Lots of Google-related happenings of late. Here’s a quick list:
- Google now supports searching within their sponsored links [1] (Search Engine Lowdown). Try it out [2].
- Google Scholar released a new advanced search interface [3] (SearchEngineWatch Blog)
- CBS’ 60 Minutes gets up-close and personal with Google [4] (you can watch the segment here [5])
- Google publishes their 2004 Year-End Google Zeitgeist [6], with a cool interactive summary of the data [7] done in Flash.
- Google Labs is working on video search [8] (Google Blogoscoped)
- Google readies charitable foundation [9] (ZDNet)
- A new AdWords policy [10] from Google rains on affiliates’ parade [11] (Unofficial Google Weblog). Three cheers for Google! It’s about time they clamped down.
- ServerSideGuy provides a thorough dissection of Google Suggest [12]
- Google Hacks, 2nd edition [13] has hit the bookstores [14] (Google Blogoscoped)
- Google plans to index entire libraries [15] (ResearchBuzz)
- Questions & answers about the “Google Sandbox” [16] and PageRank lag [17] (SEO Chat)
- A healthy dose (9 pages worth!) of prognostication on What’s Next for Google [18] (Technology Review)