Google Sends Out Decals with QR Codes
In a rather unusual move to promote its services, Google has started sending out stickers of business entities on its Places Pages to various locations....
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Arnold Zafra writes daily on the announcements by Google, Ask.com, Yahoo & MSN along with how these announcements effect web publishers. He is currently building three niche blogs covering iPad News, Google Android Phones and E-Book Readers.
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Yahoo Launches Ad Interest Manager
Yahoo has just rolled out its Ad Interest Manager which according to Yahoo is a new consumer tool which aims to make online advertising, particularly...
Google Buys Appjet & Etherpad
Well, it’s been quite awhile since we heard of any Google acquisition. I can’t even remember what was the last company it bought. But anyway,...
Google Chrome OS News Round-Up, What’s Your Take?
As soon as Google goes official with the Chrome OS, every tech people I know jumped into it. Each with his own comments, impressions and...
Google Displays Site Hierarchies in Search Results
If you’re paying attention to the green URLs which Google appends at the bottom of each results, you may have noticed something different recently. Google...
Google Unveils E-Commerce Search Solution
What an opportune time for Google to launch another business enteprise solution geared for big e-commerce site than right now? Just in time for the...
Google Makes it Easier to Add Custom Section to Google News
Google has just made it easier to monitor news items from the Google News stream. Now, you can create your own topical news streams based...
What’s Up with Google Dashboard?
Did anybody from Google just leaked out information about a new service called Google Dashboard? GOS blog was reporting about Google Dashboard and even pointed...
Google Makes Friend Connect “Friendlier” with New Features
If you have implemented Google Friend Connect on your blogs or websites, you’d either be glad or get annoyed by the new features that Google...
Google Voice Now Lets You Use Your Existing Number
If the reason why you won’t use Google Voice is because you need to a new number to use it’s features, that changes right now....
Google Launches 3D Building Maker Tool
Google has just launched a new tool that would compliment its Google Earth and Maps products – the Building Maker. It’s basically an online tool...
Yahoo Patents Human Edited Search Results Ranking
So, what is Yahoo up to now with regards to its search results? Reports say that Yahoo has just received the U.S. patent for something...
Delicious Rolls Out New Search Features
Delicious is introducing a slew of new features aimed at making its social bookmarking service more useful. From search refinements to graphing technology to its...
Google Highlights Forum Posts in Search Results
Google has introduced a new feature to its search results pages that highlights relevant forum posts and discussions relating to search queries. According to the...
Yahoo! Search Gets a Massive Revamp
There you go, Yahoo has just announced a major revamp of its search portal, particulary the search results format. According to the Yahoo Search blog...
Google Launches the DoubleClick Ad Exchange
Finally after acquiring Double Click for a whooping $3.1 billion, Google will now try to regain what they’ve invested in the company. The Official Google...
Real-Time RSS Feeds Coming Soon to Your Favorite Feed Reader
So while Twitter, Facebook and the major search engines battle it out in providing real-time information services to web users, here’s something that we might...
Google Street View in Japan Faces Various Complaints
While some of us may have embraced Google Street View for its novelty and functionality, the Japanese folks are apparently worried of the continued invasion...
Google Finally Gets to Own its Home Page Design
Google’s rival and would-be rivals eyeing to mimic Google’s success by copying its home page layout may soon get in trouble. This is because after...
Yahoo Video Search Gets In-Line Play Back
Yahoo’s Video Search just got a new feature that will keep you glued on the Yahoo Video SERPs for a longer time before leaving the...
Yahoo to Acquire Arab Site Maktoob
In a rather surprising move, Yahoo announced that it intends to acquire Arab site Maktoob. This is the first time that Yahoo is acquiring an...
Google Tops User Satisfaction Index
Report of the recent American Consumer Satisfaction Index showed that there are more satisfied Google users now than there were last year. The report also...
Google Reader Rolls Out Some Good Features
Google is really so into “social” right now. Aside from introducing the social gadgets for iGoogle to everyone, it is also enhancing the sharing features...
Google Sponsored Ads Get Closer to Organic Results in SERPs
Have you noticed anything new with the way Google is displaying its paid search ads on its SERPs lately? According to the Periscopix blog, Google...
Create an Online Store in a Snap Using Google Docs and Checkout
Google has just rolled out the new Checkout Store Gadget currently running under Google Labs. This gadget lets users create their own online stores using...
Microsoft, Yahoo Search Deal is Official
As expected, the Yahoo-Microsoft search and online advertising deal is now official. In simple terms, the deal is all about Microsoft powering Yahoo search while Yahoo...
Yahoo to Launch Search Pad Feature
Yahoo is about to launch a new search-related product called Search Pad. This search feature which may be mistaken for Google’s now defunct Notebook service...
Did Bing Just Beat Google in Search Trends?
Did Bing just beat Google in Search Trends? Apparently, that was what Eric said on a post over at TechCrunch. Eric compared the trend on...
Want a More Organized Search Results? Google Square It
I’m not going to assume that Google’s sudden announcement of Google Square has anything to do with Microsoft Bing. Nevermind if Google intentionally or unintentionally...
Yahoo Releases Placemaker Geo-Tagging Service for Unstructured Data
Yahoo has just released Placemaker, a geo-enrichment tool for the web contents geared for developers. Yahoo’s official description of Placemaker service: … a freely available...