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Google is considering allowing users of its search engine to tinker with query results by re-ranking them and commenting on them. The company has already run public tests on its search-results pages that contain up and down arrows next to listed links, as well as buttons that allow users to append comments to results. continue reading

Following my recent post on the development of Flash website crawling by Google, there is now sufficient information to answer the issue of the SEO impact of this new ability. It is becoming clear that sites built in Flash are still not good for the Search Engine optimisation of your website. There are a number of reasons for this: Google is the only search engine that can currently crawl

Advertisers Suspect Prices Will Increase NEW YORK Somehow Google seems to have come out on top again, landing a search deal with Yahoo that by some estimates could boost its revenue by $1 billion — and may leave some advertisers footing larger sums for their keyword buys. The near-universal prediction from search-engine marketers is the largest [...]

Google wants to attract more brand advertising dollars in search. However, it also allows marketers to bid on trademarked or branded terms they don't own or control so long as those keywords are not part of the ad copy. This practice so far passes legal muster in the US (although there's ongoing litigation). Google recently modified its keyword bidding policies in the UK and introduced this more l

Google wants to attract more brand advertising dollars in search. However, it also allows marketers to bid on trademarked or branded terms they don't own or control so long as those keywords are not part of the ad copy. This practice so far passes legal muster in the US (although there's ongoing litigation). Google recently modified its keyword bidding policies in the UK and introduced this more l

It looks like Google might be thinking about bailing out of an 'adsourcing' deal with Yahoo! Inc. Here's the background info on the Google-Yahoo ad deal, and here's the latest on the MS-Yahoo-Icahn deal. Ok, now that you're upto speed, let me explain why Google is getting cold feet. First, the only reason Google agreed to do it was to try and help Yahoo fight off the advances by Microsoft. Since

Google is recently considering Malaysia as one of the possible locations to house their so-called ‘world’s biggest server farm’, with news covered in major newspapers like Bernama and NST few months back. Apart from Malaysia, India and Vietnam were also taken into consideration. A server farm is a group or cluster of server computers (or super [...]

...but they're rubbish at offering a consistent user experience (IMHO). When using services from one organisation as a user I expect or at least anticipate some level of consistency with things like navigation and layout. However, Google seem intent on doing their own thing product by product.

WSJ have reported that Google are set to apply to bid for the 700MHz spectrum in the January Federal Communications Commission. There have been rumours that Google were interested in the wireless spectrum and this latest report confirms them. Apparently, Google are set to bid low on purpose so they won’t actually win the bid, but will place pressure on the FCC. Google obviously aren’t silly. They know if they build their own mobile network they’ll run into trouble with their current partners AT&T, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile. Source Written by Lucy for Product ReviewsIn Sections: News, Cell & Mobile Information

We all know that Google is our friend. But, do we know that where that name ‘Google’ came from? Well read the story below to know the secret behind it –> A Chinese company is suing Google’s China subsidiary for copying its name, saying the U.S. search engine’s registered Chinese name is too similar to its own and has harmed its operations. A spokesman for Beijing Guge Science and Technology Ltd. Co. said Google’s commercial name had led to the company being constantly disturbed by people calling up its office trying to contact the search engine. “We just want Google to change their commercial name,” Tian Yunshan, a company official, told Reuters on Friday. “We have already passed our demands on to Google … We will see what happens in court.” The search engine’s Chinese name — a transliteration of the English word “Google” — was also used in Beijing Guge’s commercially registered name, Tian said. People searching for Google through a loc

Today Google announced it intends to participate in the federal government’s upcoming auction of wireless spectrum in the 700 megahertz (MHz) band should the Federal Communications Commission adopt a framework requiring greater competition and consumer choice.This is a threat to cell phone providers; Sprint, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, etc.  There are many clues as to Google's future with wireless:Last November, Google's CEO Eric Schmidt stated that he sees a future where mobile phones will be free to users who accepts advertising on their handsets. Last March, we reported that it was rumored that Google is working on launching their own cell phone. Last April, we reported that Sina.com reported that Google will release its first cell phone by the end of this year or early next year. 

Google is my Internet love as well as my worst fear on the Internet. The reason why I am so much afraid of Google at times is because it has the power to ban me completely. Getting a Google ban is more like getting a life sentence in jail where you are alive but you life has no more meaning. Reasons Why Google May Penalize You Google Penalty is the practice of black listing a particular site or blog. It is considered as a very big punishment for webmasters and is done to keep the Internet clean and free of bad sites. There are a lot of reasons which may trigger a Google Penalty and I have tried my best to explain each one of them below. To ensure your blog does not get penalized by Google make sure you read all of them and avoid perpetrating them. 1. Short-Term Domain Registration This is one of the most controversial reasons that supports the fact of Google Penalty. Google might penalize you in a sense if you run your blog on a domain that has been registered for only one year. The

This is true, a wake up call for all those who are earning by selling or buying links. This all those participating in Advertising Programs like Text-Link-Ads. This is an effort to stop buying Google Pagerank which is mainly based on incoming external links. The paid links reporting form is directly available in the dashboard of Google SitemapsHow will Google punish?A complete exclusion from Google´s SERPs is only one possible consequence of a spam report. Google might also choose to give a site a "yellow card" so that the site can not be found in the index for a short time. However, if a webmaster ignores this signal, then a "red card" with a longer-lasting effect might follow. So it's possible that Google is already aware of an issue and communicating with the webmaster about that issue, or that they have taken action other than a removal on a spam report.Are you the first to be punished?You can still send your Application for reconsiderationBut you can still sell links by-Adding

Google Inc. is gathering some of its top executives in Paris next week for an international press conference and speculation is rife that announcements will include a local version of YouTube for European countries. France 24, a French public TV channel, confirmed Friday that it has been in talks with Google, suggesting the search giant may be lining up local content for its video-sharing service. Google’s YouTube events calendar pegs Tuesday — the day of the press conference — for an unspecified “Paris launch.” A Google spokeswoman in France declined to comment on the France 24 talks or speculation about local versions of YouTube. YouTube is already popular in Europe despite having only an English language interface. Offering local language versions, along with more local TV content, could help it compete more effectively with homegrown alternatives, said Bob Ivins, managing director of comScore Europe. France’s most popular video site is DailyMotio

Google's plans to combat piracy on YouTube may be too little, too late, if Viacom gets its way. The media giant has sued Google for a billion dollars in damages for infringing the copyrights on at least 160,000 media clips snatched from programming on MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and other cable networks.MTV's parent company Viacom (NYSE: VIAb) Latest News about Viacom is seeking more than US$1 billion in damages from YouTube Latest News about YouTube and its owner Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) Latest News about Google for thousands of alleged copyright infringements.A complaint filed by the media giant in U.S. District Court in New York contends that almost 160,000 clips of Viacom's programming have been made available on YouTube without authorization, and that those clips were viewed more than 1.5 billion times.In addition to MTV, Viacom also owns a number of other cable networks including VH1, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon. Stealing Efforts?The New York-based company charges th

Google vice-president Vinton G Cerf said the blocking of images would not be helpful in solving the security concerns raised by the India governmentBangalore: Google is in talks with the Union government to camouflage sensitive images appearing on the Google Earth service. This was disclosed by Prasad Ram, centre head and engineering director, Google India, research and development, in Bangalore on Tuesday."Our legal team is handling the matter. The identification (of sensitive locations) process is on,” Ram said after participating in a seminar on the future of the Internet.Google vice-president and chief internet evangelist Vinton Cerf who was also present indicated that Google was willing to consider the Indian government's request to reduce the level of details of certain images appearing on Google Earth."Whenever we have come across issues pertaining to national security, we have managed to address them. We do understand the problems of security raised by governments,” C