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Publishers in Portugal want Google to pay for the right to include links and snippets of articles in Google News. The story is always the same from country to country. In recent mo...

Bing Adds Time Period Sorting To Search Results

Bing has added a new way for users to sort their search results by time period. You can sort by "Past 24 hours" to see the top links that have surfaced during the last day, for exa...

Google Adds Knowledge Graph Info Into Movies You’re Watching

Google has added a new feature to the Google Play Movies & TV app that lets you pause what you're watching and figure out information about it without having to go search to find o...

Google Webmaster Academy Launches In 20 New Languages

Last May, Google introduced Webmaster Academy, a program designed to help wou...

Google: That Paid Links Thing Goes For Google News Too

After the whole Interflora paid links fiasco, Google took to its Webmast...

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...

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...

Google’s Cutts Talks About Blocking JavaScript

For the second day in a row, Matt Cutts answers a question from a fellow Google...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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