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Does Google hate their users? The problems with Google Analytics

Does Google hate their users? The problems with Google Analytics

A few months back, website owners got extremely upset because Google Analytics stopped telling companies many of the keywords that...

How Wikipedia is redefining research and killing off iconic encylopedias

How Wikipedia is redefining research and killing off iconic encylopedias

It took Wikipedia less than a decade to take down its traditional predecessor, the Encyclopædia Britannica, a series that has...

Google’s search algorithm changes, 1998-2012

Google’s search algorithm changes, 1998-2012

It can be argued that the Google search algorithm is the most used form of mathematical engineering in history. With...

A year after the Google Panda update, is content any better?

A year after the Google Panda update, is content any better?

A year ago, Google announced something that made the real journalists and publications on the internet cheer and sent shivers...

Google describes the history and evolution of search

Google describes the history and evolution of search

Google has always kept their search algorithms close to the vest, but in recent weeks they've opened up a bit...

How local search has evolved

How local search has evolved

There was a time not too long ago when a search on Google for "ice cream parlor" done in Newark,...

Google Chrome extension lets you +1 anything on the internet

Google Chrome extension lets you +1 anything on the internet

When the Google +1 button first rolled out earlier this year, it made a little bit of a splash from...

Google makes changes to their search algorithm an average of once every 17.5 hours

Google makes changes to their search algorithm an average of once every 17.5 hours

With several hundred signals that are read and processed by their search algorithm, we've always known that Google puts a...

In mobile search, there can be only Google (for now)

In mobile search, there can be only Google (for now)

Every month, StatCounter comes out with their ranking reports that are combed over by bloggers to find trends, see changes,...

Google tests new interface, no longer “feeling lucky”

Google tests new interface, no longer “feeling lucky”

It's hard to say goodbye to things that have been with us for so long, but it appears we may...

Why the Automotive Industry is Shifting to New Media

Why the Automotive Industry is Shifting to New Media

There is a shift happening in the automotive industry when it comes to marketing from the dealers up to the...

Google Search: We Use It For The Doodles

Google Search: We Use It For The Doodles

I have a question: how did you arrive to this article? Did you find your way here from Google Search?...

Google Censoring Torrent Search Suggestions: 7 Terrible Things They Don’t Censor

Google Censoring Torrent Search Suggestions: 7 Terrible Things They Don’t Censor

Google's war against torrents is being kept quiet. No announcements. No press releases. You will only find the story in...

Blekko Introduces Slashtags for Better Search Results

Blekko Introduces Slashtags for Better Search Results

When I first heard of Blekko in my local news, I was pretty unimpressed. I already was using Google, the...

Marissa Mayer’s On The Move

Marissa Mayer’s On The Move

She has been called hypercompetitive, the queen of the search-o-sphere, and one of the hottest geek girls on the planet....

Will The Predictive Search Engine That Google And The CIA Funded Successfully Predict The Elections?

Will The Predictive Search Engine That Google And The CIA Funded Successfully Predict The Elections?

Companies have used search engines and social media data to follow trends and attempt to predict the future for years....

Google and Eric Schmidt Convicted In Paris For Defamation

Google and Eric Schmidt Convicted In Paris For Defamation

I've been thinking this one over for the best part of an hour now and genuinely have no idea where...

YouTube Gets Instant With… Well, YouTube Instant

YouTube Gets Instant With… Well, YouTube Instant

I was really sorta worried about Google Instant. I thought I was gonna hate it. I thought it would be...

Google’s September 8th Announcement Is About Search

Google’s September 8th Announcement Is About Search

Google has announced a press event for tomorrow, September 8th, to discuss searching. It seems obvious, except recently Google has...

Bada-Bing: Microsoft Actually Beats Google to a Feature

Bada-Bing: Microsoft Actually Beats Google to a Feature

This is worthy of note because honestly, it simply doesn't happen every day. Bing has actually beaten Google to a...