Archive for June 17th, 2005

June 17

One-Way Streets in Google Maps

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Google Maps is now indicating one-way streets. Little blue arrows appear on the first, second, and third zoom notches. This picture shows a full zoom.

June 17

Google Bundles Software with WinZip

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In a marketing tactic used primarily by spyware and adware companies, Google has begun bundling its Google Toolbar and Desktop Search software with the popular WinZip archive utility, writes Natan Mook from BetaNews. The move comes as Google begins to expand its bundling effort with a number of leading software applications. WinZip quietly updated its […]

June 17

Google Introduces “Significant Enhancements” To AdWords

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Today, Google announced the launch of Site Targeting, giving AdWords members the ability to target their ads towards specific sites. Site Targeting operates on the recently adopted CPM model. So, when Google or Yahoo (the two biggest PPC search ad suppliers) add or subtract something to their respective services, everyone in the industry looks up […]

June 17

Google Search for Tiny Screens

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Aiming to make search easier for users on the go, Google released Google Mobile Web Search on Thursday.
The new service points users of Internet-enabled mobile devices to a special index of Web pages that have been optimized by their publishers for the small screen. The XHTML-based service takes advantage of the alignments of […]