.  A "new" layout that's more than two months old is getting a little spotlight time.read more

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Google looks to be taking another step forward on the path towards personalized search.  Some users have been given access to a new option that allows them to identify sites they'd like to see more often on their results pages.read more

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Some people have spent hundreds or even thousands of dollars to be in D.C. during the presidential inauguration.  For those folks who are interested but couldn't find the money (or just didn't feel like camping on someone's lawn), Google Earth has at least unveiled some new imagery of the area.read more

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Last month Google released a Gmail gadget for Google Desktop after "countless" requests for one over the years. Today they have released a Google Calendar gadget for Google Desktop. read more

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It looks like AdSense publishers who are dying to get tax refunds won't owe Google any favors this year; the search giant's timing is poor compared to any number of banks and other companies.  But Google announced today that it is working on the distribution of tax forms.read more

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Last week, Google announced the end of some of its services, and among them was the ability for users to upload videos to Google Video. They said they would be refocusing their attention on building a more comprehensive video search engine, and why not? They've already got YouTube.read more

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Today Google announced the addition of Google News Singapore to the Google News family. This is the first new version of Google News since October, when they announced Google News in the Telugu language, and at the end of September when they announced the Polish version. read more

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Google held onto its search advertising market lead during the fourth quarter with 76 percent market share while Yahoo gained 3 percent share year-over-year, according to a report from Efficient Frontier.The search marketing firm based its report on analysis of 92 million impressions and 600 million clicks across a portion of its customers.read more

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Steve Horowitz may seem familiar to fans of Google's Android operating system; he's written blog posts, given presentations, and even appeared in a YouTube video with Sergey Brin.  But Android's going to have to get along without him, as Horowitz has moved from Google to Coupons, Inc.read more

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Yesterday, we looked at different places around the Internet to get your inauguration coverage. Today Google is sharing a few Google Maps mashups that are out there. read more

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If the outgoing Bush Administration was thought to run a secretive, bubble-icious type of White House, the Obama Administration so far is proving to be the opposite. The Whitehouse.gov redesign for greater transparency has already been widely noted—Presidential blog and all—but the website is now much more open to a new kind of visitor: the search engine spider. read more

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The future of search engine optimization is uncertain right now. Google is experimenting with personalization, and the need for quality, engaging, and usable content is becoming more important than ever. One part of a site's usability is the ease with which a user can find desired content. A common way to make this easier, is site search, which Google itself happily provides.read more

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Google has partnered with New York City to launch a new Web site that makes it easier for users to explore the city.read more

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Check out the latest blog post over at the Hitwise blog which details Twitter catching up to Digg in terms of total visits.read more

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Google is set to release its Q4 2008 earnings report tomorrow, and the company will likely set the tone for the entire search marketing industry and the online economy going into 2009. According to a recent market report, Google’s got a tough sell on Thursday. read more

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The past year wasn't a bad one for the Chinese search market.  A new report from Analysys International points to impressive growth in overall revenues, and the top two players both managed to increase their presence and popularity.read more

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Forestle is a search engine with the goal of saving the Rain Forests. It was built on Google Custom Search, but Google revoked the site's search functionality claiming that Forestle offered "incentives to click artificially on sponsored links," which is not compliant with Google's policies. read more

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Just as people packed into Washington yesterday to watch the inauguration, it seems that Google saw a huge number of inauguration-related queries.  An analysis of them points to some interesting conclusions.read more

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After shutting down several services last week, Google is now adding another one to the scrap heap. The company announced that it is closing the doors on Google Print Ads. read more

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Google was one of few successful companies on the stock market today; it provided a little bit of green within big lists of numbers that were otherwise mostly red.  This trend continued as the search giant released its fourth quarter financial results. read more

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Encyclopedia Britannica is finally giving in to user-generated crowd wisdom—to an extent but not without some harsh fightin’ words aimed toward Google and Wikipedia. read more

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"SEO as we know it will be dead within the next 2 years – true or false? With the wealth of info at their fingertips combined with localized, customized search to name but a few Google will no longer need to do what it does now to determine rankings?" I'd say "false".read more

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The successful emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River captured the imaginations of many people. Twitterers couldn't stop talking about it. The pilot became a hero and gained tons of LinkedIn popularity. read more

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Even though people can accomplish great things while working as a team, not being able to measure the results is something of a limiting factor.  To fix this problem with Google Sites, then, an integration with Google Analytics has been announced.read more

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Google has announced it is expanding YouTube's click-to-buy ecommerce platform it launched last October to now include Germany, Spain and the Netherlands in an effort to further monetize the property.read more

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Google has added a new feature to Gmail, which allows users to watch videos within their chat windows. This eliminates the need to leave your Gmail window when someone sends you one. read more

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