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Image Search Gets a +1

In March of this year, Google launched its +1 button for users–the semi-equivalent of a Facebook “Like,” but for entire web pages. And now their efforts have spread all across the web. Not only can you “+1″ a website or…

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Google’s Algorithm Updated

Although Google changes its search algorithm 500-600 times per year, the major “tweaks” are usually announced on the Official Google Blog. By following some simple steps, getting your site to rank with the updated Google algorithm doesn’t have to be…

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Google Sandbox

What Is Google Sandbox? Part of Google’s algorithm has always been the number of links to a site, and Google is aware that this system can be manipulated through link spam. Over the past few years Google has changed its…

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Google+ Rant Analyzed

Let’s say you invent and launch a product. This must mean you have faith in it, right? In theory, you will be the first one using your product to show others that it will enhance your life or make it…

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Google Analytics in Real-Time

Google Analytics has a new function with its recently added Real-Time capabilities: it is “a set of new reports that show what’s happening on your site as it happens.” So why is this so great? Well, site administrators can now…

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Google+ Open to the Public

You no longer need a Google Plus invite to sign up for the popular social network schedule.  Three months after first starting the project, Google now puts their service in the Beta stage. It will be very interesting to see…

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Google Expands with Addition of Google Music

Google is continuing to come out with more services that compete with current popular services.  Google recently came out with Google+ that is competing with Facebook. We’ll see if Google Plus is here to stay, but now we have Google…

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Google’s City Pages

Google has begun rolling out city pages in metro areas around the U.S. It looks like an attempt to combine Google Places pages, and the new Google version of Groupon, Google Offers.  So far they have pages for Portland, San…

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The Changing Google Places Interface

There has been quite a bit of commotion concerning the changes taking place in Google Places. The biggest bit of news being that third party reviews are no longer showing on Places pages. Other major changes include a shiny new…

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Google Plus: Is It Here to Stay?

Google Social Network There is a lot of talk about the new Google Social Network, Google +. Its obviously meant as a competitor to Facebook, but can it compete against an already established social network with nearly 700 million users?…

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