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Blekko has launched a new AdSpam algorithm it says is the first of its kind created to find spam rather than rank results. The algorithm is aimed at flagging pages which are spa...

Google Integrates Click-To-Call Tech, Emergency Results

Score one for the whole "do no evil" directive at Google. Late yesterday, the search giant enabled click-to-call capabilities for emergency-related mobile search results, effectiv...

Google Maps Highlights EV Charging Stations

The beauty of an electric car is, of course, that it doesn't need gas. Yet a major downside is that gas stations are plentiful, while charging stations are rare. So a certain sea...

Yahoo Shuffles Sales Force Leadership

Yesterday, LivingSocial announced that it had hired a high-ranking Yahoo sales exec ("Vice President of North American Field Sales"). Now, although the timing has to be a coincide...

Facebook And Yahoo Back Kenny Powers March Madness Contest

Kenny Powers, the main character from HBO's Eastbound and Down, has partnered with K-Swiss for a March Madness Yahoo Tourney contest. The contest is inviting users to join the...

Google Faces $600,000 Fine In France

Over the years, Google's had to appear in French courts several times, and it now looks like a recent case didn't go so well. Google's been found guilty of breaching copyright law...

Yahoo Expands How Good Grows Campaign

Yahoo is asking users to share what matters to them via its “How Good Grows” initiative. Yahoo says it will be posting questions over the next few months to give people the chan...

Google Instant Previews for Mobile

Google launched Instant Previews back in November. This...

LivingSocial Hires High-Ranking Yahoo Sales Exec

Yahoo's ad sales in the U.S. (along with the rest of the continent) may be in for a rough patch. LivingSocial, the group deals site that competes with Groupon, has managed to poac...

Site Search: Too Many Results and Not Enough

I've been working with several clients recently in an area that gets very little love, yet is critical for your Web site: Your own site's search function. We love to talk about G...

Google Creates Big Picasa Storage Loophole

"It's just a little bit; it doesn't matter" is a common thought. People say it to themselves all the time before purchasing or eating something. And now Google's said it with res...

Will Google Fill In Its Own Search Gaps, Demand Media-Style?

Last year, a Google patent application was released for "...

10 Local Search and Social Location Resources to Have Your Business Listed In

You have a new business… perhaps a bar, a coffee shop, or maybe a GIS consulting firm! Regardless of the business type, if you have a brick and mortar presence then you need to g...

Suite101 CEO Writes Open Letter to Google’s Matt Cutts

Google basically called out Suite101 as the poster child site of what its "Panda" algorithm update was aimed at. Reports have found the site to be one of the hardest hit, and while...

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