Google Open Sources Simian Project
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Bing Adds a Destination Comparison in Travel Search
Bing may not have the biggest portion of the market (in fact, being generous, they have about 10%), but the group they have is fiercely...
Google Sketchup Demonstrated with 3D City Model
While google is a big name in many fields, one sector where they have yet to gain much repute is as a design tool. Yes,...
Google’s Follow Finder Lab Helps Twitter
It’s true that Google has its own social networking, although those of you who haven’t heard of or signed up for Google Buzz aren’t missing...
Bing Maps Launches Toyota In-Car Search
There are a lot of places where we conduct searches. At home; at work; in stores; on the go; and… in cars? While the idea...
Yahoo Looks Back to Better Times
At the end of the year, it’s tradition for each search engine to release a report detailing the top search terms for the previous year....
Blekko & Bing: Making Search Social
Facebook and Google are the two giants of the Internet world right now. As Facebook gradually crept up in numbers on Google, analysts jumped to...
Geinimi: The Trojan that Eats Android Phones
For some reason, people who get their hands on the latest and greatest technology automatically assume that it’s invulnerable to the threats that assailed its...
PlayStation Brings App to Android Marketplace
As we recently reported, Android has pushed through the 200,000 application barrier, but there are several exciting applications on the horizon. One of them is...
Google Building Their Own Groupon Killer?
Google wanted Groupon. And why wouldn’t they? The “deal-a-day” site had bragging rights with their billion dollar annual revenue stream, and the concept was perfect...
Google Sponsors Twelve New Research Projects
“Digital humanities” — the study of society, history, linguistics, and culture through digitized data — has become a recognized sub-section of humanities in general. Many...
Google Seeks Out Groupon’s Competitors
It was no secret that Google had an eye on Groupon, the deal-of-the-day site that exploded in popularity since its release at the end of...
Google Gives Robots Some Love
Google doesn’t keep its love for the world of technology a secret. Their devotion to projects within the open source community, their branching into new...
TrustYou & Movolo : Advanced Travel Search for the European Market
Search in still king of the mountain for business and pleasure. For online travel, nothing could be more valuable actually. Google’s intended ITA acquisition is...
SEJ Reader Discount : Market Motive Online Marketing Certification Courses
Last year we announced that Search Engine Journal entered into a partnership with Market Motive to help provide search marketing certification courses; and I’m happy...
Google Mobile Instant Is Globally Available After Just 35 Days
Google is good at unleashing products quickly when it wants to, and it has certainly tried to focus more and more on a global market,...
TripAdvisor Blocks Google’s Review Streaming
Both Google Maps and Google Places aim to help consumers find the right business for their needs, and do so using reviews from the public...
Google Insights Show 5 Popular Holiday Gifts
While there are plenty of gift guides to be found on the web, Google is able to offer something more than a prediction of hot...
Google Voice’s Newest Celebrity Client: Santa Claus
Ever since Google retired their Goog 411 service, they’ve been promising that their voice team is pursuing enticing new avenues. One of them seems to...
Google Nexus One Receives an OS Update and an Heir
The Nexus One was one of Google’s most prominent contributions to the smartphone market. The impressive specs were present and accounted for, but more important...
Clickbooth CPC : Can it Compete with Google AdSense?
Clickbooth, a CPA/CPC affiliate network based in Sarasota, FL, has stirred up some news this week with buzz around their CPC offering for publishers who...
Local Search Tips Whitepaper from Location3 Media
Location3 Media has shared with us their Local Search Tips whitepaper that covers big picture strategies and small hints to maximize local search campaigns. They...
Google AdSense Rolls Out New Interface
Google AdSense has rolled out a major interface change that they have been testing for a good month or so, which has the new ability...
The Bing-Facebook Partnership’s Features Roll Out Today
A few weeks ago I posted about the Bing-Facebook partnership; their plan was to make search more social. This morning on Bing’s Search Blog Group...
Google’s “Related Searches” Now Include Brands, Types, and Stores in Results
Over the past few months Google has been testing out 3 new categories in “related searches”: brands, stores, and types. Search Engine Roundtable tried out...
Slashtag Search Engine, Blekko, is Now Live
Yesterday, alternative search engine, Blekko finally went live after 3 years of development and just over 3 months of beta testing. Back in July, Search...
Zemanta & BOTW : Special Offers for SEJ Readers!
The BlueGlass Florida conference will be held at the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, FL (outside of Ft. Lauderdale) in only 5 days, and we’re...
Google Visualizes Local Search and Places Pages
In an effort to improve local search and its Places pages, Google announced a project six months ago, in which it would supply interested business...
Google Faces Opposition to Purchase of Flight Search Technology, ITA
In mid-September news broke that Google was in talks to purchase ITA Software Inc, which is the leader in flight data information, for $700 million...
Google Will NOT Resume Wi-Fi Location Information Collection Using Street View Cars
In the wake of mistakenly collecting Wi-Fi payload information, Google announced that they would no longer use their Street View cars to collect information on...
4 E-Commerce Digital Marketing Strategies For 2022
Forbes
January 11, 2022
If you manage e-commerce digital marketing campaigns, these strategies can save you time and help grow your traffic, sales and your bottom line. See More
Eight Ways Businesses Are Adopting Innovative Streaming During Social Distancing
Forbes
May 20, 2020
Streaming video technology is more important than ever. See More