On July 1st, Google News launched a redesign and to be frankly honest, it seems like it was a major failure. So many complaints, so much hate, so many switchers, all do to this single portal change

On July 1st, Google News launched a redesign and to be frankly honest, it seems like it was a major failure. So many complaints, so much hate, so many switchers, all do to this single portal change.

Spotted via a Google Blogoscoped Forum thread, Wildammo.com put together a funny version of Google’s favicon. Let’s show you their version and then the official one: Look similar?

I realized in the past few weeks that I am having a hard time keeping up with the new releases in Google AdWords. They are innovating faster than I can test the new features

I realized in the past few weeks that I am having a hard time keeping up with the new releases in Google AdWords. They are innovating faster than I can test the new features. I love it

A few days ago, a Google Maps user asked Google in a Google Maps Help forum if they can add labels or names to bodies of water. The person asked, why are no oceans, seas, lakes and so on labelled…

I first became aware of Dustin when he dropped my name in a post (which is still a very effective way to get someone’s attention).  I ended up meeting him at the first SMX Advanced networking function and we’ve been friends ever since.  We’ve called upon Dustin to speak at multiple SearchFest events in Portland and his search marketing insights, offered both in person and online, mix keen intuition with real-world business awareness. 1. Please give me your background and tell us what you do for a living

Despite all the new and more or less established collaboration and sharing tools, the one I use most of all is Google Docs.

Call it layers or context or whatever you want. The bottom line is that Foursquare is launching a new content service with the Independent Film Channel (IFC) to give users targeted, geo-localized information for their check ins. Likewise, the Huffington Post has also entered a deal with Foursquare to push local news info context to its users.

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Effectively Managing Multilingual Content Segmentation No, this is not another top-level domain vs.