Google to Hand a Huge Opportunity to Twitter?

Remember how Yahoo helped Google rise to prominence, then dominance, ultimately obliterating the search and portal brand that gave it that timely helping hand?

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Have You Used Google’s New Wonder Wheel?

A few weeks ago our agency received an update that Google released a new tool called Wonder Wheel. I could not help but conjure up all these funny images related to wheel of fortune. After a training session with our Google team, I realized that even with a funny name, this was a very powerful [...]

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Google SearchWiki: You Can ‘Check Out,’ But Your Results Don’t Leave

After months of requests from its users, Google has finally added a way to turn off its SearchWiki tool. But, while you can “check out” of using SearchWiki, your customized search results don’t leave.

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Google Analytics Now Considers Bing A Search Engine

As promised, Google Analytics is now logging traffic from Microsoft’s new Bing search engine into the “search engine” traffic source category, rather than in the “referring sites” category.

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Yahoo Improves EU Mapping, Does It Still See Maps As Strategic?

These days it’s hard to remember that at one time Yahoo was the pioneer in dynamic mapping. It introduced enhanced local search features and capabilities into the map before Google, Microsoft and MapQuest.

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AdWords Increases Transparency of Search Query Performance Reports

If you manage an AdWords account, you’re most likely familiar with the Search Query Performance Report, which allows you to view the exact search queries users have typed when they clicked your ad.

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Understanding Correlations in Google Analytics

Website traffic does not exist in a vacuum. Here’s a simple example:

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Twitter Founders: Ain’t No Follow-Back Boyz

Interesting piece at ReadWriteWeb about how the Twitter insiders actually use Twitter. Called out on their idiosyncratic use which doesn’t resemble that of some power users, Ev Williams responded directly via email.

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Yet Another Mobile iGoogle For iPhones & Android

The Google Mobile Blog announced yet another shot at an optimized version of iGoogle for iPhone and Android devices. About six months ago, Google quietly dropped the iPhone optimized iGoogle, before that, they had an optimized version since January 2008.

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