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Google announced another big Google Maps and Google Earth update, with the addition of more high resolution, satellite and 45° imagery. The aerial and satellite imagery in Maps...

Say Goodbye To Google Homepage Background Images

As previously reported, background images on the Google homepage are about to be a thing of the past....

SEO Shows Google Results Can Be Hijacked

People have been claiming to see scrapers of their content showing up in Google search results over their own original content for ages. One SEO has pretty much proven that if you...

AdWords Gets Airport Targeting, Updates To Location Extensions

Google announced some improvements to location targeting and location extensions in AdWords. For location targeting, advertisers can now target specific airports - over 350 of t...

Google Rolls Out Google Shopping To More Countries

Google announced this morning that it is now rolling out Google Shopping to more countries, after completing the transition in the U.S. on October 17. This, for those who haven't k...

Matt Cutts On How Google Interprets Links To URLs Ending With Campaign Tags

Google is really pumping out the Webmaster Help videos lately. Today's features Matt Cutts responding to the following user question: Will Google interpret links to URLs en...

Gmail Adds Some More Search Improvements

Google announced today that you can now search for emails by file size in Gmail. To do so, you would enter queries in formats such as: "size:5m" or "larger:5m". Gmail will also...

Google Now Has A Windows RT Search App

Google has finally launched a search app for Windows RT, weeks after...

Did Google Shopping Just Get Better For Online Businesses?

In October, Google completed its transition from the old Google Product Search to the new Google Shopping experience. This was a move to an all paid-inclusion model tied in to Goog...

Matt Cutts On How Google Handles Site-Wide Links Both Algorithmically And Manually

If you're interested in how Google treats site-wide backlinks, you'll be interested in a new Webmaster Help video Google posted today. Matt Cutts takes on the following question:...

Google: Government Requests Continue To Increase Around The World

Google just updated its transparency report, showing that government requests are on the rise. The new report looks at data about government requests from January to June. "Thi...

Google Shopping Gets Your Friends Involved

Google announced a couple of new features for Google Shopping today: the ability to read reviews from people you know, and the ability to share your reviews. "Now you can now e...

Report: FTC Gives Google A Few Days To Offer A Proposal

Last month, reports came out indicating that the FTC would reveal its for...

Google Background Images Are Going Away, People Not Happy

Google has been shutting down services like crazy since Larry Page took the reins as CEO last year. Some are killed with little noise. Others are...

Matt Cutts Talks Guest Blogging (Again) And Article Spinning

Last month, Google put out a Webmaster Help video about guest blogging, and its effects on links. Now, Matt Cutts (who discussed the topic in that video) has appeared in another re...

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