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Google Improves Map Accuracy in Thailand, Indonesia
Google announced today that it has improved maps in Thailand and Indonesia as part of a project called Ground Truth, which it started back inn 2008. The project is simply Google's...
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Ella Fitzgerald Gets Some Google Doodle Love
Google has begun to show a doodle honoring Ella Fitzgerald on its homepage in regions where the date has already changed to April 25th. Thursday would have been her 96th birthday....
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Groupon Puts Search “Front And Center” In Mobile Apps
Groupon has launched updates to its iPhone and Android apps, which make search "a front-and-center experience," as the company says. Here's a look:...
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St. George’s Day 2013 Celebrated With Google Doodle
Google is celebrating St. George's Day 2013 in the UK with a doodle on its homepage. The day represents the feast day of Saint George, and is celebrated by Christian churches i...
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Google Launches Biggest-Ever Update To Street View
Google announced today that it has added its 50th country to Street View with the addition of imagery from Hungary and Lesotho. In addition to the two new countries, Google is...
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Google Street View Goes Inside Bizarre Corporate Costume Party
I continue to be amazed by some of the things Google captures in Street View imagery for Google Maps. We've seen everything from...
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Google Talks Keeping “No Results” Pages Out Of Index
Google's Matt Cutts takes on an interesting question in today's Webmaster Help video: What is being done to detect and remove results from larger sites when they don't have...
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Google Now Coming To The Google Homepage?
It appears that Google has big plans for Google Now beyond the Android operating system. The feature, which serves users relevant information when they are most likely to need...
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Earth Day 2013 Celebrated with Interactive Google Doodle
For Earth Day 2013, Google is celebrating with an interactive doodle that lets you experience much of what nature has to offer - in animated form, of course. Google's Earth Day doo...
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Chavela Vargas Honored With Google Doodle
Google is celebrating the birthday of Costa Rican-born Mexican singer Chavela Vargas with a doodle on its homepage in Mexico. She was...
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Check Out This Google Street View Hyperlapse Video
Teehan+Lax Labs has put together a Google Street View "hyperlapse" video. It's pretty cool:...
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Redditors Wonder If This Is A Dead Body On Google Street View
Someone submitted a Google Maps link to reddit, which shows a person face down on the ground on the side of the road. The image is from Table Bay Boulevard, Cape Town in South Afri...
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Yahoo Ad Revenue Disappoints, But Paid Search Clicks Are Up
Yahoo reported its Q1 earnings on Tuesday, with GAAP revenue at $1,140 million for the quarter. Revenue ex-TAC was $1,074 million. The company posted GAAP income from operations...
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Google Mobile Results Get Expandable Sitelinks, ‘Quick View’ Badges
Google announced a couple of updates to its mobile search results today. One is for expandable site links like these:...
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India’s First Passenger Train Journey Celebrated With Google Doodle
Google is running a doodle on its homepage in India today, celebrating the 160th anniversary of India's first passenger train journey. On April 16, 1853, the first passenger tr...
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