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Google AdWords for video – pay to place targeted video ads on YouTube

Google have announced an AdWords for video beta. This is basically integrating YouTube video advertising into the AdWords network together with a few new additions. In a promotional video, Google …

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Google monthly user numbers – a billion people use its various websites in a month

According to web stats company, ComScore, traffic to Google’s various websites topped a billion in May. This represents an 8.4 per cent rise compared to the same month last year. …

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British Library online – Google to index collection

The British Library has agreed a deal with Google which will allow the search engine to index its collection of texts and provide links to them within search results. The …

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Google Maps is most popular mobile application

Recent research published by comScore and mobile industry body, the GSMA, reveals that the Google Maps application (app) is the most popular among UK mobile users. As many as 6.4m …

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Chinese newspaper accuses Google of being a ‘political tool’

According to the People’s Daily Overseas, Google is attempting to provoke a China-US dispute with spurious accusations. The Chinese language newspaper has run a front page editorial, saying: “Google should …

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Google admit to underestimating social networking

Eric Schmidt, the current executive chairman of Google and its former CEO, has said that the company missed out on what he calls ‘the friend thing’. Recent efforts to develop …

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Google search blog launched – Inside Search

Google is still primarily a search engine, but the company has its fingers in a great many pies – advertising, email, TV and even environmentally friendly energy sources and self-driven …

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Google wants its self-driving cars to be legal

Google is to lobby the state of Nevada for its self-driving cars to be made legal. If it succeeds in its bid, Nevada will be the first US state to …

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Facebook’s smear campaign against Google

Facebook has admitted hiring a public relations company to seed anti-Google stories relating to privacy issues. The story came to light after the PR firm approached a blogger with a …

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