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• Google Chrome - Google's Finally Launching Its Own Browser
  So much for a quiet Labor Day off. Google Blogoscoped has news of Google Chrome, a new browser that Google plans to release. More coverage can also be found on Techmeme. No -- it's not just a rumor. Google tells me that it is indeed a real browser it plans...
• Waiting For Google Chrome To Launch
  Obviously the big story of yesterday and today in the technology world is the impending launch of Google's open-source browser Chrome. It will likely be available for download here later today. (TechCrunch and Google Blogoscoped have a few screenshots.) There are dozens and dozens of stories on Techmeme....
• Searching With Google Chrome & Omnibox
  Now that Google Chrome is live, I spent some time looking at the search features within it, especially to see -- as I did recently with Internet Explorer 8 -- whether Google was going to try to stack the deck in its own favor. Like Microsoft, Google's playing it...
• How Bright Is The Outlook For Chrome?
  Most of the tech journalists in the San Francisco Bay Area were at Google this morning for a briefing and demo of Chrome. Danny earlier posted lots of detail on the search dimensions of Chrome. And there are quite a few posts and articles about features and first impressions....
• 10 Key Features That Differentiate Google's Chrome From Firefox & IE
  Google's has released its own open-source browser, Chrome, in direct competition to Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Yesterday, Danny described his test-drive of Chrome in Searching With Google Chrome & Omnibox and Greg speculated on its future in How Bright Is The Outlook For Chrome?. Both compared Google's new browser...
• Search Engine Land's Chrome Usage 10%: Share Yours
  Michael Arrington noticed that Google Analytics is now showing "Chrome" as a browser in the reports. TechCrunch's Chrome usage for yesterday was 6.23%, our's was 10.10%. What is yours?...
• South African SEM Firm Files Complaint Against Google SA For "Abuse Of Dominance"
  South African online marketing firm Entelligence announced that it had filed a formal complaint with the Competition Commission of South Africa against Google's South African operation for "abuse of dominance in terms of Section S8(d)(i) of the Competition Act 89 of 1998, which prohibits a firm from 'requiring or inducing...
• Free Search Ads From Microsoft adCenter & Google's Free AdWords Editor Guide
  MarketingWeek reports Microsoft is giving away a free month of search ads to both new and current customers. The free ads can be placed on "any online Microsoft Live service including Messenger, Hotmail and the MSN search engine," said MarketingWeek. Cedric Chambaz, marketing manager for Microsoft adCenter, said: "the aim...
• More On adCenter UK Promotion & Free Search Ads
  Yesterday I reported based on a MarketingWeek Online story that Microsoft was running a promotion to give away a free month of search ads. Microsoft told me the story was wrong and promised to send me more information. I now have that information, so let me share with you the...
• Google Tests Displaying Ads Under Search Results
  Tamar reported at the Search Engine Roundtable that Google has confirmed that they are testing displaying search ads under the search results. You and I are accustomed to seeing AdWords ads at the top and right hand side of the Google search results page, but we never see them under...
• Google AdWords Adds New Geographic Report
  The Google AdWords blog announced the addition of a new report in the reporting center, named the geographic performance report. The report will detail approximate Country, Region, Metro, and City data and give you data on a account, campaign, and ad group level. The performance statistics available on these geographic...
• Google Maps Brings Back Reordering Destinations
  At the end of July Google Maps introduced an updated design and some new features. But it also removed some features, including the ability to drag and reorder destinations (e.g., for a multi-city trip). That capability is now back, according to SERountable. Google has added travel time between destinations as...
• Video Search Engine RedLasso Runs Afoul Of The Law
  In early Internet days, circa 1996, I had a memorable phone conversation with a webmaster who had put up a site that violated our client's trademark. The webmaster told me, gently, as if speaking the obvious to a child, that "You don't understand man. You're talkin' about law. This...
• Google's Picasa Adding Facial Recognition
  Revamped Google Picasa site identifies photo faces by Stephen Shankland reports Google's adding facial recognition technology to Picasa. Picasa users will be able to label their photos with names. Google will then start to automatically suggest other photos that look similar to the ones you already named. Mike Horowitz, Google's...
• Google Apps To Add Business Video Sharing Tools
  NeeTeeVee reports Google is going to be adding video sharing tools to Google Apps for businesses this coming Monday. Paid users of Google Apps will be allowed to upload videos with no time restrictions but a maximum size per upload of 300 MB, for a total of 3GB per account...
• Microsoft Acquires Market Research Firm Greenfield Online To Get EU Shopping Engine Ciao
  Microsoft successfully bid to acquire Greenfield Online for approximately $486 million. But Microsoft isn't really interested in Greenfield, it was after the company's subsidiary Ciao GmbH. Founded in 1999 and acquired by Greenfield in 2005, Ciao is an Munich-based EU comparison shopping site with user reviews....
• Q&A with Marshall Simmonds, In-House SEM: About.com, NYT.com
  As a continuation of our series of interviews with in-house search engine marketers, this month we’ve engaged Marshall Simmonds. He heads up the search-related efforts at About.com and the New York Times. Marshall has a deep history working in this industry, and we wanted to ask him a few...
• Last Chance To Save On SMX East – 11 Reasons To Register Now
  Summer is over. Time to get back to business. Start by registering for Search Marketing Expo - SMX East at the Early Bird rate. Here are 11 reasons to do it now: Only 5 business days left to save $200 on your All Access ticket. Rates increase September 9. Register...
• Ask Kids Relaunches With Cute Kids Features
  A few days ago, Ask.com relaunched Ask Kids, their search flavored for children. The Ask.com blog just wrote about the launch last night. Ask.com said the Ask Kids site was "built from the ground-up, with our own search technology." It seems like Ask.com added a "very strict" list of which...
• Obama Vs. McCain: Display Vs. Direct Response
  The Wall Street Journal analyzes and compares the online marketing strategies, successes and weaknesses of the two US presidential candidates. McCain turns out to be the more savvy search marketer, while Obama does a better job at SEO and is investing more in online display advertising....
• Search Marketing & The US Presidental Race, Case Study: Sarah Palin
  After reading yesterday about how savvy both US presidential campaigns seem to think they are about search marketing, I decided I'm going to take a closer look at watching them. In particular, I noticed yesterday that both seemed pretty lame when it came to tapping into rising queries that...