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Is Googlebot Getting More Human-Like?

May 17, 2012   Chris Crum
Is Googlebot Getting More Human-Like?

Google may be getting better at crawling javascript and Ajax.
In a Tumblr post, developer Alex Pankratov wrote this week about spotting an “ajax request issued from document.ready() callback of one website’s pages.”
“This means that the bot now executes…

No more +1′s on YouTube, now you’ll have to share your feelings on Google+

May 17, 2012   Drew Olanoff

Google has been integrating its social layer Google+ into all of its products lately. Gmail and YouTube have gotten the social treatment, but the latter made a bit of a tweak today.
Here’s what the YouTube team had to say…

Comment Spammers: These Links Are Not Helping You

May 17, 2012   Chris Crum

In light of Google’s Penguin update, it seems like a good time to suggest that you don’t spam blog comments. Even if you’re not technically spamming, and are leaving semi-thoughtful comments (but your ultimate goal is to get a link),…

Second Grader’s ‘Pirate Times’ Wins 2012 ‘Doodle for Google’ Contest [PICS]

May 17, 2012   Kate Freeman

This is a picture very worthy of the fridge — and of the Google homepage.
Second grader Dylan Hoffman from Caledonia, Wisconsin won the 2012 Doodle for Google contest open to U.S. students from kindergarden through 12th grade, it…

Google commissions 6 developers to hack on its Hangouts API for 2 weeks

May 17, 2012   Harrison Weber

After releasing an update to its Hangouts API, the Google+ team is quite eager to see what developers are planning to do with it. They’re so eager, in fact, that they are actually commissioning 6 developers, “from agencies like The Barbarian Group to independent developers…

Iran plans to sue Google over leaving the Persian Gulf nameless on its Maps service

May 17, 2012   Nancy Messieh

It seems that Google’s woes over its decision to leave the Persian Gulf nameless on Google Maps are far from over, with Iran saying it will sue the tech company as a result, AP reports.
After the move stirred up…

Knowledge Graph: Google Officially Announces Its “Things” Results

May 17, 2012   Chris Crum
Knowledge Graph: Google Officially Announces Its “Things” Results

Google has formally announced the “Knowledge Graph,” its way of providing results about “things”. We’ve reported on the products of this a couple of times, as Google has been testing them.
An example would be when you search for a…

US Senator investigates Google, NASA over use of private airfield for company jets

May 17, 2012   Matt Brian

A deal between Google and NASA is to be investigated by US Senator Charles Grassley over ‘benefits’ the search giant’s have enjoyed following its use of NASA’s Moffett Federal Airfield in California to store and operate its fleet of Google…

Knowledge Graph: Google Gets Tight With Wikipedia

May 17, 2012   Chris Crum

Google revealed the Knowledge Graph today, which is Google’s attempt to move further away from keyword-based results delivery, and get better at delivering relevant results.
Wikipedia appears to be a major provider of content to this feature. So far, every…

What If The Google Penguin Update Inadvertently Killed The Web As We Know It?

May 17, 2012   Chris Crum

Note: Perhaps the headline of this article is a little sensational, but don’t overlook the “what if” part. I’m not suggesting Google has some plot to kill the web. However, many businesses rely on Google and people are freaking out…

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