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Italy Concludes Google Antitrust Probe
An antitrust probe that began way back in August of 2008 has at last concluded, and the outcome tends to favor Google.  Italian authorities have decided not fine the compan...
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European Flight Search Site Skyscanner Buys Travel Startup Zoombu
European flight search provider Skyscanner has acquired UK travel startup Zoombu, which only laun...
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Google Marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day With Community Service
Google said today that many of its employees will be marking the 25th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday, January 25th by participating in service proje...
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Google Drops Support of Popular Video Codec from Chrome [Update]
Update: Google has a new post up talking about the move more, and answeri...
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Google Introduces More 45
Between them, overhead satellite images and Street View photos tend to provide Google Maps users with a pretty complete picture of an area.  But - following in Bing's foots...
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comScore Assigns Gains To Google, Bing In December
New stats from comScore are out, and as seen by the research firm, it seems the December search market was an eventful place.  Google and Bing both managed to increase thei...
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Rumor Points To More Problems For Google-ITA Deal
Don't call your stockbroker or even place an informal bet just yet.  The latest info on the proposed Google-Fairsearch deal represents a rumor twice over.  Still, a re...
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Bing-Yahoo Transition Moves Forward In Australia, Brazil, Mexico
Australia, Brazil, and Mexico have populations of 22.5 million, 190.7 million, and 112.3 million people, respectively.  Which adds up to 325.5 million potential users, all...
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Irrelevant Keywords Can Be Costly
Some Google AdWords advertisers are not pleased with what they are finding in...
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Experian Hitwise Records Another Bing Bump In December
Last month, Bing employees got a present of sorts, only this wasn't the type of thing a person can stuff under a tree or into an envelope.  New data from Experian Hitwise i...
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German Government May Fine Businesses for Using Google Analytics
How much do you rely on web analytics? Probably a great deal, and with good reason. It's incredibly hard to get ahead online without looking at analytics and using that informat...
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Google Changes Display URLs for AdWords Ads
Google will be changing the way display URLs look in AdWords ads in the next week or so. The domain portion of the display URL will always be showing in lowercase letters. ...
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Google Attempts Real-Time (And Audible) Translation
Language barriers can be incredibly frustrating.  There's nothing quite like facing another intelligent human being and realizing you'll both have to mime things for the ne...
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Econsultancy: UK SEO Market Grew By 16 Percent Last Year
The term "austerity" was almost omnipresent in British culture last year, with budget cutbacks being discussed on a regular basis by just about everyone.  Only it...
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Is New Ask Feature a Response to Growing Interest in Quora?
Ask announced today that it is rolling out the ability to personalize the Q&A experience, which has become the core focus of the site.  Ask users can us...
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