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Google Continues to Take Other Languages More Seriously

About a month ago, Google announced some things it was doing that would improve the way sites rank across different language versions of its search engine, in an effort that would clearly make Google more useful on a global scale. In what seems to be a continuation of this tradition, Google has announced a couple more language-based improvements to its products.

By George (Carlin), The Internet Has Tourette's

WARNING: This is the Internet, not TV, where seven words people aren't allowed to say on TV are permitted. In honor of that, and of recently, well, dead1 "counter-culture" comedian George Carlin, the seven words you can't say on TV will be said because mincing words would be anathema to Carlin's life. Plus it gives us an excuse. If dirty words in general offend you, better click out now, because these seven are top shelf, man.

Google Brushes Up On Right-To-Left Languages

Google makes important language updates pretty frequently, so we weren't surprised to see another one turn up.  Google's gone a step beyond simple translations, though, and is dealing with the alignment of text.

Natural Language Comes Naturally To Google

Though it's an artificial construct of thousands of machines, Google's Peter Norvig suggested natural language has a place in the search engine; just not the place most people think.

KML/KMZ Collaboration Added to Google Maps

Google added two new features to Google Maps: collaborative editing and importing of KML/ KMZ files.

Powerset Exec Shuffle Looks Like Comedy Sketch

In “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” the Black Knight always gets a laugh by claiming that the loss of both his arms is “just a flesh wound.”  Now Powerset’s COO has left the company, its CEO is changing roles, and it, too, claims to be okay.

New Google Webmaster's Guidelines

I just found another Google webmaster guideline worth sharing...

How Well Does Google Translate Idioms?

Google once boasted that their in-house machine translation efforts are award-winning. However, their internal software still hasn’t been released for all the translation language pairs their offer.

Google Announces New Language Developments

I’ve taken classes in Latin, Spanish, and French, and it would be bad for all of us if we had to rely on my understanding of those languages.  But those of you who are better with languages - and who are also familiar with some less common ones - should know that Google’s looking for volunteer translators.

The Language of Search Marketing

Every industry has its lingo, its own internal jargon. Language has a tendency develop on its own, especially within more isolated sub-groups. But there is also a macro level to it, pervasive word couplings people used when seeking specific results.