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Are Google Products Starting to Suck?

by Jeff Weisbein February 9, 2012
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What’s going on over at Google? I’m serious. Has Google lost its way? Are Google products less “Googley” than ever before? We take a look at some of the recent Google design problems.

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Google Chrome’s Impressive Market Share Growth Explained

by Jeff Weisbein January 2, 2012
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Why has Google Chrome been successful in gaining market share against Internet Explorer? Can Chrome continue to gain market share?

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RIM Should Make the Move to Android

by Mike Mansell September 30, 2011
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RIM isn’t getting anywhere in the smartphone market, would the move to Android-based BlackBerry’s help the company in an uphill battle against Apple.

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The AdSense +1 Button is a Win-Win for Everyone

by Mike Mansell September 26, 2011
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When Google announced that their AdSense service, the ad platform used by thousands of advertisers and implemented on countless websites throughout the Internet, was going to add the +1 button for social recommendations on advertisements, I was initially very critical of the move.  Sure, Jeff had previously made a very good point when writing about the [...]

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AdSense Display Ads Will Now Feature the +1 Button

by Jeff Weisbein September 21, 2011
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It wasn’t too long ago that Google implemented the +1 button for web pages and websites.  It was also indicated at the time that the +1 button would be integrated with ads as well.  Well today is the day.  Google’s AdSense team just announced that the +1 button will appear with some AdSense display ads [...]

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How To Fix Your Site If Google Says It Contains Malware

by Jeff Weisbein September 19, 2011
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Google has your site listed as containing malware? Here’s how to fix it. Our step by step guide will help remove malware from your site and fix your Google results.

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Why Hasn’t Google Shut Down Orkut Yet?

by Mike Mansell September 16, 2011
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During the Google+ hype a few months back it seemed as if everyone was so excited that Google finally had a social network.  And while I agree with the fact that Google+ was a substantial milestone for the Internet giant, I couldn’t help but to chuckle at the fact that next to nobody seemed to recognize the [...]

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Google’s Acquisition of Zagat Should Scare Yelp

by Mike Mansell September 9, 2011
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From the perspective of a tech blogger I can safely tell you that there have been countless times where companies have made decisions that I have had no choice but to question.  Sometimes my crucial outlook on business moves has been proven wrong, and I’m not shameful in the least to admit that I, like [...]

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Will A Google Acquisition of Hulu Provide Worthwhile Synergy?

by Mike Mansell September 7, 2011
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If there’s one aspect of our day-to-day lives that I am sure will change dramatically over the next few years I honestly think that thing would be television.  I mean, think of what TV was like fifty years ago – a bulky little box with bunny-ears and a black-and-white picture that families circled around in [...]

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Should (or Will) Google Start Playing Offense With Its Patent Arsenal?

by Mike Mansell August 22, 2011
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When Google first launched their patent search in December of 2006 I don’t think many people believed or even thought it possible that Google’s own patents would come to flood the search results only a few years later.  But now in 2011 we’ve witnessed Google, a company that has grown to massive proportions over the [...]

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