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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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Google’s Online Searches Move to the Next Level

“Just Google it.” Hundreds of millions of people put this suggestion to use every day. What’s more is that many people are not even aware that search engines this powerful were not always available. How else would they find the…

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Celebrate President’s Day with Google’s U.S. President’s Showcase

Do you even think about the Presidents on President’s Day? Or are you more worried about whether you get work off or not? To get us to have American Pride and to truly celebrate President’s Day, Google has created their…

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Google and BING Search Engines Celebrate Valentine’s Day!

On this fine Valentines’ Day where lovers embrace and singles groan, Google and BING have decided to celebrate with colorful search engine doodles. Google took a different approach from their usual horizontal “Google doodle” to create a more vertical logo,…

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Google Voice Santa Phone Call

Is Santa real? This is one of those common questions that we receive from children during this time of the year. So how do we answer this question to little kids who should have something magical to believe in because…

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Google Algorithm Update: Bad Reviews Won’t Get You Ranked Higher

The New York Times Recently Published an article about a man running a business selling glasses who worked hard to ensure that his customers had a negative experience. That’s right, he would send the wrong product, sometimes a fake product,…

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European Union Opens Anititrust Case Against Google

It is nearly impossible to be the world’s biggest search engine and not run the risk of getting into trouble with the competition at some point. The European Union (EU) is accusing Google of using its dominance in the search…

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Facebook and Google Update

If you haven’t been keeping up with the latest tactics of Facebook and Google, here’s an update: Facebook has removed all mention of Google’s Gmail service from its “Find your Friends” feature. If you want to find friends from Skype,…

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Google Can Index Flash Files

Do you remember when all the “cool” websites were done in Flash? Do you remember when all makers of those “cool” websites realized that search engines can’t read Flash websites and therefore no one would ever see their work? Sad…

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