Reading Time: < 1 minAs you may have heard, Google is releasing a new browser tomorrow called Chrome. Based on what’s been revealed so far, it should be excellent, though we won’t know for sure until we get our hands on it. If nothing else, it’s expected to be very fast and very stable, which are the two main […]
Google’s new “Chrome” browser to be launched tomorrow
Reading Time: 2 minGoogle has accidentally leaked a comic strip that talks about “Chrome”, their new web browser. Google has confirmed that a browser is coming, and will be lauched tomorrow (Tuesday). So what’s the scoop on the new browser? Here’s what we know so far (from TechCrunch and Google Blogoscoped): Windows only. Mac and Linux support coming […]
MapQuest is trying hard to hold on
Reading Time: < 1 minDespite being far behind in features, MapQuest has been remarkably resilient in holding onto their market share. Google Maps continues to catch up, but is still below half of the market share that MapQuest is holding. However, MapQuest continues to try to catch back up. Today they’ve released a new beta version of their site, […]
Google Suggest finally coming to the main Google homepage
Reading Time: < 1 minIt’s been in Google Labs for a couple years, but Google Suggest is finally coming to the main search box on Google.com. Google Suggest shows an on-the-fly drop-down of possible search results as you’re typing. The advantages of this, as presented by Google, are: Help formulate queries. Start typing what you want to find, and […]
Make sure you own your name in Google
Reading Time: 2 minWhat happens when you search Google for [your name]? Do you like what you see? Part of that depends on your name. If your name is common (Joe Smith) or owned by a celebrity (if your name is Michael Phelps and you’re not a swimmer, good luck) you might be in trouble. For the rest […]
Google takes a shot at Cuil — shows how they customize results
Reading Time: < 1 minWhen Cuil launched a few days ago, one of the features they promoted is that they don’t store ANY info about searches performed on the site. Now Google has shot back by making their “customized results” a bit more transparent. When you search, you might start to see a box in the top right corner […]
Google makes it clear — you can show ads from multiple AdSense accounts on a single page
Reading Time: < 1 minThere have been arguments about this for months, but Google has finally made it clear — you are allowed to show ads from more than one AdSense account on a single page. For revenue-sharing sites, it makes configuration much easier. Instead of having to make sure all of the ads on a page are from […]
Formidable Google competitor launches — Cuil
Reading Time: < 1 minCuil (pronounced “cool”) has just launched today, and looks like it might be the first search engine in a while to give Google some competition. The main thing Cuil promotes is the size of it’s index — 120 billion pages, compared to the estimated 40 billion pages in Google’s index. However, we’re not sure what […]
Big search engine news coming next week?
Reading Time: < 1 minTechCrunch has just hinted at a major search engine announcement next week. In this post, we read the following: Google also says “But we’re proud to have the most comprehensive index of any search engine.” That may be true today, but it probably won’t be true next week (check back here then). Google knows that […]
Over a trillion pages on the web — how many are yours?
Reading Time: < 1 minGoogle has just announced that they are watching over a trillion (1,000,000,000,000) pages on the web now, which is more than double the number of stars in our galaxy! The Official Google Blog has details and some history. Any way you look at it, that’s quite an impressive number. That leads to the next question […]