Category: Other Google Topics

Looks like the wizardry magic of Google Now integrating with Nest isn’t working all that magically for many Nest users.

A large thread at the Google Web Search Help forum has dozens of complaints from Nest owners who use Google Now to try to configure…

Back in 2003, I launched a first of it’s kind, keyword tracking tool that used the official Google search API – it was the first to do keyword ranking in accordance with Google’s terms of service (I believe)…

Back in July 2014 Matt Cutts announced he would go on an extended vacation and then extended his vacation and still there are no signs of him coming back.

But that doesn’t mean he is out of the loop…

Google announced on Google+ that they are asking for feedback on Google Webmaster Tools, specifically a user experience study.

It sounds like they want to look for ways to make the tools easier to use…

The picture above is from Google’s Ilya Grigorik who posted this on Google+…

Matt Cutts talks about the early days at Google, how he got to work on search quality and even shares a slide on his relationship with the SEO/webmaster community. I believe Greg Boser got a call out. :)

Some may not know this already but Matt Cutts is not on Facebook. He was on Facebook for a short period of time, I believe, but then deleted his account because he was not a fan of Facebook’s walled garden approach.

So if you see a Matt Cutts on Face…

Google announced on Google+ that they are no longer will be selling the version of Google Glass they have been selling. They are shutting down the Google Glass Explorer program and removing Glass from the Google(x) division…

Business Insider reports that former Google executive, and now CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer claimed 20% time really didn’t exist…

If you visit Google France at google.fr or Google News France at news.google.fr you will be shown a memorial that has the words “Je suis Charlie…

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hosting a distinguished alumni speakers series and Google’s Matt Cutts is part of the line up. He will be speaking at the FedEx Global Education Center at 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 t…

As you all know, Matt Cutts has been on leave, an extended vacation for a while now. He extended it even more in November and there are no signs of him coming back any time soon.

I asked in November…

We know sometimes, when you do something on Google, Google wants to verify you are a human and not a robot. So they serve up a captcha for you to prove you are someone typing with real fingers…

A Hacker News thread sums up what many Google Glass developers are feeling… What do they do with their Google Glass now. Now that no one wants to buy one. Now that no one wants to hire them to do Glassware or software for Google Glass…

If you are in the Netherlands between the dates of January 21st and the 22nd, and you want a chance to talk to Google employees who are part of the search and broader teams…

Karolina KruszyÅ”ska, a Google spam fighter who focused on Polish spam and was the face between Polish webmasters and Google, is leaving the Google webspam team and going into a completely different space…

Every year, Google dresses up the search results for the holiday season. Queries such as [hanukkah], [kwanzaa], [christmas] and related queries return decorations at the top of the search results related to the holiday.

This year…

So many people and businesses use Google Wallet to facilitate money exchanges or transactions. But did you know you are not allowed to use Google Wallet to sell illegal drugs, like crack cocaine…

Google Settles UK “Defamation” Suit, Agreeing To Remove Malicious Links by Greg Sterling sums up the actual settlement pretty well but for those who read this site, I bet you’ll find it ironic that during a live BBC TV news report, the bus drove by out…

A couple days ago, Google’s Shawn Simister released code via GitHub showing how Android developers can integrate Google Now Actions directly into their Android apps…