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Google's display ad business is about to explode (in a positive way), according to a new report. Omnicom Media Group has supposedly committed to spending hundreds of milli...

Google Promotes AdSense In Your City Program

AdSense publishers who live near Boston, Chicago, or New York - or can travel to one of those cities on short notice this summer - should consider filling out an application and...

Google Keyword Targeting Tool Launches Globally

Google said this week it is launching its broad match modifier tool for AdWords globally after a successful beta test in the UK and Canada. "The broad match...

Google Arranges To Scan Over 160,000 More Books

The digital collection of public domain works Google Books maintains is in store for yet another major boost. Google's struck a deal with the National Library of the Nethe...

Bing Crafts DonorsChoose Search Incentive

Microsoft may have found a way to convince many more parents, grandparents, and teachers to use its search engine. Starting today, individuals who make Bing their default...

Twitter Gives Users Visibility in Search Results

Twitter is now showing "name results" for people in search results. The feature appears to still be in the process of rolling out, as not everyone is seeing the result...

Google Fiber For Communities Site Launches

Sometime this year, Google's supposed to name several communities in which it'll install high-speed broadband networks, and for the sake of not getting anyone's hopes up, we'll...

Google, LVMH Cheer Trademark Infringement Ruling

Anyone who had hoped the French Supreme Court would be able settle the dispute between Google and LVMH over keywords, advertising, and trademark infringement is in for an unplea...

Google Eyes Mouse Movement as Possible Search Relevancy Signal

Google was granted an interesting patent today. The title is "System and method for modulating search relevancy using pointer activity monitoring". Here is how the abs...

Google Integrates Picnik with Picasa Web Albums

Today, Google started integrating some features from Picnik (acquired earlier...

Google Continues To Make Healthy Showing In Asia-Pacific

As everybody knows by now, the whole Google-China scuffle has not done the search giant's market share any favors in that country. But it's been quite a while since we've...

comScore: Yahoo Loses “Time Spent” Fight

June did not go at all well for Yahoo, judging by new statistics from comScore. In fact, at least in terms of time spent on the company's properties, June was terrible, wi...

Steve Ballmer Talks Up “Terribly Important” Tablets

The tablet PC market may not be an easy one for Google - and its new operating system - to enter. Steve Ballmer indicated this morning that Microsoft is "hardcore&quo...

Does Google Offer Too Many Ad Formats?

The Wall Street Journal is running a piece discussing how tech companies (like Googl...

Will Search Become a Public Utility?

When you think of public utilities, you think of things such as water, electricity, and telecommunications, right? Well, what if search were added to that list? How would you fe...

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