New Googly Patents

Google was just granted a new patent that will give them rights to a navigation system that doesn’t require any pointing device.Here is what the patent actually says.A system and method for navigating within a graphical user interface without using a pointing device is described. A set of one Read More

Google Changes Its Logo Size

Today, right before my eyes, literally, the Google logo size changed and they added more space for search results on the sides. Phillip reported on this a day or two ago, but it seemed like the change was only for him. I tested in IE, logged in, logged out, Opera, Safari, any browser [...]Blogged Read More

More Google Spam

Spam in the Google index is a constant battle that Google is fighting. It is such a huge problem, that they have an entire team dedicated to just dealing with spam.Google does a great job of fighting spam, but alas, they’re still not perfect — nor will they ever be, sadly.Here’s Read More

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Google Chrome Extensions

Google’s Chrome browser is still prepping for extensions. It really should have launched with extensions in the first place, along with a Mac and Linux version, but hey, life isn’t perfect and neither is Google.
Here are some excerpts about how to use extensions within Chrome.
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Google Analytics: Tracking Flex/Flash Applications

Matthew McNeely wrote up a great article about how to track Flex or Flash applications using Google Analytics.
McNeely goes over the difference between pageviews and events, and how track each separately. It’s a very in-depth article and does a great job.
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Urchin 6.5 Now Available

“After months of intensive development, we are excited to announce the release of Urchin 6.5, which contains a much asked-for new feature: AdWords integration.” Months? Try YEARS! It certainly feels a lot longer than just a few months of development for a new release of Urchin.
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Google Lost Your Revenue

Here’s where you a Google engineer hits his forehead on the table and thinks, “stupid, stupid, stupid.”
If you have a Blogger site, some of you may have noticed that your ad units began showing public service announcements (PSAs) in the last nine hours. This was due to a tech Read More

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Weekend Breakup: Firefox Leaves Google for Yandex

Most recently, Firefox, after having been in bed with Google for quite some time, is shopping around for a new [Russian] partner. According to Mozilla’s bug tracking system Bugzilla, there is a bug request to change the default search partner from Google to Yandex.
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