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Survey: Google Checkout Not Popular with Online Retailers

Google Checkout continues to struggle through early growing pains.According to two surveys by analyst company Piper Jaffray, 81 percent of online retailers say they...

Google Search Share Drops, But Does it Matter?

Google's search share dropped a full percentage point in July to 43.7% from 44.7%, according to comScore. This drop marks the first time in...

Google Hawks Like an Egyptian

Google plans to open an office in Cairo, Egypt, in November to concentrate on its Arabic services, according to Arabian Computer News. The office...

Google Video Passes Yahoo

Just noticed that Hitwise posted data showing that Google Video, the link to which was recently added to the Google home page, has now...

Friday Fights: Google vs. Microsoft

Today we're running the first in a continuing series of conversations about everybody's favorite tech brouhaha, Google vs. Microsoft. Every Friday, I'll pit my...

Google Founders Argue Over Who Gets Star Trek Booth on Company Jet

LAS VEGAS, NV -- Fisticuffs erupted at the 5th Annual Official Star Trek Convention when Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page could not...

Third Time’s a Charm? Google Sued for Click Fraud (Again)

Google, fresh from its $90 million settlement, is being sued for click fraud in another class action lawsuit, this one filed in Pennsylvania federal...

Google AdSense Tries to Auto-Install Software

Users viewing AdSense ads in Internet Explorer 6 or 7 over the last few days were prompted to install third-party software, according to forum...

Only Google Can Go to China

China.com recently announced that it's partnering with Google on search engine technology, branding and advertising. China.com is an online gaming and Internet service with...

The Mercury News Writes Google a Love Letter

Call me a mullet-coifed curmudgeon (and you have), but even the most forgiving soul should cringe upon reading the San Jose Merc's florid coverage...