Number Crunchers: Who Lost In Google’s “Farmer” Algorithm Change?
On Thursday, Google announced a major change to its search algorithm, designed to weed out shallow and low-quality content from its top search results. Content farms were seen by many as the target. Were they hit? Who was hit? Some figures are coming out.
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Number Crunchers: Who Lost In Google’s “Farmer” Algorithm Change?
Google Analytics Adds SDK for iOS
Google Analytics Adds SDK for iOS
The Google Analytics blog has announced the availability of the Google Analytics SDK for iOS devices. The iOS SDK joins the Android SDK announced last year. Click to read the rest of this post…
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Google People Finder Tracks Missing After New Zealand Earthquake
Google People Finder Tracks Missing After New Zealand Earthquake
Google has pledged its support in another crisis with the launch of Person Finder, a tool to help locate those missing after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch, New Zealand on Feb. 22.
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Google faces Swiss court showdown over Street View
Google faces Swiss court showdown over Street View
Google Inc.’s data privacy chief says he’s confident Google Street View will be deemed legal in Switzerland ahead of a court hearing later this week.
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Google stole my search results, says French engine
Google stole my search results, says French engine
Zut alore! Google’s in trouble over in France , again. An anticompetitive complaint has cropped up from French search engine 1plusV.
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Google asks Swiss court to lift Street View curbs
Google asks Swiss court to lift Street View curbs
Google Inc. asked a Swiss court Thursday to lift curbs on its Street View service that have prevented the Internet search engine from updating the popular ground-level pictures of Swiss cities for more than a year.
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Why Google Wants Your Kid’s SSN
Why Google Wants Your Kid’s SSN
Jamie found a somewhat creepy story about a kid’s art contest run by Google. As part of the entry, they need the last 4 digits of a social security number. The article suggests that the information requested by the contest should make it possible to guess at, and compile a …
Google-backed Moon robot teams confirmed
Google-backed Moon robot teams confirmed
The final line-up of teams competing for the $30 million (£18.5m) robotic Moon-explorer prize has been confirmed. The prize will go to the builders of the first robot to send back video as it travels over 500 metres of the Moon’s surface. Competition organisers hope to spur the development of low-cost …
Google Android 3.0 – Honeycomb Preview
Google Android 3.0 – Honeycomb Preview
The tablet market today is a far more interesting place than it was just over a year ago. Since the launch of the iPad , there hasn’t been a real competitor to iOS in the tablet space. We’ve seen customized versions of Android for larger devices like the Galaxy Tab …
Google launches publisher payments platform
Google launches publisher payments platform
Google has launched its much anticipated publisher payments platform, Google One Pass.
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