Yahoo has used Bing.com’s search results for some time, but this is about to change in at least one country. Yahoo Japan announced today that it has signed a deal to use Google instead of Bing. Daniel Alegre, vice president of Google’s Asia Pacific and Japan operations, stated: Yahoo Japan …
July, 2010
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23 July
Google agrees to treat .co domain as generic TLDs
Columbia has been pushing .co as an alternative to the overcrowded .com TLD, and now Google has given the registry a boost by agreeing to treat the name as a generic extension in search results. This means that .co domains will not be limited to the Google Columbia search engine …
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19 July
Google increases spending on data centers
Google has nearly doubled its data center spending. It went from investing $239 million last quarter in capital investments to $476 million this quarter. Although a capital investment is any physical asset that has long-term value, most of Google’s capital investments are IT-related. Large capital investments are often a sign …
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12 July
Is Yahoo typosquatting Google?
Blogspot.com, a Google-owned blog hosting service, is one of the most-visited websites on the Internet. According to domain blogger Elliot Silver, Yahoo is taking advantage of this by typosquatting with a very similar domain: Blogsport.com. Right now the domain doesn’t point anywhere. In fact, Yahoo’s owning of a popular typo …
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12 July
Take a look at a Google server
Google has long been a leader in the search industry, but did you know that the company is also a pioneer of data center technology? The video above shows a typical Google web server on display at the Google Data Center Energy Summit in 2009. As you can see, Google …
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9 July
Chinese government renews Google’s license
Google announced today that the Chinese government has renewed its license to operate as an Internet content provider, meaning that the search engine will continue to operate in China. Earlier this year, Google strongly considered leaving the country due to its strict Internet censorship, and began redirecting Chinese users to …
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9 July
Bing market share up by 7%
According to a report by Experian Hitwise, the market share of Microsoft’s Bing search engine increased by 7% in June. Meanwhile, Google saw a drop in market share of -1%. Bing’s May market share was 9.23%. With the 7% increase, its new market share for June was 9.85%. Google’s market …
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1 July
IBM Declares Firefox Its New Official Browser
Big Blue is not known for making revolution internal changes to its business. After all, the way they do business has worked for over a century. When it comes to technology, however, IBM has lately been very keen to accepting new software, particularly software that is free and open source …
June, 2010
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17 June
The Google AdWords Keyword Tool
The Google AdWords Keyword Tool is a site I visit on a regular basis. Although designed for AdWords customers to estimate the search volume of keywords, it’s a great tool for domain owners. When registering domains, I use the search volume data to get an idea of what keywords to …
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11 June
Google Boosts Its Servers with Caffeine
Although I am sure plenty of Google employees dope up on gallons of coffee per day, this is not about that kind of caffeine. Google announced on their blog that they are changing the way their servers index sites. As with anything related to Google searching, this is particularly relevant …