Not often you get a company as big and powerful as Google to admit they messed up. The major problems experienced by Google Apps users in August, however, prompted Google to step up and reassure their users that they are working harder to provide better service. The outages on July 30 and August 6 were [...]
Google Apologizes
August 28th, 2008Google Seeks Help from Its Users
August 27th, 2008Google is planning to let its users to help them in re-ranking the query results by getting their feedback. Test runs have already been made in this area by placing up and down arrow in the search results page next to the listed links. There were also buttons that enabled the users to add comments [...]
Google Ad Manager Out of Beta
August 27th, 2008Google has released their Ad Manager out of beta, which is great news for many webmasters who have been awaiting this new interface. As long as you have an existing AdSense account, you are eligible to begin using the Ad Manager. The nice thing about Google Ad Manager is that while it does require you [...]
When does Sharing become Stealing?
August 26th, 2008The war waged between Viacom and Google / YouTube over copyright infringement has spread to online radio and karaoke sites like Pandora and Sims on Stage. The question has been raised – when does the act of sharing music with a friend cross the line into stealing? The question isn’t new. Ever since the tape [...]
Google Suggest Goes Live
August 26th, 2008Google is expected to launch its new functionality called Google Suggest later this week. What is this new functionality all about? Google never stops surprising its users, this new functionality will help people who use Google to search for information to make accurate and fast searches. You just need to type a few characters in [...]