The Best Google Features You Are Probably Not Using

The Best Google Features You're Probably Not Using
Lifehacker
But hidden inside Google's network are some awesome, lesser-known gems that can make your life easier. Over the last couple of years Google has experimented with a lot of products. Hidden beneath popular apps like Gmail, Google Search, and Chrome ...

Google Plans End Of iGoogle
InformationWeek
Having already shut down more than 30 products and services since starting its purge last fall,Google is eliminating five more. Four are unlikely to be missed. Google is discontinuing its GoogleMini search appliance, a rack-mountable search server ...

Google Axes iGoogle, Google Mini, Others as House Cleaning Continues
eWeek
On July 31, Google will end production of the Google Mini enterprise search appliance and replace it with similar existing services provided by the Google Search Appliance, Google Site Search andGoogle Commerce Search, Eichner wrote. The company ...

Google Confirms Galaxy Nexus Sales Stopped in Apple-Samsung Case, Fix ...
ABC News (blog)
Image credit: Google While Apple and Samsung's phones and tablets battle it out on store shelves, the companies (and Google) have been battling it out in the courtroom in ongoing patent disputes. Apple has accused Samsung and Google with its Android...

ABC News (blog)

Google goes beyond search with self-learning Android assistant
Globe and Mail
If the company's Siri competitor Google Now works as advertised, your phone could one day automatically serve up answers to your most pressing questions – before you even think of asking them.

Pinterest Has a Graveyard for Failed Google Products
WebProNews
Take Google Wave, for example. Wave was touted as the service that would replace email, and combined Most of the good features of Wave have been rolled into Gmail and Google Drive, but, as a concept, Google Wave was a failure. When Wave was killed ...

Google Glasses' Secret Weapon: Search By Image?
TPM
Google's recent update to its Search by Image feature appears to be in line with what the company envisions for its upcoming high-tech glasses technology, Google Glass.

TPM

Temple: Google Now, Lola outstrip Siri
San Francisco Chronicle
At the Google I/O developer conference last week, the Mountain View company announced big improvements to the speed and accuracy of the voice search feature in the forthcoming version of its operating system for Android phones and tablets. Android is ...

Google Shopping Weapons Ban Has Gun Enthusiasts Up In Arms
Search Engine Watch
Guns and accessories, ammunition, knives, and other weapons are no longer allowed in GoogleShopping listings, though consumers will still find these items in organic search results. The weapons ban is part of Google's transition to paid PLAs (Product ...

Review: Nexus 7 is best Android tablet yet
CNN
The Nexus 7, the first tablet to wear Google's Nexus brand, sets a new standard for smaller slates, proving that just because it isn't as big as Apple's iPad doesn't mean it can't be just as useful, as fast, or as fun. If you've been on the fence about ...

Google: The World's Most Inscrutable Company
PC Magazine
Then again, I can't name another company that has had as many flops, either. Lively, Google Buzz,Google Video, Google Wave, Google Answers, Google TV, and Google TV 2 are just the abject failures I can list off the top of my head. With a little search ...

School's in Session at Google
Wall Street Journal
Google Inc. Chief Executive Larry Page has spent the past year trying to bring a renewed sense of urgency and focus to the search company, in what he calls putting "more wood behind fewer arrows." Playing a big part in that effort to battle threats ...

Wall Street Journal

Google phasing out 'iGoogle' in latest purge
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is phasing out a service that allows millions of people to personalize its home page with applications such as weather updates and stock quotes. The customization service, known as iGoogle, will be turned off in November ...

The Associated Press

Remember When Google Was A Search Engine?
TechCrunch
David Pogue put it well in his sprawling, and not entirely correct, analysis of what lies ahead for thesearch engine's Tablet front, “Nexus phone, Nexus tablet, Nexus sphere thing; what is Googlethinking, anyway? If it truly wants to emulate Apple ...

Do You Use Bing? Yeah, Me Neither.
Forbes
Back in 2007, Microsoft (MSFT) paid $6 billion for a company called aQuantive, which was supposed to make it big in the internet search advertising game alongside Google (GOOG). But now Microsoft is writing off that failed attempt with a $6.2 billion ...

Olympus Follows Google Glass with Wearable Display Prototype
PCWorld
Olympus' announcement comes about a week after the search giant showed off its Google Glass project during the company's Google I/O developer conference. The MEG4.0 features an accelerometer, as well as Bluetooth 2.1 for connecting to smartphones ...

Google Patent Could Bring A “Wiki-Type Element” To Search Results
WebProNews
Hat tip to Bill Slawki at SEO By The Sea for pointing out this patent, and providing some insight into what Google could do with it. “When you perform that search for [jaguar], ... Indeed, the user can modify and customize the categories as well as ...

Hands-on with the Google Nexus 7 by Asus
Forbes
Asustek is clearly excited about the Google Nexus 7, and with good reason: although all the noise is being made about Google, and specifically about the great distraction of its ongoing battle with Apple not just for the wallets of customers but also ...

Forbes

Google in crosshairs after banning gun sales new shopping platform
MyFox Washington DC
Google has banned gun sales from its new shopping platform, a move drawing fire from hunters and weapons enthusiasts but praised by gun control activists.

SITE SEARCH WEB SEARCH BY
WBOC TV 16
The warnings about the Internet problem have been splashed across Facebook and Google. Internet service providers have sent notices, and the FBI set up a special website.More. Despite repeated alerts, tens of thousands of Americans may still lose their ...

Is Google Becoming a Copycat to Keep Its Competitive Edge? (12:58)
WebProNews
(12:58). You may also be interested in: Google Vs. Bing: Competition Is Heating Up () ... It has rolled out numerous Panda updates, introduced Penguin, and most recently, launched its Knowledge Graph in order to give users “things” instead of “strings ...

Google purges outdated, redundant services
Gant Daily
San Francisco, CA, United States (4E) – Google is pulling the plug on less used, outdated and redundant services Google Video, iGoogle, Google Mini, the Symbian Search App and GoogleTalk Chatback, according to the search engine's blogpost on ...

Google to push ban-lifting patch to all Galaxy Nexus devices
Geek
While the irony is not lost that the patent in question is a search patent, Google will need to act quickly in order to get the Nexus back on shelves in short order. Fortunately, a Google insider has revealed that there is an emergency patch on the way ...

Geek

“Search” Beyond The “Engine”: Alternative Search Sites
Search Engine Land
People use search engines to decide if they want to buy a product or service. Most people use Google, Yahoo! or Bing to initiate the purchase cycle when seeking a product to buy. The goal at this point of the consideration process is to decide whether...

Search Engine Land

Google Pulls Samsung Galaxy Nexus From Its Online Store Due To Apple's ...
Business Insider
Google confrimed with the The Verge that it planned to issue a software update that would fix some of the disputed patent issues. The update, Google said, would disable users' ability to search the phone and just allow them to search the web. The ...

Business Insider

Google enterprise is something to fear
Fortune (blog)
FORTUNE -- Google has long been criticized for a lack of focus, and some doubt its commitment to enterprise customers. But the company formerly known as a search engine believes that it's got the right approach -- build great consumer tools and ...

Fortune (blog)

Is Microsoft's Bing search engine officially a disaster?
The Week Magazine
Bing has failed: Clearly, the aQuantive deal really didn't work out for Microsoft, says David Goldman at CNNMoney. But the real reason the online unit hasn't turned a profit in at least five years is "Microsoft's inability to catch up with Google in ...

Microsoft's Write-Down Isn't Just Virtual
Wall Street Journal (blog)
More importantly, it is an admission that Microsoft overpaid for an acquisition made in hope of keeping pace with Google and that those efforts have failed to bear fruit. So while Microsoft still talks about its own search engine, Bing, continuing to ...

Top Ten Survival Tips For Online Marketers After the Google Panda ...
By Daniel Tan
These updates were game-changing for most of the Internet population, and drastically affectedsearch-based online services such as SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and online marketing. The changes also came unexpectedly, catching ...
Social Metrics Pro

How to Use Google | KIrfan.com
By Antonio Matsuoka
Despite the presence of other search tools, Google.com remains the most popularly used search engine. Google, simply put ... These sites are also frequently viewed sites because they use greatSEO (Search Engine Optimization) techniques.
KIrfan.com

Is Google search personalisation helpful? | Fatbeehive Blog
By Reena
You may think you are making good progress in your search engine optimisation, but actually it's just Google remembering your searches and bringing up your website further up the search each time. Your boss is pleased when you ... This entry was posted in Search Engine Optimisation, Tech tricks and tips and tagged Google, Google Analytics Training, Google search, personalised search, personalised search history, Search engine optimisation, SEO. Bookmark the permalink.
Fatbeehive Blog

Google's new voice search 'not your friend' | The Raw Story
By Arturo Garcia
A Google executive says the company's latest operating system for its Android platform will feature “the very first high-quality, natural-sounding, conversational, synthesized voice in the entire world,” according to an interview with Wired ...
The Raw Story

Google phasing out 5 "obsolete" products
By Ankit Banerjee
Google phasing out 5 products, including Google Mini, Google Talk Chatback, Google Video, iGoogle, and the Symbian Search App. ... Google Mini – a part of the Google's Enterprise Searchoffering since 2005. Better alternatives such as ...
Android Authority

The Penguin Writes: Taking Web Content Writing To A Whole New ...
By Jon Wuebben
Along with its older sibling, the Google Panda (released in February 2011), the Penguin have brought about a number of radical changes that completely altered the way people look at SEO (Search Engine Optimization). For the uninitiated ...
Content is Currency

Google Now ported to Android 4.0 with AOSP support | Ubergizmo
By Edwin Kee
The entire procedure does seem to be rather complicated in nature, as you will need to replace theGoogle Search APK in the system folder while making the necessary corrections for the permissions, and all of this will of course, require root ...
Ubergizmo

Google axes 5 more products: Video and iGoogle disappear in ...
The services on the way out include Google Mini, Talk Chatback, Google Video, iGoogle and the Symbian Search App. Since September 2011, the company has shut down a number of products and merged others into existing products as ...
Digital Intelligence

Country Name In Google Serp - High Rankings Search Engine ...
I want to display country name in SERP like this. SEO Forum |Highrankingshttp://www.highrankings.com/ -United States How to display URL with count... ... High RankingsSearch Engine Optimization Forum; → Search Engine Optimization; → SEO Tips & Techniques. Javascript Disabled Detected. You currently have ... Are you a Google Analytics enthusiast? Share and download custom Google Analytics reports, dashboards and advanced segments--for FREE! Posted Image · www.
High Rankings Forum

Guide to Google Panda: Everything you need to know for SEO and ...
By Simon Green
Our definitive Guide to Google Panda: Everything you need to know and what you need to do. by Simon Green on July 5, 2012. Google – Staying Ahead. Google has long been the dominant search engine in terms of market share. A recent ...
Make It Rain

Follow-up set of 20 questions reveals unsuspected abilities of ...
Just as the last time, the video starts with fairly mundane questions, to end up with demonstrations how easy it is to make a memo to self with the new Google Voice Search. Have a look at the video below and dream of Jelly Beans...
Phone Arena - Latest News

Video: Another 20 Examples of the Power of Google's New Voice ...
By Kellex
On Tuesday, a new Jelly Bean user took to YouTube to show off the power of Google's new VoiceSearch. During the video, he highlighted at least 40 different questions that were all given direct card answers to. After the video blew up the ...
Droid Life

Google Quick Search Results - weirdness Google SEO News and ...
google quick search results - weirdness. ... When I type a search term in the Google search box, it does what it should do, it adjusts the results for every letter of ...
www.webmasterworld.com/google/4472525.htm

Siri can't beat Google search (yet) | ITworld
Piper Jaffray Analyst Gene Munster grades Google accuracy as B+ but Siri gets a D.
www.itworld.com/cloud.../siri-cant-beat-google-search-yet

Google's New Voice Search Survives a 47 Question Barrage ...
Google's new Voice Search and Google Now has gone through numerous tests by various users ever since Google announced them. Thus far, no one has ...
www.talkandroid.com/120402-googles-new-voice-search-surv...

Another Reason Google Is Taking Search Up A Notch | WebProNews
Google is taking search up a notch with its latest version of Android, Jellybean. Last week at ...
www.webpronews.com/another-reason-google-is-taking-searc...

Google Is Still Fighting to Own Search More Than a Decade Later ...
Google was the first company to get Web searches right, and has used that success – and the money that followed – to become one of the world's leading ...
pandodaily.com/2012/07/04/27479/

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