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Apr. 2, 2008 at 10:05am by Greg Sterling
April Fool's: Google Lets Business Owners Take Control Of Plus Box
Mike Blumenthal has detailed on his blog how Google is now letting business owners provide the address information that's mapped when a "plus box" is opened in search results associated with their listings. Previously Google determined what address/mapping data to show in the plus box, which resulted in errors on...
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Apr. 1, 2008 at 6:49am by Danny Sullivan
Microsoft's $1 Million Guarantee Program To Win Searchers
Microsoft executives, worried that the plan to acquire Yahoo for an estimated $40 billion might not happen, have hatched an alternative plan that might bring about success over Google at a much cheaper cost. To win in search, Microsoft may pay people not to use Google. And pay a premium,...
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Dec. 12, 2007 at 9:55am by Barry Schwartz
High-Tech Christmas Cookies? Nah, Just A Google News Glitch
A reader spotted a pretty strange story in the Google News Sci/Tech area. Mixed alongside stories about AskEraser, the Space Shuttle launch, and "w00t" being crowned as word of the year was a recipe for Grasshopper Chocolate Chunk Cookies, the lead item for a cluster of Christmas cookie stories....
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Nov. 8, 2007 at 11:30pm by Danny Sullivan
Chewing Gum, Google Universal Search, & Is That A Nude Woman?
Here's latest Google Universal Search funny, this time for chewing gum. Three images at the top. You've got your gumballs, your Juicy Fruit, and your -- um -- naked woman? Yep:...
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Aug. 3, 2007 at 1:12pm by Danny Sullivan
Google Universal Search Means Looking For Raccoons Is No Longer Family Friendly
A reader tipped me off to this. Search for raccoon, and Google Universal Search puts some pictures up at the top of the page: See it? Third one over? I didn't know a dog and a raccoon could, well......
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Jul. 3, 2007 at 12:20pm by Danny Sullivan
If Search Engines Were Frat Houses From Movies
I love search engines. I love comedy movies. So let's have fun putting the two together. Which search engines are most like some famous movie fraternities? Yes, there is an Animal House of search! Google: Lambda Lambda Lambda (Revenge Of The Nerds) As I pondered how to match search engines...
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Apr. 1, 2007 at 1:51pm by Danny Sullivan
Ask Kevin: Ask.com Acquires Kevin Federline's "Search With Kevin"
; I had lunch with Ask CEO Jim Lanzone last Thursday when he was here in the UK, and I've been itching to tell the news he gave me under embargo. Now it's up, with Jim himself sharing the announcement in video. Kevin Federline's Search With Kevin service is...
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Apr. 1, 2007 at 1:01pm by Danny Sullivan
TiSP: Google Flushes Free Wireless Broadband For All
Now posted on the Google Blog, news of the new Google TiSP service offering free wireless to homes via their, ahem, plumbing systems. Sir Thomas Crapper would be proud. See discussion at Techmeme. Google's latest feature will better connect you with previous Google products that have been rolled out...
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Mar. 31, 2007 at 10:55pm by Danny Sullivan
The Matt Cutts Blog Gets Hacked
The Dark SEO Team has had a bit of a beef with Google's Matt Cutts from back in 2005 over URL hijacking. Looks like they've pulled a prank on him today. Matt's blog is down, hacked -- and archives wiped out as well. Matt has posted previously to this...
