| Welcome to another weekly edition of Search and Social updates — packed with announcement, alliance, disputes and axing down services or products, from Silicon Valley’s tech leaders like Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL, Bing and others, as well as many more interesting Search Engine Optimization news from across the web… | |
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Yahoo Accepts Google And Facebook Account Logins On All Its Web Properties
If you want people to take a free ride in your universe, you have to let them sign in with universal systems. Internet pioneer Yahoo, which last year bargained off its search operation to Microsoft’s Bing, recently sent an encouraging signal that its Network of Web properties will soon allow you to sign in with your Facebook or Google credentials, via… |
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Google Hatches New Coupon Service To Rival Groupon
Not long ago, Groupon gained some notoriety for rebuffing a US$6-billion takeover offer from the web search titan Google. The world’s largest search engine behemoth has confirmed that it is devising an online shopping bargain service that would challenge Groupon Inc. in the increasingly lucrative online deals space. Promotional materials leaked by Mashable and… |
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Google Snaps Up “SayNow” Social Voice Startup
In the wake of recent announcement for Google Voice, the search engine behemoth Google has ramped up its buying spree with the acquisition of “SayNow,” a startup with a platform that enables… |
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Google Gobbles “Fflick” To Boost YouTube’s Social Features For $10M
Search behemoth Google is back on the prowl again, on Wednesday confirmed that it has scooped up “Fflick,” a company that mines Twitter messages to power a movie sentiment and recommendation engine for around $10 million, the companies confirmed this morning… |
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Google Commences Experiment With Display Ads In Gmail
Google has initiated testing display ads Google’s display ads, or ads with images, have been showing up in Gmail user accounts, the company confirmed Thursday… |
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Twitter Unveiled Shared “Connections” Feature For Users
Twitter is making it easier than ever to play a virtual game of six degrees of separation via a new “Connections” attribute that shows users what they have in common with others in the Twitterverse… |
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Google Abandons Real Estate Search From Google Maps
The people behind sites like Realtor.com, Redfin, and Trulia can breathe a sigh of relief and perhaps throw a party, as search engine behemoth Google last week abandoned its real estate listings on Google Maps, on the pile of failures along with Google Wave, Google Video, Google Web Accelerator… the list goes on… |
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Google Launching Pop-Up Alerts To Chrome For Gmail And Gtalk
Are you a frustrated Gmail user because you could not instantly view how many e-mails you have in your inbox? Gmail users can rejoice now as search engine titan Google has made a simple but very effective addition to its Chrome browser — that delivers desktop notifications for Gmail and Gtalk… |
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Microsoft Bestows Mac Users With 30-Day Office 2011 For Free Trial
Microsoft is striking a new chord to get Mac OSX users back on board with a new features on a 30-day free trial of its Office 2011 suite of applications before shelling out serious cash… |
Search Engine News Updates
Search Engine News Updates: January 25-31-2011
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