
EU Files Antitrust “Statement Of Objections” Against Google On Shopping Search, Also Tar
As expected, the European Commission has filed a “Statement of Objections” against Google. These are formal antitrust charges against the...

Google Maps Shows Edward Snowden In The White House
Where’s Edward Snowden these days? According to Google Maps, not in Russia but instead residing in the White House, within “Edwards Snow...

Driver Education School Integrates Google Street View With Online Test Preparation
Working with Publicis Bucharest, the Automobile Club of Romania (ACR), a driver education school, recently launched Street View Test....

Google On Pigeon Fluctuations: We Won’t Detail All Changes In The Future
Google’s Pigeon algorithm launched on July 24th, impacting the local search results in Google’s English and US centric web and map...

Google “Pigeon” Local Search Algorithm Launches
Last night, Google pushed out a major local search algorithm update. The update has been pushed out to U.S. English based search results...

Look Ma, No Steering Wheel In Google’s New Self-Driving Cars
Today, the company revealed that it had built and would be “releasing” its own car prototypes. They look like a Pixar Animation Studios...

Google Readying 3-D Mapping “Tango” Tablets For Developers
Project Tango, which is a 3D mapping and modeling effort involving multiple robotics experts from around the world. The story was first...

In 2014, Google Aims To Train 20,000 Third-Party Sales Reps To Sell Local
When small businesses see Google as the “Wild Wild West” of confusing marketing opportunities, Google itself sees working with...

April Fools Day “Google Maps: Pokemon Challenge” Video Goes Viral
A video that started out as one of Google’s many April Fools Day pranks last week has gone viral. The “Google Maps: Pokémon Challenge”...

Google: Aware Of Large-Scale Hotel Listing Hijackings, Working To Fix
Thousands Of Hotel Listings Were Hijacked In Google+ Local is the story at Search Engine Land sister site that covers the situation in...

Where’s Santa Claus? This Year, Just Type “Santa” Into Google
If you’re looking for Santa’s location, Google has a super easy way to find it. Just type “Santa” into Google, to get a special box that...

Google Places For Business Rolls Out Review Inbox, Listing Customer Ratings & Reviews All In On
Google and Your Business blog, Google Places for Business is rolling out a new Review feature. Now, businesses with a verified listing...

With Celebrity Directions Waze Becomes Vehicle For “Ride Along” Film Promotion
announced that comedian Kevin Hart would be “the very first celebrity voice featured in U.S. versions of [Waze].” Universal is hoping to...

Google+ Invades The Android 4.4 “KitKat” Phone App: What It Means For Businesses &
Practically no one has a phone with Google’s latest Android 4.4 operating system on it yet. But the system, nicknamed KitKat, will...

Google Launches Media Tools Website For Journalists
Google Media Tools, all neatly assembled into one place. According to Google, the site is a “Starting point to tap into Google’s suite of...

Google Offers Getting Out Of Pre-Paid Voucher Business
According to AllThingsD Google is pledging to refund the value of pre-paid but unused vouchers. (I have several unused, expired vouchers...

July Mobile Data: Apple Gains, Google Top Mobile Site, Facebook Top App
released its July smartphone subscriber market share data for the US. The story is very similar to past months: the market continues to...

Google Adds Location Sharing Features To Google Maps & Releases Google+ For Android Updates
After retiring Latitude earlier this month, Google announced today that they have added location sharing features to the Google Maps app....

Google Recruiting “City Experts” To Get More Local Reviews
Google appears to be trying to create its own version of Yelp’s Elite Squad, a community of trusted high-volume review generators. A...
























