Archive for March, 2006

March 22

Google’s PageRanks are entitled to full constitutional protection

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Is anyone siding with KinderStart? I’m sympathetic, but I don’t think using the legal system is going to help. Google is the target of lawsuits just because people are after money. That’s sad.
KinderStart claimed it has not “hired or utilized any services for search engine optimization that actually and effectively increased visits or views” on […]

March 22

Google Pages beta opens for many new users

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I’ve been using it for a few days. Still, the spam concerns are still prevalent, and if your site is attacked, what happens to your email address? Gmail and Google Pages are inextricably linked. Your Google Pages URL is the same as your Gmail address.
The application has a simple interface that automatically inserts the user’s […]

March 22

Google Enhances Keyword Tool; Adds Global Trend Graphs

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This looks interesting because the vast amount of data that Google has is sure to surpass any offernig by any other company. Overture has long been used for keyword search frenquency statistics because Google didn’t offer anything similar. This could be a move in the other direction.
Google AdWords announced that they have added “global trends” […]

March 22

2nd hovering car spotted on Google Earth

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Is this real? Flying cars for the masses really can’t be too far off. It’s amazing what people are spotting on Google Earth… detail down to the level of cars and shadows. Nothing is private anymore.
For the second time, a car apparently hovering over land has been spotted on Google Earth satellite images around Perth, […]

March 21

Submitting Fake News Stories to Google News

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This is old news, but I saw people talking about it recently, so I decided to clarify some things. Google News shows you news stories on other news sites. Google doesn’t write any news stories themselves. So if the news site lies, Google doesn’t know (unless it’s obvious and their algorithm can pick it out). […]

March 21

Google Joga: Google Partners with Nike

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The new site can be found at joga.com and you can login with your Google login.
Google and Nike have launched a joint soccer site that hopes to combine the success of social networking sites like Myspace.com with the passion for the world’s most popular sport.
Joga.com, inspired by the Portuguese term joga bonita (play beautifully) is […]

March 21

Google MBD

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Philipp Lenssen has the scoop on a new entry into Google’s robots.txt file — “mbd?”. There are some guesses as to what this could be in the comments for his article. One interesting suggestion that would link directly into Google Health was “Medical and Biological Database”. ZDNet

March 21

Google Finance Released

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Google has improved the search experience for financial information. Here’s the site. It looks like Yahoo Finance, but much more slick. I’m not sure about the fixed-width layout, though. Search Engine Journal saw this coming. Batelle posted about it, but his site seems down at the moment. Maybe all the traffic from people reading the […]

March 14

Quick Search Box: A New Feature For Google Desktop Search

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via the Google Blog -
Quick Search BoxNew!
The Quick Search Box located in the center of your desktop enables you to search the web and your local computer as quickly as possible. You can simply press Ctrl twice to call up this search box at any time, and press Ctrl twice again to hide it. If […]

March 14

Google Acquires SketchUp

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It’s a neat 3D modeling tool that I’m trying now. Read more.