Google announced yesterday that they’ll be changing how they track users across all of their different sites, including YouTube, Gmail, and the big G’s search engine. There is some concern from various places (including the Washington Post)  that this is tracking that can’t be opted out of, but the truth is, you still have that [...]

As I mentioned before, Google Gaydar was a “feature” that came from the search engine that wasn’t announced, but did catch the attention of many when it was noticed.  This feature is part of a new adjustment to Google’s services, called by most: Google Best Guess.

Yes, that title is correct.  Google has not made any announcement that I’ve heard about regarding this, but you can actually type a query into the search engine to find out what Google’s “gaydar” has determined. Here’s my test of the latest Google Gaydar functionality: So there you have it.  Perhaps it’s accurate, perhaps it’s [...]

So today Google put up a Les Paul theme for their new logo.  And it’s interactive!  I’m a guitarist, so I played with it a bit and found out this about it.  All the “strings” are corded so that the notes go up as you play downwards.  The reverse of what a normal guitar tablature [...]

It’s April Fool’s Day! So everything’s very serious, of course. Found some interesting new developments from Google, though.

Google Places (AKA Google Maps) is now merged with the organic results in the SERPs. This could change things.

Facebook posts that are liked will soon start showing up on Bing. What does this mean? Possibilities abound.

Google’s released a new bit of help in their Google AdWords Small Business Center. It’s refreshing to have help from Google themselves for those looking for it.

Will Google Instant kill SEO? Much hubbub about it is out there, SEOs that pay attention likely have nothing to worry about.

Does Google approve of SEO? And what are their opinions of it? There are ways to find out.

Google’s new “AdWords Campaign Experiments” will allow proper split testing with full campaigns. Looks like a good step forward.

You can now search for the freshest content on the web using one of Google’s new search options.

That’s right, Google has taken a step to not allow any employees to use Microsoft Windows on their office computers.

Google is making some new SERP changes. In some people’s minds, this is imitating another existing search engine.

Search engines are now looking at efficiency of web site loading. Find out why and how to fix it.

Google may or may not do 2010 April Fools pranks. But if they don’t, there are some nice advances for the day.

Now if you’d like to favorite some pages within the search engine to come up more often, you can.

Google’s very stringent on quality of SEO. Even for quality checking themselves.

The default browser installation for most PC users was Microsoft Internet Explorer. As of today, that is no more.

Typing in a domain incorrectly happens a lot. There are people who make good money from it.

Pay per click and search in Yahoo will be controlled by Microsoft engines now, and they’re joining up for advertising online.

Google’s approach to SEO is constantly changing, and lately they’ve given a new element to their stance on it.

If you’ve got Gmail, you probably have seen Google Buzz. What is it, how does it work? I poked around a little.

Google is making billions each quarter, and they’re still growing. Rapidly.

Whether it’s for marketing use or just because you’re curious, knowing how to use Google to get in people’s heads can be very effective.