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Google Maps Gets More Live Transit Info In Certain Areas
Google has added live transit information to more cities on Google maps. Users can now access live departure times for seven lines on the New York City subway system (MTA) and buse...
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Google Maps Project Maps Amazon Funds
Google has been working with Brazilian nonprofit organization, Amazonas Sustainable Foundation (FAS), and the two have now announced the Bolsa Floresta Platform, an online tool tha...
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Google’s Cutts Talks About Blocking JavaScript
For the second day in a row, Matt Cutts answers a question from a fellow Google...
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Google Announces Opt-Out Tool To Keep Content Out Of Its Specialized Search Engines
Google has launched a new way for sites to opt out of having their content show up in Google Shopping, Advisor, Flights, Hotels, and Google+ Local search. Matt Cutts announced...
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Sweden Axes the Word ‘Ungoogleable’ After Google Intervenes
Google has successfully pressured the Swedish Language Council to remove a new word because it risks turning "google" into a generic term. It's a testament to Google's dominanc...
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Getting Google Rankings Back After Site Downtime
The latest Google Webmaster Help video deals with getting your site's rankings back after experiencing some downtime. Google's Matt Cutts will often provides answers to his own...
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Google Updates AdWords Trademark Policy
Google announced some updates to its AdWords trademark policy. Beginning on April 23, AdWords keywords that were restricted as a result of a trademark investigation will no longer...
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LinkedIn Revamps Its Search Algorithm, Adds Features
It doesn't come with all the fanfare of Facebook's Graph Search, but another important social network has just revamped its search engine. LinkedIn announced some new search ca...
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Google Kills Blocked Sites Feature
About two years ago, when Google was in the early stages of the Panda update, it launched another means of helping users get more quality results in front of them. This one, unlike...
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You Can Get Keyword Data From Facebook Graph Search in Google Analytics
Will Facebook's Graph Search become a major piece of successful online marketing strategies? It's still in its infancy, and does only a small fraction of what it promises to do at...
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Angel Tompkins Nude Pic Shows Up In Google Knowledge Graph
Update: Google has removed the image from the Knowledge Panel. Rather than replacing it with a non-nude image, they went with no image at all. The image in que...
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Ruling In AP/Meltwater Case Could Be Trouble For Search Engines
Search engines and fair use suffered a legal blow this week, as a judge sided with the Associated Press in its ongoing case against Meltwater, a service that scans news from around...
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Channel Intelligence Execs On Why This Was The Right Acquisition For Google
Last month, Google signed an agreement to acquire Channel Intelligence to impr...
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Google Axes Frommer’s Print Travel Guides [Report]
Update: Google says it is offering no comment on this. According to a report from travel news site Skift,...
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Bing Expands Its Knowledge Graph-Like ‘Snapshots’
Last year, Bing launched its "Snapshots" feature, which shows direct answers for searches on the results page. The feature was...
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