"Google" Tag Index

The search giant wants to be your go-to phone company for all your communications needs. And it's well on the way to achieving that goal.

Are you willing to give up control to Apple, Google and Facebook in return for more technological convenience?

Talking on your mobile phone is one thing, talking to your desktop another. But that's where Apple and Google plan to take us. Beam us up, Scotty.

Build your own Google maps and post them on your small business website to let your customers quickly find your store or other places of interest. Helen Bradley shows how easy it is.

Google's take on the netbook -- dubbed a Chromebook -- debuts in mid-June. Will it make people forget about tablets?

As a local business owner, you want people to find your store easily. A Google Places page helps them do that, and we've got tips to help you make the most of this local Web-based search resource.

ITBusinessEdge SMB columnist Paul Mah shares knowledge gleaned from a Google event in Singapore on Web search best practices.

If you're sick of Web searches that turn up nothing but ads and junk sites, try Blekko, a new search engine launched this weekend, that claims to filter out search engine spam.

PC World evaluates Google, Bing and Mapquest online mapping applications on several criteria and concludes - big surprise - that Goolge wins, by a considerable margin.

Move over, Skype. Google's Gmail lets you make free VoIP calls directly from the inbox, and you can call anyone's landline or mobile, whether they use Gmail or not.

We're making a joke of it in the headline, but the new mail sorting feature in Google's Web-based Gmail service might actually help some busy small business users.

One review of several in a PC World feature on desktop search tools. This one covers the limited, but free, Google product.

PC World Technologizer columnist Harry McCracken tries out the new voice features in Gmail introduced last week - and finds they work quite nicely.

Google has shifted the latest version of its Chrome browser to beta status, meaning it's almost ready for prime time. Google claims its faster and more stable.

If you've just about settled on Google's Android as the mobile platform standard for your small business, read this article from Wired magazine. Android is good, but not perfect yet.

CIO magazine's Bill Snyder hangs out with Google engineers and learns a few search tricks he didn't know before.

Ongoing revisions to its index are aimed at ensuring that Google's users get even more relevant results, even for long search terms. But the effort has had a major impact on sites' search rankings.

Small business owners may benefit from using cloud-based Office 2010 Web Apps to edit and share documents -- but will most still use the PC version?

Search giant unveils Caffeine, a new system for indexing the Web that promises fresher, more relevant search results for users and advertisers.

A roundup of 12 "essential" Android apps for small business.

New 'Tools for Online Success' Web site features training on leveraging free online marketing tools, paid advertising, social networking and search engine optimization.

Similar to the popular myTouch 3G, the new phone adds a slide-out QWERTY keyboard for easier text input.

If CIOs in big corporations are considering moving to cloud-based e-mail services - and according to this article, many are - maybe it's not such a risky proposition for SMBs either.

New features and a name change for Google's set of small business marketing services (formerly called Local Business Center). It's designed for SMBs and big companies with local retail outlets.

The New York Times reports on one impact of Apple's iPad launch - other major tech companies are coming out with their own variations on the tablet theme.

Veteran analyst Tim Bajarin reports from the big cellular industry show, pointing out the power of Android's presence there, and its growing strength in the market.

If you want to drive traffic -- and customers -- to your Web site, then you need search engine optimization. These 10 tools will make your small business SEO campaign easier and more profitable.

The new plugin works with Google's Gmail e-mail service in Firefox or Chrome, pulling in Web information related to contents of messages.

Maybe it's time to give Microsoft's Bing search engine a shot. New features aim to raise it above market leader Google.

Latest figures from Experian Hitwise show that Facebook could unseat Google as the most visited destination on the Web, setting the stage for a new social media arms race.

Small firms need to be able to customize the look of their blogs. Now Google's easy-to-use Blogger will let them do it.

Analysis of two top contenders in the smartphone wars and how they stack up against each other.

New free DoubleClick offering lets small online publishers serve ads like the big boys.

A great place for SMBs to advertise gets even better.

Social search is the next feature Google plans to bolt on to Gmail. What will it do for small business marketing?

Android momentum keeps growing - is it the iPhone/BlackBerry killer?

Navigate carefully and you can turn a minefield into a goldmine.

Security patches make Chrome a safer choice for SMBs looking to move from IE.

Gmail doesn’t just join the social networking fray — it aims to tame it.

PCmag.com blooger Lance Ulanoff argues that Google's Chrome browser is 'about to make the leap from upstart to leader of the pack,' and explains why.

Internet marketing and search engine optimization expert Vedran Tomic blogs about common mistakes companies make when they take their businesses online.

PCWorld reports on rumors of a tablet PC device from Google running its forthcoming Google Chrome operating system. Could this be the game-changer many critics say Apple's iPad turned out NOT to be?

Google's Gmail Web mail service just got a bit more powerful with enhancements to Google Search, but you won't even know it if you're not taking advantage of Gmail Labs. A review of ten Gmail extensions available from Gmail Labs.

A useful FAQ/primer on effective use of Google AdWords, excerpted from a recent book, "Ultimate Guide to Google AdWords" by Perry Marshall and Bryan Todd.

PCWorld's Erik Larkin blogs about the threats to personal privacy inherent in cloud computing. Includes a critique of remarks made by Google CEO Eric Schmidt implying that only the guilty worry about their privacy.

New York Times blogger Nick Bilton analyzes the implications of new features in Google search that add a social component so that known and trusted content ranks higher in search lists.

Which search engine do you use? Which one should you use? Some Internet users are voting with their feet. New research shows that in 2009, Microsoft's Bing started to close the gap on Google, the most popular by far. But now Bing growth has slowed.

Is Android a flash in the pan? Probably not. Network World summarizes recent market research from Gartner and IDC, predicting that Google's Android operating system for mobile devices will be the fastest growing OS between now and 2012 or 2013, ending up the second most popular to Nokia's Symbian.

There’s a confusing array of smartphones (not to mention service contracts) to choose from, but these top five mobile phones will keep you in the know while you’re on the move.

PCWorld reviews a clutch of extensions - downloadable, and installable applets - for Google's Chrome browser. Included is an extension that emulates Internet Explorer within Chrome - for pages that only work in IE.