Google said Sept. 3 that the Texas Attorney General is conducting an antitrust investigation of complaints that Google harms competition with its search engine. Foundem and Microsoft have popped into the picture again. - Google said Sept. 3 that Texas Attorney General Greg
Abbott is conducting an antitrust probe of complaints that the company stifles Websites
that compete with ...
A busy day for Google on the legal front continues with news that the company has agreed to $8.5 million in payments to settle a federal lawsuit surrounding Google Buzz and privacy.
According to AFP, court documents filed today show that seven plaintiffs will get no more than $2,500 each, lawyers that filed the case [...]
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Google’s announced a special press event for next Wednesday on search that “you won’t want to miss.” What big news could there be? Let’s speculate — but I wouldn’t get too excited.
Here’s what the invite says:
We invite you to join us on Wednesday, September 8, to share our latest technological innovation and to get an [...]
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It’s sort of a baby step in Facebook’s efforts to improve its search results, but certainly worth noting here: Facebook is now showing news articles in its search results and ranking them by how many “likes” and “shares” the articles have received from Facebook users. The All Facebook blog says the number of friends who [...]
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Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
Texas Attorney General Investigating Google & Antitrust Issues
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is conducting an investigation into Google’s business practices as they relate to search listings, in particular whether Google is manipulating its [...]
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by Mike Fleming
If you manage a PPC account, you know that for several years now
AdWords has had three match types: exact, phrase, and broad. You also
know what they mean and how your keywords are matched to search
queries. Up until a couple of years ago, broad match meant that the
keywords in your phrase were matched to ...
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is conducting an investigation into Google’s business practices as they relate to search listings, in particular whether Google is manipulating its paid and editorial results in a way that violates antitrust laws.
We received a tip about the investigation this week, and Google confirmed today that an investigation started in July. [...]
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Marketers know travelers rely heavily on the Internet and search engines to research destinations and fun stuff to do, but some might not know the trend to tap into mobile and video content continues to rise. In fact, in the past year, the use of mobile devices to access information for personal travel and business travel rose 8% and 25%, ...
A German court has found YouTube liable for copyright damages after one of its users uploaded copyrighted music videos. A Google spokesperson tells the AP that it’s evaluating the court’s decision and will appeal.
The case stems around a YouTube user who uploaded several videos of singer Sarah Brightman. While YouTube specifically warns users not to [...]
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In Part 1, we looked at query operators for refining our searches. Now for Part 2, let’s look at parameters that we can add/modify in the URL of the the Google SERP (search engine results page.)
The operators listed in Part 1 should suffice for most searches. Yet, certain types of searches are most efficiently accomplished [...]
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I am convinced that there has never been a more exciting time for search marketers. As the lines between search, social and display media fade, advertisers, agencies and marketers face a new kind of challenge -- one that search marketers are uniquely suited to solve.
If you visit Google on Saturday, September 4th, or visit a Google property where it is already September 4th such as Google New Zealand, you will see a special Google logo. The logo is of a buckyball or fullerence, which is any molecule composed entirely of carbon, in the form of a hollow sphere, [...]
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The Google Webmaster Central blog announced improvements to their rich snippets feature. The improvements include a way to tell Google how you want your breadcrumb URLs to appear and an improved rich snippet testing tool.
The breadcrumbs you have seen before, we have pictures here. Sometimes you don’t like how Google shows breadcrumbs in [...]
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As I keep working on the message of “how” we get things done online, I’m getting clearer about this concept of generalized vs. specialized thinking and action.
Those of you who know me or have read any of my Analyze This posts have probably heard this “lead pipes” example I throw around. The idea is this [...]
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To do better in search this holiday season, marketers need to spend less on search. Here's why. ...
Facebook Places will bring location check-ins to the mainstream, but will it be met with open arms or a collective "meh"? ...