A Closer Look At The Google Buzz Privacy Settlement

On December 20th, a federal judge in the Bay Area will be asked to approve an $8.5 million settlement between Google and several Gmail users who sued earlier.

Google Instant Search: The User's Guide (via SearchEngineLand

Google Instant Search: The User's Guide (via SearchEngineLand). September 10, 2010. tags: Google. by Alexander Feng. As most people have noticed or heard, Google recently rolled out its Instant Search. Aside from speed diferences,

Marissa Mayer: The New Google Instant Will Change Users' Search

In an interview with DailyFinance, Marissa Mayer, Google vice president of search products and user experience, explains how the new Google Instant will change the way people search for information online.

Facebook Passes Google In Web User Minutes - 24/7 Wall St.

Facebook users spent more time using the social network than people spent on Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) in August, according to research firm comScore. Among all internet users in the US, the total number of minutes spent on Facebook was

Google Instant Search: The Complete User's Guide (Matt McGee

Matt McGee / Search Engine Land:Google Instant Search: The Complete User's Guide — Google Instant promises to change the way people.

Google Losing Ground As Users Spend More Time on Facebook and Yahoo

Americans spent more time socializing on Facebook than searching with Google for the first time in August, and Yahoo edged out the search giant in monthly traffic, according

Technology & Marketing Law Blog: Google Settles Buzz User Privacy

(4) Google makes (or has already made) changes "to the Google Buzz user interface that clarify Google Buzz's operation and users' options regarding Google Buzz;" and (5) Google agrees to disseminate "wider public education about the

Google Courts Yahoo Users With One-click Account Creation

The folks over at Yahoo won't be too happy to hear about this, but Google is looking to poach some Yahoo users with its new OpenID feature that makes signing up for a Google account a one-click process for

Google Instant Will Save 350 Million Hours Of User Time Per Year

Here at the Google Search Event in San Francisco, Google engineer Ben Gomes brought up the fact that the search engine serves up billions of queries every day, the average query length being 20 characters and the average time for a user

Google Power User Tips: SERP URL Parameters

In Part 1, we looked at query operators for refining our searches. Now for Part 2, let's look at parameters that we can add/modify in the URL of the the Google.