Wavy Google Logo Honors Heinrich Hertz
The wavy blue, red, yellow, and green logo on Google’s homepage today is in honor of Heinrich Rudolph Hertz. The German physicist, who was instrumental in the discovery of electromagnetic and radio...
View ArticleGoogle, Facebook Briefly Caught in Danish Child Porn Filter
A simple human error resulted in the exposure of a serious systems design flaw in Denmark March 1st. A police officer accidentally copied a list of 8,000 legitimate domains, including Google and...
View ArticleNew Google Search App Hits Windows Phones … and Users Hit Back
Windows Phone owners who have downloaded the new Google Search App from the Windows Phone Marketplace are giving it an overwhelming thumbs down thus far, because it strays from the Metro-style theme,...
View ArticleGoogle Designs S.R. Crown Hall Doodle for Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
A simply designed Google Doodle today honors architect and educator Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Google’s colored letters appear within the windows of a rendering of one of his masterworks, the S.R. Crown...
View ArticleWhy Your SEO & Social Strategy Should Include Pinterest
You don’t have to be a lifestyle-type site to win on Pinterest, you merely need to make your brand fun and create interesting, shareable images. Pinterest offers other benefits, including social links...
View ArticleGoogle Reveals More Government Search Censorship Requests
In the last half of 2011, governments asked Google to remove about 12,000 pieces of content from their search index and attempted to access the data of over 28,000 users. Google complied with 65...
View ArticleAlan Turing Google Doodle: Turing Machine Codebreaker Logo Honors Father of...
Today, Google celebrates what would have been Alan Turing’s 100th birthday with an interactive HTML5 logo that simulates the Turing Machine. Turing, persecuted because he was gay, was a wartime...
View ArticleGoogle Fighting German Publishers Over Copyright
Google is firing back at German lawmakers, who are bowing to the demands of major publishers with draft legislation that would make search engines pay a license to display news headlines. Do they even...
View ArticleGoogle Sued by Germany’s Former First Lady for Prostitution-Related Search...
Germany’s Bettina Wulff is taking Google to court over suggestions she is a prostitute in Google autocomplete results. Google can remove piracy autocomplete suggestions; should victims of defamation...
View ArticleClara Schumann Google Doodle Celebrates German Pianist & Composer
An illustrated Google doodle turns the search company’s logo into a tribute to celebrated pianist and composer, Clara Schumann. Once a child prodigy and later the object of Johannes Brahm’s unrequited...
View ArticleGoing Global: Localize Your Message for Holiday Retail Traffic
The holiday season is nearing and retailers are gearing up to attract an influx of shoppers. Here are four ways e-commerce companies can reach a wide scope of holiday consumers in different cultures...
View ArticleGoogle Warns of Germany Copyright Law Changes
Google has launched a website called "Verteidige dein netz" or Defend your network, to warn people in Germany about proposed changes to German law, specifically the Copyright Act of the Federal...
View ArticleYahoo Year in Review 2012: Election, iPhone 5 & Kim Kardashian
For the 12th consecutive year, Yahoo has revealed the most popular searches of the year. From memes and obsessions to scandals and viral photos, Yahoo managed to capture dozens of top 10 lists based on...
View ArticleSES New York Keynote Speaker Says Internet is TV’s Best Friend
According to Mike Proulx, the Internet has become TV’s best friend. Proulx, the opening keynote speaker at SES New York 2013, will explain how you can reach and engage audiences by connecting TV to the...
View ArticleOn International Women's Day, Marketers Share Challenges & Reasons to Celebrate
Many women are helping to shape the marketing world by sharing insights and expertise. We ask some of the smartest women in marketing to reflect on the women who helped or inspired them, and share some...
View ArticleSecond Screen Engagement: Twitter VP @joell to Share Latest Trends #SESNY
Mobile engagement and activation, while consumers are watching TV or out in the real world, is becoming increasingly prevalent. Lunenfeld will share some new data and examples that show where second...
View ArticleMeetup Groups Converge on #SESNY to Discuss Hottest Search & Social Topics
Eight Meetup groups of marketing professionals from the New York area will be attending SES New York for a collaborative networking get-together with attendees, speakers and exhibitors. Organizers...
View ArticleWeekly Rundown: Lost Google Image Search Traffic, Facebook Search Ads & More
Google Image Search traffic is down 63 percent on average. Facebook tests Graph Search ads and debuts CPA bidding. Bing calls a search malware analysis "wrong". Here's a quick recap of search and...
View ArticleGermany Fines Google €145,000 for Street View Data Collection
Google has accepted a fine from the German data protection authority over its mistaken and unused collection of WiFi data using Google Street View cars. Germany calls it "one of the most serious cases...
View ArticleGermany Orders Google to Restricjavascript:void(0)t Autocomplete Results
In a ruling this week, a German federal court said Google must restrict information in autocomplete when it violates personal rights. The suit, filed by an unnamed man, claimed defamatory autocomplete...
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