tagged w/ Google Search
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IsoHunt is battling out with the MPAA in court and said that allegations that it was the largest torrent search engine were wrong and infact Google was the largest BitTorrent search engine on the Internet. IsoHunt is arguing that if it was being targeted by movie studios, s...
http://bit.ly/f4vi8yIsoHunt is battling out with the MPAA in court and said that allegations that it was... more
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Today we’re doing a little bit more to bring you all the goodness of Google, plus the opinions of the people you care about. As always, we want to help you find the most relevant answers among the billions of interconnected pages on the web. But relevance isn’t just about pages—it’s also about relationships. That’s why we introduced Google Social Search in 2009, and why we’ve made a number of improvements since then. Today we’re taking another step forward—enabling you to get even more information from the people that matter to you, whether they’re publishing on YouTube, Flickr or their own blog or website.
First, social search results will now be mixed throughout your results based on their relevance (in the past they only appeared at the bottom). This means you’ll start seeing more from people like co-workers and friends, with annotations below the results they’ve shared or created. So if you’re thinking about climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro and your colleague Matt has written a blog post about his own experience, then we’ll bump up that post with a note and a picture.
Second, we’ve made Social Search more comprehensive by adding notes for links people have shared on Twitter and other sites. In the past, we’d show you results people created and linked through their Google profiles. Now, if someone you’re connected to has publicly shared a link, we may show that link in your results with a clear annotation (which is visible only to you, and only when you’re signed in). For example, if you’re looking for a video of President Obama on “The Daily Show” and your friend Nundu tweeted the video, that result might show up higher in your results and you’ll see a note with a picture of Nundu.
Third, we’ve given you more control over how you connect accounts, and made connecting accounts more convenient. You can still connect accounts publicly on your Google profile, but now we’ve added a new option to connect accounts privately in your Google Account. (After all, you may not want everyone to know you’re @spongebobsuperfan on Twitter.) In addition, if our algorithms find a public account that might be yours (for example, because the usernames are the same), we may invite you to connect your accounts right on the search results page and in your Google Account settings.
As always, you’ll only get social search results when you choose to log in to your Google Account. We’re starting to roll out the updates today on Google.com in English only and you’ll see them appear in the coming week. With these changes, we want to help you find the most relevant information possible, personalized to your interests and the people you care about. To learn more, check out our help center.Today we’re doing a little bit more to bring you all the goodness of Google,... more
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Seriously? A man who curiously Google'd his own name was shocked to discover that he was wanted for murder. University of Florida student Zachery Garcia was so bored that he went to Google ...
http://bit.ly/hTc2WBSeriously? A man who curiously Google'd his own name was shocked to discover that... more
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A report came out claiming Google ranked its own sites higher so they appear over other sites when a search is done. The report comes from Ben Edelmen who is an assistant professor .....
http://bit.ly/eNwV9UA report came out claiming Google ranked its own sites higher so they appear over... more
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Today, I did a Google Image Search for "Bad Drawing" and found this. Looks like "Best Drawing" to me.Today, I did a Google Image Search for "Bad Drawing" and found this. Looks... more
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He has been hailed one of Google’s most influential product engineers designing everything from Google Maps to the now defunct Google Wave. But now Danish-born Rasmussen has become the third big name to leave Google in a week, joining Chad Hurley, the co-founder of YouTube, and Omar Hamoui, the co-founder of mobile advertising platform AdMob. Rasmussen has just spoken publicly for the first time about why he quit his job and joined the growing band of high profile Googlers who have switched allegiances to Facebook. And it all comes down to size, it seems that Google is now simply too big to get things done effectively.
The decision to move to Facebook comes less than two months after the Google said it would scrap Rasmussen's pet project, Google Wave, a venture that tried to redefine the tools for online communication and collaboration."We were not quite the success that Google was hoping for, and trying to persuade them not to pull the plug and ultimately failing was obviously a little stressful," Rassmusen said.Wave was unveiled in May last year but despite some impressive features, it failed to gain traction. Once the novelty wore off, it began losing momentum and users."It wasn't something that I would like to bet my life on, but all that excitement we created when we first unveiled the project was based on something real," Rasmussen said. "It takes a while for something new and different to find its footing and I think Google was just not patient."
Facebook fascination
"It feels to me that Facebook may be a sort of once-in-a-decade type of company," Rasmussen told The Sydney Morning Herald, explaining how he decided to end his six-year tenure at Google after a "compelling personal pitch" from Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg."Obviously they've already changed the world and yet there seems to be so much more to be done there. And I think that it's the right place for me to be."I think if you were to ask me two or three years ago if Facebook was going to be this big, I wouldn't have picked it. And I have a great deal to learn there from Mark and his team," he said.A Facebook spokesperson confirmed the appointment saying that the company was "thrilled [that Rasmussen will] be part of Facebook's world-class engineering team to help design transformative technologies".
He has been hailed one of Google’s most influential product engineers... more
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Motorola Droid X owners have been complaining about freezing issues with the Google Search app since Froyo was released. Well, it has been updated but did it fix the issues?Motorola Droid X owners have been complaining about freezing issues with the Google... more
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Primero fue Google, despues, Google Searches, Google Maps, Google Earth, Google Android, Google Phone,google ,Google Voice, Google esto google lo otro ... y ahora..... GOOGLE TV... si,.... Google Television, con todos los elementos necesarios para disfrutar de la Tele, la Internet y tu Celular de Google que te conecta a todo en solo instantes.
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http://www.google.com/tv/Primero fue Google, despues, Google Searches, Google Maps, Google Earth, Google... more
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Verizon has confirmed that the Samsung Fascinate will get Google Search with its Android 2.2 update. It won’t however replace Bing has the default search engine.Verizon has confirmed that the Samsung Fascinate will get Google Search with its... more
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Verizon and Microsoft have both dispelled yesterday’s rumor that Bing would replace Google on all upcoming Android phones. Whew.Verizon and Microsoft have both dispelled yesterday’s rumor that Bing would... more
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While this isn’t official, several sources are indicating that Verizon may drop Google Search in favor of Microsoft’s Bing on future Android phones, including the Droid series.While this isn’t official, several sources are indicating that Verizon may drop... more
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I think it’s a great idea, I wonder why all Google Apps are not made equal to this type of standard. I'm sure that to protect its own proprietary data that the internal operations within Google are running under the auspices of FISMA, why can't everyone else as wellI think it’s a great idea, I wonder why all Google Apps are not made equal to... more
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Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit organization whose mission is to fight on the behalf of "American consumers and taxpayers" has launch a blog called Inside Google where they intend to keep in check some of the privacy issues that the search engine giant has been encountering recently. From a few of the articles that I have read on the site, Inside Google clearly believes that the folks at Google need to be more open about the way they do business, specifically in the way their search algorithm is calculated to bring back query results.Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit organization whose mission is to fight on the behalf... more
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It would seem problematic to many that Google is unable to sustain growth in the search market. Unfortunately, with the emergence of Microsoft's Bing, that now is the case. But this is not something that the folks in Mountain View did not see coming.It would seem problematic to many that Google is unable to sustain growth in the... more
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Major mobile phone carriers with Android phones share revenue with Google - the kind of revenue that comes from search engine advertising.Major mobile phone carriers with Android phones share revenue with Google - the kind... more
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Enter Scroogle. Its main purpose is to offer folks the ability to conduct searches without having any data sent back to Google.Enter Scroogle. Its main purpose is to offer folks the ability to conduct searches... more
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Although Facebook has surpassed Google Search, it isn't exactly a day of reckoning. Google's revenue in terms of traffic to its sites far outweighs any other web property and Facebook isn't even close.Although Facebook has surpassed Google Search, it isn't exactly a day of... more
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What’s interesting is that Google has even put up a page that lets users know the status of Google’s services in China. If a user is having trouble accessing Picasa, for example, they can go here to get a status update on if the service is being blocked or not:What’s interesting is that Google has even put up a page that lets users know... more
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For as long as Google has been around, it has been a very popular site and as long as I can remember it has been the top ranking site in the world. That’s no surprise seeing as how they offer the best search functionality of any engine out there. Most people need a starting point when they are on the web, and search is the way to go for that.For as long as Google has been around, it has been a very popular site and as long as... more
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Well, I ended up missing most of the Super Bowl, as well as almost all of the ads that went along with the Big Game. But I did catch the Google ad and it’s a knockout, a real triumph of story over the technical wizardry that’s usually showcased in Super Bowl ads!
Includes photographs, as well as the wonderful Google Super Bowl ad, “Parisian Love.”
Please visit my website to watch this great Google ad:
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/parisian-love-an-american-finds-love-in-paris/Well, I ended up missing most of the Super Bowl, as well as almost all of the ads that... more
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