Archive for September, 2011

Google Turns 13: A History of Google’s Birthday Doodles

2011/09/27

Happy birthday, Google. Today, the search engine turns 13. In keeping with tradition, Google has posted a birthday Doodle

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Google Enabling Gambling Related Ads

2011/09/27

On Friday, Google informed AdSense publishers and AdWords advertisers that they will begin allowing ads with gambling related themes in some cases…

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Google Homepage Advertises Addition of CityVille to Google+ Games

2011/09/27

Google today welcomed popular game “CityVille” to its small collection of social games on Google+. Google once again used its valuable homepage space to promote the popular Zynga game, just as it promoted Google Offers and the opening …

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Boutiques.com Goes Aways As Google Product Search Gets Classy

2011/09/27

Google announced they have redesigned Google Product Search based off the acquisition of Boutiques.com, which is going to be redirected to Google Product Search…

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Facebook Kills Rumor, Announces ‘Facebook Will Always Be Free’

2011/09/27

Perhaps you saw a friend post a message over the weekend that Facebook is planning to charge for “gold,” “silver” and “bronze” membership services. This rumor became so widespread, Facebook was forced to address…

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Ranking Well In Google News

2011/09/27

Andrew Shotland started a new web site devoted to just Google News Ranking Factors where he documented what he feels are the top ten positive ranking factors versus top ten negative factors…

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Google Adds “Standout” Tag for Featured News Content

2011/09/27

Google announced a new content tag for the U.S. News edition, allowing publishers to point to “standout” content within their own or other publications. The new tag, placed in the HTML header of articles, is visible only to automated…

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Google+ May Have 43 Million Users

2011/09/26

Paul Allen, that guy from Ancestry.com with the Google+ user base estimating algorithm that has proven freakishly accurate in past months, believes the social network grew 30 percent between September 20 and 22. During this time, Google+ left thei…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 26, 2011

2011/09/26

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Search Engine Roundtable Stories: Bing Deals – No…

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Google News: Key Ranking Factors [Study]

2011/09/26

Google News ranking factors have long been shrouded in mystery.

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