Google will alert users to DNSChanger malware infection

Google will alert users to DNSChanger malware infection
CNET
Google is using a clever Domain Name System hack to let people infected with the DNSChanger malware know that they have only a few weeks left before their Internet connection goes dead. by Declan McCullagh May 22, 2012 12:00 PM PDT Follow @declanm ...

Europe's antitrust chief urges Google to settle allegations
Los Angeles Times
It comes amid an inquiry sparked by complaints by firms that Google treats rival search results differently from its own. By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Europe's top antitrust official said that Google Inc. may have abused its ...

It's Official: Google Is Now a Hardware Company
BusinessWeek
Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook had been trying to poach Woodside to make him Apple's head of sales, but Google had convinced Woodside to stay, in part by promising him greater responsibility at the search company, according to two people with knowledge of ...

Daily Report: Europe Weighs Antitrust Case Against Google
New York Times (blog)
By DAMON DARLIN | May 22, 2012, 7:15 am Comment Google may have abused its dominance in Internet search by promoting its own businesses at the expense of competitors, the European Commission said Monday. It warned the company to propose changes in “a ...

New York Times (blog)

European Commission: Google Rigs Online Ads
ReadWriteWeb
By Scott M. Fulton / May 22, 2012 08:04 AM / View Comments Is Google abusing its dominant position in online advertising and content delivery? On the very day whenGoogle participated in a celebration of the free flow of information, ...

ReadWriteWeb

EU Gives Google 'Weeks' To Ease Antitrust Concerns
Sci-Tech Today
The EU's concerns center on how the Internet giant deals with its search results, how content is used and how advertising is run on its search engine. Google has a few weeks to propose solutions to the antitrust concerns of Europe's top competition ...

Sci-Tech Today

Google dodges EU antitrust case
Politico
Continue Reading Text Size - + reset Those concerns include charges that Googlefavors its own services in search results, drawing from third-party sources to populate some of its offerings and potentially hurting competitors in the ad market through ...

Politico

Google+ will continue to grow whether people actually use it or not
BetaNews
Now Facebook has to find a way to grow revenue and users and will increasingly bump up against Google's huge advantages in search and apps. For Facebook to achieve its goals, the company will have to enter both spaces with gusto. Google has learned how ...

BetaNews

Marval O'Farrell & Mairal Selects Persistent Systems for Enterprise Google ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Using the Google Search Appliance (GSA) OpenText eDocs connector from Persistent Systems, an off-the-shelf integration solution that enables GSA to index and retrieve native documents from eDocs Document Management System (DMS), Marval O'Farrell ...

Google's notable acquisitions besides Motorola
Atlanta Journal Constitution
It's also more than the $10.2 billion that Google has spent combined to buy nearly 200 companies since Google went public in 2004. Those companies expanded or complemented the breadth of services that the search leader offers. — DoubleClick Inc. (2008 ...

Google officially closes $12.5 billion Motorola Mobility deal
CNET
Google CEO Larry Page says Dennis Woodside, a "long-time Googler," will take over atop Motorola Mobility. by Don Reisinger May 22, 2012 6:20 AM PDT Google announced plans to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in August.

Just Because Someone Works At Google Doesn't Make Them An SEO Expert
Search Engine Land
There was, of course, and it's a reminder that just because someone is a Googler, that doesn't mean they know how Google Search works. Google has nearly 25000 employees (according to a search I did on Google just now), and they're involved with all ...

Search Engine Land

Google warned by EU's antitrust inquiry of 'search manipulation concerns'
Telegraph.co.uk
Google has been warned about manipulating search results for its own gain by the European Competition Commissioner and given a matter of weeks to find remedies for the problems outlined in the large anti-trust inquiry into the search company's business...

Telegraph.co.uk

Four Reasons Why Google Doesn't Care If Facebook Wins The Social Media Wars
AllFacebook
Google Plus has a little more than 10 percent of Facebook's reach, and its users spend a mere 3.3 minutes per month on the search engine giant's social network, compared with the average Facebook user's eight hours. Facebook's almost-impenetrable ...

Europe offers Google an antitrust ultimatum
Bend Bulletin
By James Kanter / New York Times News Service LOS ANGELES — Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility will close in the next two business days, according to a form filed by Motorola Mobility over the weekend. The $12.5-billion takeover, ...

Is Google Stuck in EU Antitrust Locomotive's Headlight?
TechNewsWorld
After a year-and-a-half investigation into Google's activities in the market, there are four areas of concern that need to be rectified, he said. However, in the interest of restoring competition for users, the search engine can take advantage of one ...

Microsoft launches a 'social search' network
CNN International
With Facebook hogging the spotlight last week and Google working to stay in the game with Google+, Microsoft has quietly launched So.cl, which it describes as a social-search tool to share information and meet people with common interests.

Europe's Antitrust Czar Takes Aim at Google
Internet Evolution
The clock is ticking, loudly, for Google in Brussels. That is because the European Union antitrust chief, Joaquin Almunia, says the search giant has “a matter of weeks” to propose remedies to antitrust concerns voiced by the EU.

Google completes Motorola deal, heralding new era
The Associated Press
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer – 4 minutes ago SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has completed its $12.5 billion purchase of device maker Motorola Mobility in a deal that poses new challenges for the Internet's most powerful company as it tries to ...

The Associated Press

Google given deadline to fix anti-trust concerns
TG Daily
First, says the EC, Google displays links to its own vertical search services differently from the way it handles links to competitors; and, second, it copies material from its competitors. Third, it's concerned that Google's deals with advertisers ...

TG Daily

Europe's Approach to Antitrust Could Cause Friction
New York Times (blog)
Last month the United States Federal Trade Commission stepped up its antitrust investigation of the Internet search giant by hiring a prominent litigator, a strong signal the FTC is prepared to takeGoogle to court. Even so, important procedural ...

Senators urge FTC step up Google probe following EU's antitrust offer
ZDNet (blog)
“We are pleased that the EU is working with Google to develop a set of voluntary solutions to the search engine's problematic practices, including those that we identified at our September 2011 hearing,” the senators said in a statement.

ZDNet (blog)

EU say Google may have abused its dominance
Brisbane Times
WASHINGTON: The top European antitrust official say that an investigation has found Google may have abused its online dominance to squelch competition and offered the company a chance to settle the allegations to avoid formal charges.

Google's Motorola Purchase Complete, Dennis Woodside Named CEO
eWeek
Dennis Woodside, a longtime Google executive, is now the new Motorola CEO. Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility is now complete, the search giant and now hardware maker detailed in a May 22 blog post. And while Google has said it ...

Change or face charges, Europe warns Google
Sacramento Bee
The commission, after a two-year inquiry, found that Google might have abused its dominance in Internet search and advertising, giving its own products an advantage over those of others while maintaining that it offers a neutral, best-for-the-customer ...

'Liberating' Your Data from Google, and What That Really Means
PCWorld
Google Takeout, which lets you download a copy of your Google presence, turns one year old next month. Does Takeout truly let you liberate your data from the search behemoth, and what does that mean, anyway? By Christopher Null, PCWorld If you listen ...

Google launches autocomplete predictions to Gmail search ...
By Gene Ryan Briones
Following the plethora of updates to Gmail that included automatic translation, quick access to contacts in search and the new Google+ integration, Google is launching a third update this month that now includes autocomplete predictions when searching from ...
Ubergizmo

me-ander: Rejected by Google Search
By Batya
Actually, google took me out their "phonebook," or whatever you want to call it for both blogs. You can't find me via google at all, and the other search engines were also unseen on the lists. The blogging expert also said that one of the criteria ...
me-ander

Google's New Knowledge Graph Provides Smarter Search Results ...
By kconti
How does the Knowledge Graph affect your SEO? Providing knowledge instead of just information, the Knowledge Graph will change the way people use Google and essentially increase time spent on the popular search engine. Additionally ...
MedNet Technologies | Medical...

Google to Warn 500000+ of DNS Changer Infections — Krebs on ...
By BrianKrebs
The company said the warning (pictured above) will appear only when a user with an infected system visits a Google search results property (google.com, google.co.uk, etc.), and will include the message, “Your computer appears to be ...
Krebs on Security

Doodle 4 Google 2012 Winner Travels to Pirate Times - Search ...
By Miranda Miller
SES Toronto will be packed with sessions covering topics such as pay-per-click (PPC) management, keyword research, search engine optimization (SEO), social media, local, mobile, link building, duplicate content, multiple site issues, video ...
Search Engine Watch - Latest

Google Small Business Introduces Webmaster Academy ...
By Mike Fossum
An explanation of how Google Search works - How best to represent a brick and mortar business online - An introduction to Search Engine Optimization. In March, Google announced free small business websites for Californian users.
WebProNews

Google Knowledge Graph: How It Works And Its Impact on SEO ...
By Frank Isca
But for many marketers attempting to manage their own search engine optimization (SEO) efforts,Google's frequent updates can cause a lot of confusion and unanswered questions. Here's a concise look at how Google ... is to write for people, not for search engines! With the introduction of thePanda and Penguin algorithm updates in the last year, Google has taking large strides to reward the best written content on the web that truly provides users with value and satisfies their needs.
Business 2 Community

Why Social Search will be Google's Greatest Downfall
By Marcus Sheridan
I think social search stinks. I think Google +, because of its integration with search, is going to be the beginning of the end for what is Google's search engine domination. Yeah, that's right, the one-party system that we currently have in the world of search engines (Sorry Yahoo and Bing, but you guys clearly ain't cutting it and thus don't count) will soon open its doors to a new world that isn't owned, operated, and dominated by “The Big G”. You may be wondering what the heck I'm ...
The Sales Lion by Marcus Sheridan

To Compete with Google, Korea's Ecobe Will Give Away 40% of Its ...
By Kira M. Newman
In Ecobe's DEMO pitch, VP Joseph Stanfield called Google greedy and outlined his vision for a more fair search engine. Afterward, two young Google engineers came over to chat – they were curious, and “perfect gentlemen,” Stanfield recalls ...
Tech Cocktail

Google Knowledge Graph - Another Bad News For Website Owners?
Google has started showing additional information to their search page. This information is pulled from websites like Wikipedia. So if I search for Muhammad Ali ...
www.thedotcomblog.com/.../google-knowledge-graph-anothe...

Understanding Panda - Thin Content vs Low Interest Content Google ...
So they are coming to the site from a broader search term but navigating to the more specific pages. They just don't seem to be searching Google for that specific ...
www.webmasterworld.com/google/4451890.htm

Understanding the new Google | Bangkok Post: learning
Click button to listen to Investment in Google Searches to download ... Check out the new Google Search Plus Your World and you'll be surprised at how many ...
www.bangkokpost.com/.../understanding-the-new-google

Googlepedia answers any question direct from Google search
(London Daily Mail) Google has revolutionised the way we use the Internet, quickly rising to almost complete dominance over the search market. But for all its ...
www.wnd.com/.../googlepedia-answers-any-question-direct-fr...

Q: SEO, Is my website infected with Google Panda
For clarification, Panda is an update to the formula Google uses to rank websites in the searchresults. There was a negative impact to websites the engaged in ...
www.netrafic.com/blog/bear-of-pain/