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Google Helps Myanmar Victims by starting Online Donation
Internet giant Google has started an online donation campaign for Myanmar cyclone victims and has decided to provide up to $one million monetary help for the relief works. Google, which will contribute up to one million dollars for the relief works in Myanmar, has stated upon users to contribute efforts to help the cyclone victims.
“Your donation will help survivors and other disaster victims rebuild their communities and their lives. In addition, when you donate on this page, Google donates too. We’ll donate up to one million dollars to help organizations provide relief,” said a message posted on the webpage (www.Google.Com/myanmarcyclone).
Google’s Translate Application in Hindi Impresses Indians
Arnab says that he is very happy to see Hindi, our National Language to be implemented in Google-a superb and ultimate search engine.
Shailesh says that it is really a good feature that Google has added. It will definitely help many people in many ways.
Kamalesh Ray adds that “I think this is a very good step taken by Google to implement Google-a superb and ultimate search engine in Hindi.
Manju Nath says that, “I am very happy to learn that Google is first search engine in the world that has given such facility. I would suggest that Google act fast to improve the quality of Hindi translation.
Yahoo exposes new services for Viet Nam
Yahoo! exposed many Viet Nam-centric plans as part of its business plans in the country last week. Yahoo! 360plus, a blogging tool, and Yahoo!Music, a home music service, are two of the fresh features.
Google Launches Image Ads
Google, debatably, has the world’s main networked computer and thereby a capability to crunch a lot more data than most. Now, a piece of that horsepower is going to be applied to a more sophisticated image search algorithm.
Google: SEO could help discourage spammers
“Websites should enlist the help of search engine optimization (SEO) companies in their spam drop strategies”, a Google expert in the subject matter has claimed. Speaking at the Web 2.0 Expo in
Additional Proxy Material Available – Google
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) recently announced that additional proxy materials are now accessible for its stockholders in association with the 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held next Thursday that would be May 8, 2008. The additional proxy materials could be obtained at the following websites: www.sec.gov, http://investor.google.com/proxy.html, http://www.proxyvote.com/ (beneficial stockholders) and http://www.envisionreports.com/goog (only for registered stockholders). About Google Inc. Google’s ground-breaking search technologies thrive hard to connect millions of people across the globe with information every day. Google’s targeted advertising program offers businesses of all sizes with assessable results, while improving the on the whole web experience for users.
Microsoft/Yahoo cut-off date passes with No Pact
Yahoo failed to agree to an acquirement pact with Microsoft last Saturday, the deadline Microsoft had set for taking up such negotiations. Now Microsoft should decide whether to follow a hostile conquest via a proxy fight or to drop the bid and look for other acquirement alternatives.
Google faces another Lawsuit for "Unwanted Ads"
Lawyers representing an American private detective now claim hundreds of thousands of companies, which registered to advertise on Google, may have been hoodwinked into paying for unwanted ads. The private detective has further opened a legal action against the search engine giant, and his attorneys desires the proceedings to become a class action that could price the company millions of dollars if he becomes successful.
What is Yahoo gonna decide?
Yahoo! is soon going to disclose its first quarter profits that might show some financial constancy, which could advantage its situation, while Microsoft’s results are due out on coming Thursday. Of late, Yahoo! has exposed that it is testing an advertising sales contract with Google in an offer to deter antagonistic takeover by Microsoft. It is running an experiment of Google’s Adsense for search service that would deliver pertinent Google ads next to Yahoo!’s search results.
Google Remain No.1 Brand in the World
The search engine’s marque is merit more than $86.1 billion ($94 billion), up 30% on preceding year, according to the Brandz list from Millward Brown Optimor published yesterday that calculates the amount of sales determined by brand. Google, proprietor of the most well-liked search engine, topped the third annual ranking from Millward Brown that surveyed more than 1 million consumers about 50,000 brands.