Google must ‘clean up’ any defamatory or offensive results that show in its auto-complete suggestions. That’s according to a federal court in Germany, which has ordered the change after hearing details of a claim from a German businessman. When his
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Google could be setting up for a large-scale rollout this summer which would have a huge impact on webspammers and blackhat SEO practitioners, webpronews.com reports. In a video post, the search engine’s head of webspam, Matt Cutts, explained that an
Bing is set for another change, allowing users to ‘like’ posts from their friends on Facebook directly via the search engine. According to macworld.co.uk, Facebook users will also be able to post comments from within Bing’s interface, a move made
Small Businesses in the UK could be missing out on around £13 billion is sales as a result of not embracing technology, techradar.com reports. A new report by O2 Business found that missed sales opportunities as a result of failing
YouTube is all set to announce plans which could allow certain video makers to request a monthly fee for subscribing to their channels, reports thedrum.co.uk. Reports suggest a subscription service involving a charge of around $1.99 per month (£1.28) could be rolled out
Google’s Matt Cutts has taken time to clarify the search engine’s patents and the role they play in search, searchengineland.com reports. Google is notoriously secretive about what makes up its search algorithm, with a large percentage of it still relatively
YouTube has sought to reinforce its popularity among young web users in a bid to attract more advertisers, thedrum.com reports. In a bid to better monetise its offering, the Google-owned video platform is reported to be positioning itself as the prime
Devices using the iOS operating system can now benefit from Google Now – although the creator of the search feature has said this is “just the beginning” for tool. Speaking to guardian.co.uk following the launch, Android product management director Baris
Bing, Microsoft’s search engine, has made some changes to the way it shows search results after conducting experiments into user behaviour, reports webpronews.com. For the last week, Bing has been returning as few as four results in their search engine
Google’s executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, has revealed he isn’t concerned about the amount of tax his company pays. Often favoured amongst SEO professionals, Google has built a reputation for using legal loopholes to reduce the amount of tax it pays to
