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Google Lets Users Thank Those Who Have +1′ed Content Directly Within Search Results
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A new Google+/+1 feature has been spotted in the wild that further blends organic results with social information. Early today State of Search and charliesaidthat noticed a thank you link on an organic listing next to the Google+ users who +1′ed a result. If logged in as a Google+ user we... Please...
Google+ Hangouts On Air: broadcast your conversation to the world
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Last year we introduced Hangouts On Air to a limited number of broadcasters, enabling them to go live with friends and fans, for all the world to see. Since then, this small community has grown the feature in lots of creative ways. And they’ve made one thing crystal clear: when...
Google to launch third-party commenting platform to rival Facebook
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Google is about to launch a new commenting system that will tie into the search giant’s Google+ platform, web services and web search. Tech-WD blogger Saud Al-Hawawi reported yesterday that several new Google features that have yet to be announced were discussed at the Google event G-Saudi Arabia, including the new...
Exclusive: New Google+ Study Reveals Minimal Social Activity, Weak User Engagement
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Larry Page recently called Google+ the company's "social spine." If that's the case, then Google's backbone might be much weaker than Page has been letting on, at least according to a new report from RJ Metrics. This week, the data analytics firm provided Fast Company with exclusive new insights...
Zagat goes free with launch of Google+ Local
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Since Google bought Zagat last September for a reported $151 million, the company hasn’t done much with Zagat’s local content. That changes today with the rollout of Google+ Local, which incorporates Zagat scores and summaries into its listings, replacing Google Places – and makes all Zagat content free. Local content is...
Google+ catching Facebook in brand pages but not fans ... and why that's OK with companies
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Would you do it just for the ranking? A new study of Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ tracked the ongoing evolution of brands interacting with consumers and concludes that while growing, Google+ is still definitely playing second fiddle to Facebook and Twitter. But with the SEO benefits Google+ can deliver, brands...
Facebook users not as satisfied as Google+ users
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Facebook's reputation for customer satisfaction continues to tarnish, while Google+ pops up on a customer satisfaction index for the first time and makes it to the top of the social network pyramid. [Read more]...
If you liked the Facebook ID cards, here’s how to get one for Google+
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Yesterday we told you about Tobias Leingruber’s Facebook ID card, which is exactly what it says on the label – an ID card with your Facebook information. Whether a novelty or a hint of what the future might hold – the idea certainly caught people’s attention. While Moo was first to the idea,...
The Official Guide to Google Drive
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Google Drive, the long-awaited file storage and syncing service, launches today. If you follow tech news closely, you've seen bits and pieces of the news leaking out over the past two weeks. We've tested it and we've talked to the team leaders. Forget all the speculation. Here's what Google...
Slow-loading e-commerce sites cost global retailers more than £1.7b in lost sales
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Slow page loading speeds cost online retailers globally more than £1.7 billion in lost sales according to new research from online customer data platform QuBit. E-commerce is now well established and seasoned retailers are adept at working out what customers would like to see on a page, how best to market...
Google+ Users Accuse Facebook of Fearmongering with Automatic Security Flags
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Some Google+ users are complaining that Facebook is making it harder for friends to access their posts on the competing social network, by throwing up a security warning on Google+ links. Facebook is claiming security issues, and has its partner, Norton Antivirus-maker Symantec, to back it up. But users are crying...
Google Testing New Navigation Interface: New Ad Location To Come?
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Some Google users are noticing a new Google search interface with top down navigation, search options and filters. Currently, the search options and navigation are along the left hand side bar. This new interface has those options across the top of the search results. Here is a picture: Here is...
Google could soon face big fines over iOS Safari privacy controversy in FTC investigation
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Back in February the story broke that Google and other advertising companies had been bypassing iOS Safari’s privacy settings and continuing to track users without their consent. Google quickly disabled its code responsible for the tracking following a story from The Wall Street Journal, and Apple claimed it was “working to...
Google’s $700M Asia data centre project advances as work begins on final site in Taiwan
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Google has kicked off development of its planned data center in Taiwan, which is the final piece of a plan that will see three sites built to provide an enhanced experience for Google users across the continent. The company has already begun building data centers in Hong Kong and Singapore...
Court May Order Google to Censor 'Torrent,' 'RapidShare' and 'Megaupload'
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Early 2010 the French music industry group SNEP initiated legal action against Google in an attempt to force the search giant to filter certain terms from its “Instant” and “Autocomplete” features. SNEP argued that when users enter the name of popular artists into the search box, Google often adds piracy...
Google Makes Its Google+ Notifications In Gmail More Interactive
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Email is typically static. Because of security concerns, virtually none of the standard web-based and desktop email clients let you run JavaScript code in an HTML email, for example. Microsoft’s Hotmail made a small push in this direction in 2010, when it started whitelisting emails from a few trusted third-parties,...
Freshdesk, the cloud-based customer support service, launches more tools for Google users
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Freshdesk, the service that helps companies provide support through social platforms like Facebook and Twitter is launching further integration with Google Analytics and Google Contacts today. With over 4 million businesses using Gmail as their corporate email provider, the company has spotted a way to join the dots for those companies...
Google+ is a ghost town, study says
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Google’s emerging social network Google+ may boast big user numbers, but a new study suggests that social activity and user engagement are anything but impressive. Intended to give Google a stronger grip on the massive amount of data shared by users on social networks, Google’s answer to Facebook opened...
Google+ Events Lets You Invite All Circles To An Event, Spam Ensues
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Yesterday Google announced the promising Google+ Events functionality at Google I/O. However, one feature immediately irked many Google+ users, the ability for all Google+ users to invite other Google+ers to an event, even if they don’t have them in circles. So any Google+ user can invite... Please visit Marketing Land for...
Want To Broadcast Live On YouTube? You’ll Need A Google+ Account For That
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This morning, Google officially rolled out Google+ Hangouts On Air to all users worldwide, following the feature’s limited introduction back in September. At the time of its initial release, this live broadcasting feature allowed top Google+ users (like celebs) stream live video feeds directly to their Google+ fan base. The service kicked...
Google launches ‘Account Activity’, a user-insight dashboard for all your online activity
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Google is today introducing a new Account Activity feature for all Google users. By signing up to the service, Google will send you a link to a password-protected report with insights into your use of Google services. But only when you have been signed in to the service, of course....
Zagat goes free in new Google+ Local rollout
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Since Google bought Zagat last September for a reported $125 million, the company hasn’t done much with Zagat’s local content. That changes today with the rollout of Google+ Local, which incorporates Zagat scores and summaries into its listings — and makes all Zagat content free. Local content is integrated into...
Google+ Page APIs opening up to hundreds of social tool companies
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“Hundreds more” social tool providers will be gaining access to Google+ Page management APIs in the next few weeks, Google employee Eduardo Thuler announced in a posting on the network today. A select few companies that provide social media management tools were invited to test Google+ APIs in November 2011...
Google Drive extends to Google+ to allow easy sharing of cloud-based photos
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Backing-up photos is one of the most popular uses of cloud storage services and, with that in mind, it is no surprise to see that Google has made it easy for Google+ users to share images from its new Google Drive service. Google has integrated the two services to allow...
Google+ Hangout Apps Come Out Of Hiding, Offer Games, Screensharing, Presentations & More
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Not to load you up on Google news today or anything, but in addition to the launch of Google’s new Activity Reports this morning, the company is also announcing the arrival of some of its first fully featured apps for Google+ Hangouts. For the most part, the starter set of...
INSIDE PINTEREST: An Overnight Success Four Years In The Making
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The hottest small startup in the world right now is Pinterest, a photo-collecting site that is adored by several million American women. How hot is it? When Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion on April 9, All Things D reporter Peter Kafka tweeted, "So Pinterest is now worth what...
Google Brings More Real-Time Coverage, Google+ Comments To Google News
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Google News already featured some integration with Google+ in the past, but today, Google is expanding this integration by bringing “relevant Google+ posts for a new social perspective” to its news aggregation site. Starting today, Google News users will be able to see what their circles, journalists covering the story...
Friend Manager lets you drag and drop your Facebook friends into different categories
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One of the most difficult parts about using Facebook is knowing exactly who is going to see the things that you post on your profile. It’s not the most user-friendly experience, but luckily we now have an app for that. Friend Manager comes via former Blip.tv CEO and current Facebook...
Should Google Block Autocomplete if Your Name is Dick Hurtz?
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A Japanese man recently sought a court injunction against Google, alleging that its autocompletion of search queries got him fired. The man's lawyer, Hiroyuki Tomita, says that typing his client's name into Google produces thousands of automatic suggestions of "criminal acts," with which the man is not familiar, "defaming or...
Study shows weak Google+ public activity, but does it mean anything?
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Google's doing everything it can to help Google+ take off — the iPhone app and web version of the site both just underwent major redesigns, and the company continues to add features at a rapid pace. However, these improvements don't matter if people aren't using the service, and a...
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