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by Chris Crum on September 09, 2010 at 04:19 pm
by Chris Crum on September 09, 2010 at 04:19 pm
Today, Google introduced Walking Navigation for Google Maps for mobile 4.5 on Android. This is described as a marriage between the existing Navigation and walking directions features. Users can also now use Street View smart navigation or the new Google Maps search bar.
"Walking Navigation lets you use GPS navigation with walking directions that are more direct and use pedestrian pathways when we know about them," explain Google software engineers Andrey Ulanov and Kevin Law. "To ...
From The Official Google Blog
by A Googler on September 09, 2010 at 04:06 pm
by A Googler on September 09, 2010 at 04:06 pm
Yesterday we introduced Google Instant, a change to make search fast and interactive by showing you results instantly as you type. With Instant we’ve turned search from a static HTML page into an AJAX application, just as we did with Google Maps and Gmail. You can learn more about Google Instant in yesterday’s blog post, but we also wanted to share a peek behind the scenes into some of the engineering challenges we faced in design and infrastructure.The design challenge: relevant, not ...
From Web Pro News
by Chris Crum on September 09, 2010 at 03:46 pm
by Chris Crum on September 09, 2010 at 03:46 pm
Glam Media has acquired Fantastic Zero, a men's online media company, with the aim of extending its reach into the male market in Germany. Fantastic Zero reaches 5.4 million unique users, according to Glam.
Glam was ranked number 6 in comScore's recent Top 50 web properties report for the month of July (for the U.S.).
"Glam stands for significant reach with a high degree of engagement by women in Germany and around the world," said Ralf Hirt, CEO of Glam Media Germany and VP ...
From Search Engine Journal
by Yvonne Bell on September 09, 2010 at 03:36 pm
by Yvonne Bell on September 09, 2010 at 03:36 pm
Now access to your Google Voice account is quicker than ever if you are using an Android phone. Announced on the Google Voice and Mobile blogs today, you can now download a Google Voice Inbox widget that will show you the most recent text and voice mail messages right to your home screen. Previews of [...]Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal.Google Voice for Android Adds Easy Access Widgets to Home Screen
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by Chris Crum on September 09, 2010 at 03:29 pm
by Chris Crum on September 09, 2010 at 03:29 pm
If you have a Google Chrome extension, this news might interest you greatly. Google announced today that it has added support for Google Analytics to the Chrome Extension Gallery.
The move, Google says, will "help you better understand how many people visit your extension pages, where they're coming from and more."
Users can specify a Google Analytics profile for each extension. This will start tracking the extension's page in GA like it was its own site.
"You can also ...
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by Mike Sachoff on September 09, 2010 at 03:00 pm
by Mike Sachoff on September 09, 2010 at 03:00 pm
GMC has launched the “GMC Never Say Never Moment of the Week,” in partnership with the NFL and ESPN that allows football fans to vote on the best moment or play of the week that represents determination at nfl.com/gmc.
Each week fans will be able to vote on three "Never Say Never Moments," and they can also enter for a chance to win a weekly prize of a trip for two to Super Bowl XLV in Arlington, Texas. At the end of the season fans will have the chance to choose the “GMC ...
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by Chris Crum on September 09, 2010 at 02:23 pm
by Chris Crum on September 09, 2010 at 02:23 pm
Google has launched a new Google Earth site featuring images, videos, tous, maps, and tutorials.
"When you think of Google Earth, you might think about flying to the top of Mt. Everest, surveying the ancient Acropolis, or simply finding the house where you grew up," says Product Marketing Manager Tasha Danko. "For the past five years, people all over the world have been discovering new places to explore through our community, blogs, news articles and Gallery. Now you can go to one ...
From Search Engine Land
by Matt McGee on September 09, 2010 at 02:11 pm
by Matt McGee on September 09, 2010 at 02:11 pm
Google has announced a new website aimed at offering tips and advice for small business owners that use AdWords. It’s called the AdWords Small Business Center.
It offers tips in several aspects of the AdWords system — like “Write great ads” and “Adjust bids and budgets” — and the content is divided into Beginner, Intermediate, and [...]
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by Matt McGee on September 09, 2010 at 01:47 pm
by Matt McGee on September 09, 2010 at 01:47 pm
After years of refusing the “portal” label, it seems that Google has finally had a change of mind. Google’s new attitude is evident on its Our Philosophy – Ten things we know to be true page.
As Eric Goldman points out, that page has changed:
On June 3, 2004 (per archive.org), the page said “Google may [...]
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by Chris Crum on September 09, 2010 at 01:43 pm
by Chris Crum on September 09, 2010 at 01:43 pm
Google has announced the launch of some new Android widgets for Google Voice. The widgets are available in an update to the Google Voice Android app.
The widgets are designed to give users immediate access to their Google Voice inbox and settings from the home screen.
"The Google Voice Inbox widget brings your most recent voicemails and text messages to your home screen," explains product manager Marcus Foster. "You can now quickly flip though messages in your Inbox with ...
From Search Engine Land
by Josh Dreller on September 09, 2010 at 01:14 pm
by Josh Dreller on September 09, 2010 at 01:14 pm
Repeat after me, then repeat again: success with paid search requires an always testing mindset. Why is this so important? I think that most of all, it is a continuous reminder that the difference between great search engine marketers and just good ones is that the great ones are always trying to get [...]
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From The Official Google Blog
by A Googler on September 09, 2010 at 01:09 pm
by A Googler on September 09, 2010 at 01:09 pm
(Cross-posted from the Lat Long Blog)When you think of Google Earth, you might think about flying to the top of Mt. Everest, surveying the ancient Acropolis, or simply finding the house where you grew up. For the past five years, people all over the world have been discovering new places to explore through our community, blogs, news articles and Gallery. Now you can go to one place—our brand new Google Earth website—to find everything you’re looking for.The new site is loaded with ...
From Bing Advertiser Center Blog
by Tina Kelleher - MSFT on September 09, 2010 at 01:00 pm
by Tina Kelleher - MSFT on September 09, 2010 at 01:00 pm
Now that the Back to School insanity has died down a bit, it's time to start thinking about candy corn, bobbing for apples and all things Halloween! While the seasonal Halloween PPC opportunity--and competition--is huge for costume and masquerade...(read more)
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by Mike Sachoff on September 09, 2010 at 12:26 pm
by Mike Sachoff on September 09, 2010 at 12:26 pm
Nearly one-third (31.5%) of sports fans cite the Internet or TV programming (30.4%) as the best resource for sports-related news and information according to a new survey from Burst Media.
Overall, either national television programming or the Internet are most often cited by sports fans – 30.8% and 25.7%, respectively – as their primary source of sports news and information. Male sports fans are significantly more likely than female sports fans (32.1% vs. 16.4%) to cite Internet ...
From Search Engine Land
by Matt McGee on September 09, 2010 at 12:22 pm
by Matt McGee on September 09, 2010 at 12:22 pm
If you thought instant search suggestions and results was fun, get a load of this: At Yahoo Taiwan and Yahoo Hong Kong, searchers can handwrite their search queries and Yahoo will try to match the handwriting to letters, and then show suggested searches.
It’s all described in this Yahoo blog post, complete with screenshots showing how [...]
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From The Official Google Blog
by A Googler on September 09, 2010 at 12:21 pm
by A Googler on September 09, 2010 at 12:21 pm
(Cross-posted to the Google Public Policy Blog)Helping your children use the Internet safely is similar to teaching them to navigate the offline world. There are parts of the real world that you wouldn’t let your children explore unsupervised—and that goes for the online world as well. But while most of us remember being taught to cross the road and not talk to strangers, we probably weren’t taught how much personal information we should share online or how to handle ...
From The Official Google Blog
by A Googler on September 09, 2010 at 12:12 pm
by A Googler on September 09, 2010 at 12:12 pm
Last year, the travel industry—like many others—was having a difficult time. To grow its business, Hawaiian Airlines created and ran an engaging and interactive display ad campaign on the Google Display Network (comprising over a million partner websites, as well as Google sites like YouTube), encouraging people to fly to Hawaii. The campaign worked. Hawaiian Airlines increased online ticket orders and revenues by three percent in a very difficult year, and now spends 15 percent of its ...
From Search Engine Land
by Danny Sullivan on September 09, 2010 at 11:56 am
by Danny Sullivan on September 09, 2010 at 11:56 am
Google’s press conference about Google Instant hadn’t even ended yesterday when the question of “is SEO dead” started coming up on Twitter, in blog posts and was even asked about formally during the event’s Q&A (the answer was no, twice over, by the way).
No, Google Instant isn’t killing SEO. In fact, nothing’s going to kill [...]
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by Chris Crum on September 09, 2010 at 11:35 am
by Chris Crum on September 09, 2010 at 11:35 am
T-Mobile unveiled its G2 Google smartphone with 4G. The phone is the first designed for T-Mobile's HSPA+ network, which the company says covers 100 million Americans in more than 55 major metropolitan areas across the country.
The G2 is of course the successor to the G1, which was the first Android-powered phone. It is designed by HTC. It has a 3.7-inch screen and opens to a QWERTY keyboard, and comes with Android 2.2 and a snapdragon MSM7230 mobile processor. It comes pre-packaged with ...
From Search Engine Land
by Ian Lurie on September 09, 2010 at 11:31 am
by Ian Lurie on September 09, 2010 at 11:31 am
It’s been 10+ days since Google added ‘domain stacking’ or ‘brand stacking’ to their algorithm. In case you don’t know what brand stacking is: Go to Google. Do a search for ESPN basketball. I see six results from espn.go.com. Use a proxy to search for ‘Trek bikes’, and you’ll see six results from www.trekbikes.com.
Note: I [...]
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