Imagine if you could instantly see search results as you are typing a query, without the need to hit the enter key, as it happens with Google Suggest query refinements.
As you keep adding words to the query, the results would change, showing also different ads.
Well, Google is testing instant streaming search result...
Yesterday Google announced a new Gmail feature that allows free phone calls in the US and Canada, just by clicking on the “Call phone” button at top of the chat list.
International calls are supported too and cost just $0.02 per minute.
The voice and video chat plugin for Gmail has been recently updated to run also ...
Rumors about Google Me, the new social network that would compete with Facebook, never cease to spread, and one of the features that could make it a serious challenger is social gaming integration. A standalone Google Games platform could be in the plans, considering the investment in Zynga and the acquisition of Sl...
Tomorrow Google will announce the acquisition of Slide, a social gaming apps and virtual communities developer, that marks another cornerstone in Google’s strategy to build a social gaming network that could challenge Facebook’s domination.
After the $100-200 million investment in Zynga, the biggest online social ga...
Earlier today I was reading a Local SEO Guide article on small businesses that prefer creating a Facebook Page instead of (or before) a Google Place Page.
The advantage of a Facebook Page vs. a Place Page is clear: You can promote your products or services on a platform with a large user base that facilitates conve...
Google Image Search implemented infinite scrolling and other features inspired from Bing that improve user experience and prepare the ground for a new ad format: Image Search Ads.
The Official Google Blog doesn’t mention Bing obviously, but describes instant scrolling (Google will load 1000 results organized in “p...
If you search for “vatican” on Google, the first result that shows up is not the PR9 official website of the Vatican, or the Wikipedia page for the Vatican City, but instead you will see a page titled Vatican: the Holy See, the homepage of www.pedofilo.com.
The website is currently down, but it’s still showing on th...
Cool infographic from PPC Blog explains how Google works!
Google’s algorithm hasn’t been revealed and the more than 200 signals that determine whether a page is relevant for a search query are still secret, but if you want to know what happens when Google bots crawl the web following links, this is a very intere...
Google made Ad Sitelinks available to all AdWords campaigns. Previously only top performing ads could show two-line or one-line sitelinks and experience, according to Google, a 30% CTR increase.
To add Sitelinks to your campaign (Ad Sitelinks will be the same for all ads in your campaign) you need to select the “S...
According to Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Google is contacting publishers in Italy to test a micropayment system for newspapers, called Newspass.
The platform will be launched by the end of the year and users will be able to access content behind paywalls with a single click, directly from the search engine resu...
