Recent statistics have shown that Google is growing ever more dominant in the smart phone market in Europe and the UK after it was found that 38% of British smartphones use the Android operating system developed by the company. Yje operating system has also achieved 35.5%...
Continue ReadingGoogle has begun defending itself from accusations from SEO specialists that it is deliberately reducing the notoriety of some websites to fix their search results. Scott Huffman told the BBC that the suggestions that Google were fixing results was "almost absurd", after the Panda update was...
Continue ReadingGoogle has been granted approval by the US Justice Department to continue its takeover of the travel search and recommendation company ITA, however the catch is that they have been banned from utilising its market position to further the company's goals. Google, which has been accused...
Continue ReadingGoogle CEO Larry Page recently started an incentive scheme which will reward Google's employees based on the company's performance in the social media market. While many see this as an attempt to ensure the company's employees place focus on the burgeoning social media market, some...
Continue Reading? Google are looking to counter the influence of Facebook's 'Like' system, where users can click on a button to indicate that they like a status or page, with their own system that will offer something similar for websites. The solution, which is being called "plus one-ing"...
Continue ReadingMicrosoft are continuing to ramp up their challenge to Google's search engine dominance by rolling out a competing service to Google Street View. The company has dubbed their version 'Street Side' and has already rolled the service out in the US. They are now looking to...
Continue ReadingAn interview with some of the head honchos at search engine operators Bing and Google, conducted by SEO expert Danny Sullivan, has revealed that both search engines are beginning to place more and more importance on links shared through social media websites, such as Twitter...
Continue ReadingEric Schmidt, who is the current executive chairman of search engine giant Google, has announced that he will be giving the MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival in August. He will discuss the continued expansion of the internet and will also talk about how...
Continue ReadingGoogle is to bid more than £550 million in an attempt to purchase a host of patents from the bankrupt telecoms company Nortal in what is being seen by many as a defensive move which will protect them against other companies that have larger patent...
Continue ReadingGoogle has announced that new versions of its web browser Google Chrome will come pre-loaded with a functionality that will block out any downloads that the company considers dangerous. Upon clicking the offending download, users will now be presented with a message that says the...
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