Sep 05, 2010 - Next Week's Google Search Event
Did you know that Google has an Experimental Happiness team? One of the engineers that are part of this team is Othar Hansson, who is a tech lead for rich snippets and a member of Google's Search UI Group.Did you know that Google has a search czar? His na...
Sep 03, 2010 - Location extensions with multiple addresses available on mobile devices
Cross-posted from the Google Mobile Ads BlogDo you have several business locations in one city? For example, are you a national retailer of consumer electronics who wants to increase foot traffic to your Los Angeles area stores?Every day, consumers are us...
Sep 02, 2010 - 30 day challenge update: meditation!
It’s time for an update on my 30 day challenges. Here’s what I’ve done the last few months:
June: I didn’t respond to email after 10 p.m. and I read the New Testament of the Bible. Both were interesting in different ways. It turns ...
Sep 02, 2010 - Testing of Google Maps? ?Sponsored Icons? Comes to the U.S.
Google is in the beta testing stages of what they are calling “sponsored map icons” which will appear on Google Maps. These icons will show specific brand icons on the maps instead of just the generic ones and as of right now this new feature ...
Aug 31, 2010 - Online publishers: growing the display advertising pie
This is the latest post in our series on the future of display advertising. Today, director of product management Jonathan Bellack looks at our efforts to help online publishers generate more advertising revenue - Ed.For millions of online publishers—fr...
Aug 31, 2010 - Google Buys SocialDeck
Google acquired yet another social gaming company: SocialDeck. The start-up had an interesting idea: creating a platform for playing games on any device. "SocialDeck was founded in 2008 with the vision of enabling 'anywhere, anytime, anyone' gaming. The c...
Aug 30, 2010 - SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 30, 2010
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
Bing Mobile App Comes To Verizon Android Handsets
Microsoft previously said there was going to be an Android version ...
Aug 30, 2010 - Bing for Mobile App On Android
Today, Bing announced the Bing for Mobile Android App. Significantly, Bing also announced that Verizon will launch new Android devices pre-loaded with the Bing for Mobile app over the coming months.Click to read the rest of this post...
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Aug 30, 2010 - Microsoft Launches Bing for Mobile Android App
Microsoft is taking a step in the right mobile-searching direction with the release of their new Bing for Mobile Android application. Today Bing announced on their blog that the app was, as on right now, only available for Verizon customers and could be d...
Aug 30, 2010 - Bing Mobile App Comes To Verizon Android Handsets
Microsoft previously said there was going to be an Android version of Bing soon, following its successful iPhone app. Today there is — for Verizon Android handsets only however. It was announced on the Bing Community Blog.
I’m sure a more gene...
Aug 27, 2010 - This week in search 8/27/10
This is one of a regular series of posts on search experience updates. Look for the label This week in search and subscribe to the series. - Ed.Searches come in many flavors, but it's our job to determine what type of search you're doing once you've click...
Aug 26, 2010 - Search Conferences Getting Mobilized
Mobile in recent years has been a sort of side panel at search marketing conferences but here in mid 2010 I feel for the first time it has been truly welcomed as a full fledged participant.
I just completed a short week of bi-coastal search conferences, ...
Aug 25, 2010 - Google Finance, Now in a More Mobile-Friendly Form
As of Monday, Google launched their new mobile-friendly version of Google Finance for iPhone and Android. While it’s original form wasn’t terrible, this new compact and sleeker layout will make it easier for users to access their financial inf...
Aug 25, 2010 - Yahoo! Search will always be a Search Engine
I’ve heard some innuendo that with Yahoo! Search transitioning certain back-end functions to Microsoft, we are no longer a “search engine.” I find these comments amusing, but a little irresponsible. What it comes down to is that the search industry ...
Aug 25, 2010 - Android Market and Piracy
Google has recently released a licensing service for Android applications that is supposed to make it more difficult to pirate paid apps. The service is not yet part of the operating system and it works by sending a query to Google's servers in order to d...