Google Maps gets walking directions. Scary -- Google's PageRank patent might not be enforceable. Not scary -- it wouldn't make a difference to Google. Customizing your Google search results; Yahoo's Build Your Own Search Service; Google logos put to video and more.
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Walking Directions Now Live
Earlier this month, I reported that Google Maps was testing walking directions on a small subset of users. This morning, I noticed that Google Maps now is offering walking directions for all Google Maps users. For example, conduct a search for 200 Madison Ave to 200 Lexington Ave and you... - Microsoft
Virtual Earth Adds New Imagery
The Virtual Earth Blog announced that they have released a bulk of new imagery to Virtual Earth and Live Maps. I am not going to list out all the new locations you can find the new satellite, ortho and bird's eye imagery, but here are a few:... - Will Software
Patents (Including On Search Algorithms ) Go Away?
It's fairly safe to say: 1) patent law is a mess, 2) patent law is in transition and 3) newer court rulings are reducing the rights of patent holders. But in a very provocative argument, based on recent cases, the PatentlyO law blog argues that new rules and tests imposed... - Google Enables
Local Reviews From Mobile Phones
According to the Google Mobile Blog, the company is now giving users the ability to rate and review local restaurants from their mobile handsets via a browser (screenshot below). On the details page for a local business, users can "sign in and write review." Though somewhat buried, Google has made... - Google Expands
Edit My Search Results Feature?
The Google Like/Don't Like feature, where you can move up results, hide search results, or remove search results, seems to have been expanded to a group of test searchers. We have reports from TechCrunch, Google Operating System, and Justin Hileman, with reports of users seeing this feature in the main... - Google
Launches Webmaster Tools Access Provider Program
The Google Webmaster Central blog announced the launch of the Google Webmaster Tools Access Provider Program. The tool is an extension of the GoDaddy Webmaster Tools plugin, which enables hosting service providers to build tools directly into their hosting consoles for their customers to utilize Google Webmaster Tools. Through the... - Yahoo! Lets
You "Build Your Own Search Service"
Yahoo! has just unveiled the next phase in their plan to spur search innovation by providing search-related resources to developers. The Yahoo! Build Your Own Search Service (BOSS) enables developers to access Yahoo! search results, combine them with other sources, rerank them, and define their appearance. Yahoo! says they... - Click Fraud
Rate Mostly Unchanged, Says Click Forensics
Click Forensics has released the second quarter results for 2008, showing a slight drop in click fraud. Last quarter, Click Forensics reported a 16.3 percent rate, they are now reporting a 16.2 percent rate for Q2 of 2008. However, the rate is up from a year ago, which was a... - Lively New
Virtual World From Google
In a way it's very un-Google. The new Lively 3D "virtual world" that launched today is perhaps another run at social networking after the mixed experience of Orkut (popular in Brazil and India, among a few other places). Apparently aimed at teens and even tweens, cutting their virtual teeth on... - The Google
Logos Video
I thought I share with you a video from Appappeal.com, named "Just Google." The song was created by Lex Friedman and Seth Brown. Here is the video/song:...
