Google continues to trim its offerings, announcing that 10 projects will either be discontinued or merged into other products. Aardvark, a Q&A social search startup acquired from former Googlers for $50 million in 2010, is the most noteworthy …
Aardvark, which was founded in 2007, provides individuals with a platform to ask questions and receive specific and relevant answers.
The New York Times’ large spotlight is on Google again, this time showing how easy it is for local business owners to become victims of abuse from spammers fraudulently reporting a business as closed. Google promises a solution is in the wor…
Back in July, Google sent out new requirements for their Google merchant feed specification. Those requirements go into place 16 days from now, on September 22nd…
Recent discussions force me to return to the subject of translation versus SEO — particularly machine translation — as it seems this old topic has not yet gone away. For multinational sites, maintaining your site can be an expensive affair, and the cost savings of machine translation…
In a move that is likely aimed at further bulking up Google Offers, Google has acquired Zave Networks, a platform that lets customers redeem digital coupons and local businesses integrate loyalty programs. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. T..
What happens on the internet in 60 seconds? 1,500 Blog Posts, 60 New Blogs, 98,000 Tweets, 20,000 Posts on Tumblr, 600+ New Videos Uploaded to YouTube, 6,600 Images Uploaded to Flickr, 79,000+ Facebook Wall Posts and over 695,000 Facebook Status Updates. What does all that activity have in common
Starting today, Google is now reviewing new paused ads, and existing paused ads will follow suit in the coming weeks, in an effort to “eliminate unnecessary delays in getting your ads approved and to ultimately enhance your experience with G…
A Google Webmaster Help thread has one webmaster upset about someone trying to link spam their site in order to downgrade their rankings…
The “report a problem” button that is found on a Google Places profile allows Google users to “close” businesses with the click of a button. While this feature does help remove closed businesses from the Google Places database, it is subject to manipulation and businesses are being incorrectly marked as closed each day. Although Bing Local and Yahoo Local also allow end-users to report a location closed, the false closure problem has primarily plagued Google.