Will Google’s Expected $1.3 Billion Waze Acquisition Be Allowed?
Early yesterday, Israeli business website Globes.co.il said that Google will acquire social mapping app Waze for $1.3 billion. That report has subsequently been all-but-confirmed by others, including...
View ArticleSearchCap: The Day In Search, June 10, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Apple Makes Bing The “Default Search Engine” For Siri One of...
View ArticleGoogle Officially Buys Waze, Will Integrate Technologies
Google announced they’ve officially acquired Waze, the popular app based social driven mapping technology. This was expected and the rumors are Google paid $1.3 billion for the Israeli startup...
View ArticleSearchCap: The Day In Search, June 11, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: DuckDuckGo Passes 2 Million Daily Searches DuckDuckGo, the...
View ArticleGoogle Buys Waze, The Loved Mapping Software
Google has officially acquired Waze, or announced they have agreed to acquire them. Waze is a social mobile app GPS, mapping, directions application with a very dedicated and loving user base. The...
View ArticleDaily Search Forum Recap: June 12, 2013
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Search Engine Roundtable Stories: Google Spam Algorithm...
View ArticleVideo Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: June 14, 2013
Busy week, mostly because of all the news that came out of SMX Advanced via Matt Cutts. First up, Google released their new algorithm to penalize sites using very spammy techniques in spammy niches...
View ArticleHow Google Will Destroy Facebook in 2013
Perhaps two of the largest entities in cyberspace, Google and Facebook, have been waging their own digital turf wars – albeit not always directly with each other – throughout the past several years....
View ArticleSearchCap: The Day In Search, July 1, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: New Bing Search By License Feature Filters Images Based On...
View ArticleHopStop Bought By Apple For Public Transit Data
Hot on the heels of its acquisition of Locationary, Apple has bought transit site and cityguide HopStop for an undisclosed amount. It’s an ugly site that has very useful public transit schedules, maps...
View ArticleGoogle Has Released A 10 Day Panda Update by @smorgs13
The summer of 2013 has been full of Google updates. The last major update Google released was the Penguin 2.0 update. A few days ago they released their newest Panda update. Rather than rolling out...
View ArticleGoogle Relaunches Zagat App With Yelp In Mind
Last week Google killed the Google+ Local mobile app for iOS, saying that all the same content was available in Google Maps for iOS. Today the company announced the relaunch of the Zagat site and...
View ArticleNew CityMaps Hopes To Compete With Social And Editorial Content
Mobile mapping provider CityMaps recently redesigned its iOS app. It impressively includes home-grown vector maps, built from the ground up. Beyond this CityMaps is trying to offer deeper editorial...
View ArticleGoogle Adds Waze Traffic To Maps App, Search To Waze
The first “synergies” from Google’s Waze acquisition are being rolled out to both Google Maps and Waze users. Google announced this morning in a blog post that real-time Waze traffic updates will...
View ArticleGoogle Brings Traffic Updates To Maps App; Adds Search to Waze App by...
Google announced this morning in a blog post that the Google Maps and Waze teams are working to bring real-time traffic updates to the Google Maps iOS app and new Android app. Users of Google Maps for...
View ArticleSearchCap: The Day In Search, August 20, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Without Fanfare, SEMPO Turns 10 Today marks the 10th birthday...
View ArticleGoogle Maps App With Waze Data
Remember, Google acquired Waze, the awesome user generated mapping software company? Well, it didn’t take long, it is now being integrated into Google Maps data. Now, Google Maps for iOS and Android...
View ArticleDaily Search Forum Recap: August 21, 2013
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Search Engine Roundtable Stories: Google Places...
View ArticleApple “Embarks” On Another Mapping Acquisition
Last month Apple bought Locationary and Hop Stop. The point of the first was to improve the overall quality of local data for Apple Maps and the second was for mass transit information. Apparently,...
View ArticleVideo Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: August 23, 2013
Busy week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable. First I discuss a possible Google update that hit ground a few days ago. then I go into how AdWords lets you tie your Webmaster Tools account...
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