Google Week in Review: A Roundup of News and New Resources (22 Items)
Here’s your weekly updated with the latest goings on the Google and Google+ beats. We hope you once again find it useful. We hope you share it with colleagues and friends.
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Infographic: Keeping Tabs on Google+ Privacy (via PCMag.com)
“40 Google+ tips and tricks for power users” (via Computerworld)
“Google Adds Page With Updates About New Google+ Features”
“How to Edit Your Google+ Account Settings” (via Business Insider)
“Google+ At One Month: A Look At Highlights & Controversies” (by Greg Finn, Search Engine Land)
“Updated Stats from Hitwise: Google+ Plus Visits Down 3% Last Week, Time on Site Down 10%*”
“The Mother of All Google+ Resource Lists (via The Next Web”
“Google+ Chat Changes Require Explicit Invitations (via PCMag.com)”
“Now Google Will Warn You Before Nuking Your Google+ Account” (via SAI)
“Google VP offers up fixes to Google+ name policy, debunks myths” (via Venture Beat)
“50 Google +1s on sale at SEO shop for $9.99″ (via The Atlantic)
“Google drops hint about games coming for Google+” (via VentureBeat)
“How Google Dominates Us” (via The New York Review of Books)
Note: James Gleick looks at four new books about Google.
“Google Introduces Hotel Search” (Experimental)(via NY Times)
Note: The circle and search tool available was introduced several years ago at Ask.com and is currently part of mobile apps from Bing and Yahoo. Also, even as an experimental service the documentation is poor.
“Google’s Two-step Authentication Goes Worldwide” (via PC World)
“US Senate Schedules Hearing On ‘The Power Of Google'” (by Matt McGee, Search Engine Land)
“Google service rewrites Web pages for Speed” (via Computerworld)
“Google’s AdMeld acquisition gets new DOJ scrutiny” (via Webware)
“Google Maps Removes Third-Party Reviews” (via Google Operating System)
“Google Acquires Facial Recognition Software Company PittPatt + Face Recog Background Links”

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