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Google News Inclusion

MoviesWithButter on Google News

Because Binh, Popcorn, and I had been blogging for months for Movies With Butter (a.k.a. MWB), we decided to apply for inclusion in Google News. I tried applying for Wopular, but I didn’t make the cut because they don’t accept one man shops. With MWB, we have three and because of that, we made the cut.

 

Google gets personal, searches your world, not just the Web

Google Search Plus Your World

For Google, it's personal. The Internet search giant is no longer going to roll out the same search results to everyone... It's doing this in three ways. First, it's expanding search beyond public Web pages to the photos and posts you and others have shared privately. Second, as you type a person's name into Google, it will automatically suggest people you are close to or may be interested in. Third, Google is guiding users to profiles and Google+ pages related to the topic of interest.

Senh: I've already been seeing some of that in action. I've noticed that the results I get when I'm logged-in are different from the results I get when I'm not. Sometimes, I get results from sites that I'm Plus One-ed on. Sometimes I get results from sites that I visit often, like MoviesWithButter.com, for instance.

 

Google-Firefox Search Deal is Antitrust Red Meat

Firefox

Google’s recent ~$1b 3-year deal with Mozilla for Google to be the default search provider for hundreds of millions of Firefox browser users, which comprise over a quarter of the global browser/search market, has much broader and more serious antitrust implications for Google’s already very tenuous antitrust situation than most everyone appreciates.

 

Google Says LG, Samsung, Vizio, Sony Planning Google TVs

Google TV

Google, seeking to reboot its flagging efforts in television, said consumers will soon have a broader choice of TVs using its software--with lower prices also a likely outcome.

 

How to Get the Most Out of Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a powerful, free tool for measuring your website's traffic and engagement. Here's an overview of the core features and the metrics you should be paying close attention to.

 

Could Chrome overtake Internet Explorer in the browser wars?

Google Chrome

A month ago, Google's three-year effort to push its Web browser, Chrome, took a major step when analysts said it had passed Mozilla's Firefox to become the second-most popular tool of its kind on the Internet. Today, that climb continues and has some tech observers wondering whether Chrome could do the unthinkable and topple perennial leader Internet Explorer from atop the browser rankings.

Senh: I think as long as Internet Explorer comes with Windows, it's hard to beat.

 

Google tosses its hat in the political ring with Google Elections

Google Elections

With Iowa deciding on their choice for GOP candidate tomorrow, Google’s timing is much better this election season to roll out their political news and trends trackers at Google Elections. In 2008, they had a similar offering but didn’t release it until just before the conventions.

 

2011: The year when it became the norm for the device in your pocket to be the center of your world

2011 Gadgets

As far as years in technology go, 2011 was one for the record books. It wasn’t just about big battles like Apple vs. Samsung, Microsoft vs. Google, AT&T vs. the world, or Hewlett-Packard vs. itself. It wasn’t just about the growth of apps and the ever-increasing pervasiveness of the Web in our daily lives, though there were plenty of amazing developments both these realms. It wasn’t just about hardware or software. And it wasn’t just about towing the line or trying to hold onto it.

 

Google Activating 700,000 Android Devices A Day

Google's senior VP of mobile devices Andy Rubin asserts in a Google+ post that the company is now activating 700,000 Android devices a day. That would be 255 million devices a year. Or a billion every four years. That would be, in short, a whole lot of phones and tablets.

 

Google+ Overhauls Photos, Stream Control and Notifications

Google has added several new Google+ features and improved old ones, among them some of the most popular requests from users.

 

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