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Miriam Makeba Honored with Google Doodle
Today, Google is celebrating South African singer and political activist Miriam Makeba. Makeba was born in Johannesburg in 1932. Her professional career began in 1950 as part o...
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Google Posts Big ‘Search Quality Rating Guidelines’ Document, Says It’s Just The ‘Cliffs Notes’ Version Of The Real Thing
We've seen Google's search quality raters referenced numerous times, but now Google has made available the whole set of guidelines in...
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German Law Says Google Can Use Snippets Of Certain Size, Fails To Define Size
Google will not have to pay to use snippets of news content in Germany, according to a copyright law (pdf) that...
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Google Launched 665 Search ‘Improvements’ In 2012
Google says on its new "How Search Works" site that it launched 665 "improvem...
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Google Gives You A Closer Look At ‘How Search Works’
Google has released a new section on its Inside Search site called "How Search Works," which includes an a...
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Matt Cutts Talks Location And ccTLDs
In Google's latest Webmaster Help video, Matt Cutts discusses location and ccTLDs. Specifically, he responds to the following user-submitted question: We have a vanity doma...
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Bing Maps Gets A Big Imagery Upgrade
Bing announced some big upgrades to its Bing Maps imagery today. This includes the addition of new "top of the world" imagery, which includes bathymetry data from Scripps Instituti...
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Will Google’s Navigation Interface Look Like This Soon?
Google is testing yet another redesign of its navigation interface. It doesn't seem like that long ago that Google launched the current navigation interface, but that doesn't m...
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Google Emphasizes Brands More In Search Results
Google appears to be taking another step toward emphasizing brands in search results. As pointed out by Gordon Campbell...
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Google Changes AdWords Terms in Some Countries
Google announced some updates to its AdWords Terms & Conditions in North America, the Caribbean, and Latin America (except Mexico, Argentina and Brazil). You can see the full count...
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Google Adds Your Google Calendar Data To Search Results
Google announced today that it has added Google Calendar data to the...
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Google Is Struggling With Long Queries
Google is currently unable to process search queries past a certain length. If you reach that threshold, you'll be greeted by a 414 error, with the message, "The requested URL/......
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Google Fights For ‘Free Expression’ In European Court
Google is battling data protection authorities in Spain over whether or not search engines can be ordered to block search results that link to legal content on Spanish newspaper an...
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Google Appears To Be Busted With Its Own Paid Links AGAIN
It appears that Google has been caught doing paid links again. We're still waiting for Google to provide an explanation, but the evidence makes it look like this is the case. O...
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