10 Interesting History Facts Of Google!

If you have been using internet for over a decade, you would surely agree
that since all this time, Google has had been the best source of help when it
comes to searching anything in the online world. You will, However be shocked to
find some of the very interesting facts about the renowned search engine and
people affiliated to it.

Here are 10 interesting History Facts of Google that you might not ever come
across!

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Google Labelled Your Site As Hacked? Here's How To Fix It

Is your website being falsely labelled in search results as a 'hacked' website even though there's nothing wrong with it? There isn't cause for concern, because it might not be something 'hidden' that you apparently can't detect. Google is reportedly working on a new hacked page classifier, and as a result, a number of websites are getting incorrectly marked as 'hacked' in search results.

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How To Get Extra 2GB Of Free Google Drive Storage?

Google Drive is one of the most popular cloud services today, used by millions around the world. Every Google account holder has his own free cloud space, which integrates so well with other Google products. From simple file sharing to hosting a website, there's a lot you can do with Google Drive. Google is now giving away an extra 2GB of free space, which I am sure many of you will find welcome.

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Google To Show Tweets In Search Results Pages

Twitter has just confirmed today that it has signed a Firehose deal with Google, which will bring Twitter news to non-Twitter/logged out users. For the benefit of both the companies, this deal will make Twitter's feeds directly accessible to Google, meaning that Google can now display tweets in its Search Results pages in real-time.

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Google Supports Locale-Aware Content Based Location

Google has always been telling webmasters to treat its crawlers - GoogleBot in other words - just as you would treat any user accessing your website from the United States. By default, Googlebot requests pages without setting an Accept-Language HTTP request header and uses US IP addresses. As a result, not all content variants of locale-adaptive pages may be indexed completely.

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New Upcoming Event Listing in Google Knowledge Graph

The Knowledge Graph is Google's way of keeping you within the confines of its search pages, so you won't have to navigate away. This feature has done wonders for Google users, and remains one of the reasons why most people still use Google. The Knowledge Graph has come a long way from a simple arithmetic calculator to the complex information panel it is now. In addition to the previous music artists' event schedules, Google has now added more dimensions to the array.

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The Top Search Highlights Of 2014

Each new year brings us joys and sorrows, pain and relief, new innovations and set-backs. But most importantly, leaves behind a legacy - memories and experiences that shape us for the better. If the most popular searches of the year are any indication, 2014 was not too delightful a year. But hey! Life has its up and downs right? Check out this video on the major search highlights in the year 2014.

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Now Search For Song Lyrics Within Google!

After Bing started showing song lyrics within search results earlier this year, Google has finally decided to follow suit. The feature started on a silent roll-out last week, and was first observed by Search Engine Land. The new lyrics section has been added to search results in a knowledge-graph manner, with the lyrics on top and a Google Play link at the bottom.

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Top 10 Most Popular Google Searches In 2014

The year 2014 is almost at an end and new year is right around the corner now. A lot of good and bad things happened this year, but as you will soon find out, people tend to focus more on depressing things. Google releases a list of the most popular searches every year, which reflects the most searched topics in the past 12 months.

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What is reCAPTCHA And How Is It Better For Your Site?

CAPTCHA is a way for websites to keep spam away. Users are asked to identify human-readable text. In theory, it is a perfect way of keeping away bots. But in reality, it's not user-friendly, and can be broken down by an algorithm easily. Google has begun rolling out a new API that simplifies the CAPTCHA experience. It is called the "No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA", and it just requires one click from the user.

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Has Google Ever Penalized Itself Over Bad SEO?

Whenever Google rolls out updates to its algorithms that effect search result pages, many feel disillusioned, dismayed that they are being treated unfairly whereas the 'big fish' always seems to get away. Well, that isn't usually the case, and we're going to bust the myth today by demonstrating some instances where Google has been hit by its own penalty against bad SEO. Amusing as it may sound, it's actually true. No one is above the law, or their own law in this case :)

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Penguin 3.0 Is Still Rolling Out According To Google!

If you are wondering why you have been observing unusual traffic states throughout the past few weeks, it might probably because of Google Penguin. Day 45 or so since the Penguin 3.0 first started rolling out, and it is still going on. This makes it a very significant update since the 2.0 iteration last year, although the exact toll on the total percentage of queries is still unclear.

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Now Use Google To Get Insights Into Hottest Products This Holiday Season

The winter holiday season is just around the corner, with Black Friday just a few days away. For retailers, this is probably the busiest time of the year as shoppers from around the world wait for the annual sales. To help retailers maximize their business prospects this holiday season, Google has released a new set of mobile features to its Google Shopping platform, as well as some insights that will help online stores research the hottest products this holiday weekend

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Google Launches Mobile-Friendly Site Testing Tool

The Mobile is growing at a fantastic pace. Not just in screen size and technical specs, but in usage as well. For some businesses, the mantra these days is 'Go mobile, or go home'. If you're a webmaster, you know all too well the struggles of maintaining a mobile site. To help you along, Google has introduced a mobile-friendly test tool to see if your mobile passes Google's criteria for what it considers to be a mobile optimized website.

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Is HTTPS Ranking Boost Really Worth The Effort?

Google announced back in August that sites secured with HTTPS will get a boost in search rankings - a secured site would gain a small benefit as opposed to a similar site without HTTPS security. We took a look at how exactly did this new ranking factor work, but like any other Google search ranking factor, it isn't very transparent. Instead, we came across some potential problems during implementation. So we ask again: is implementing HTTPS really a good idea, and is the ranking boost really worth the time and effort?

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How Google Is Hurting The Internet In The EU?

Besides Search, Google has a lot going for it, and its other online services make up a large chunk of its business model. From facilitating users to outright promoting their own services, Google has time and again done it at the expense of its competitors. But that might be about to change, as a collection of competitors including Yelp, TripAdvisor etc. launched a new effort this week to convince European antitrust officials to force Google to stop promoting its own services, and give competing services a fair chance.

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Google Rolls Out Panda 4.1 Against More Thin Content

Google has announced that it is rolling out the next iteration of its infamous Panda algorithm that is a filter designed to kill thin or poor content in search rankings. The update started rolling out this week, and will continue into the next. Reportedly, it will roughly impact between 3% and 5% search queries - primarily those with thin or poor quality content we often see on download and ad websites etc.

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Google Introduces New Snippets In Search Results

Google web search has evolved greatly in recently years. Developments like the Knowledge Graph and other data sources provide users with highly relevant structured data. More recently though, Google made some unwelcome changes to the search snippets by removing authorship data from search results. The changes now make sense as Google announces the addition of some new data to search listings. The new snippets are called Structured Snippets.

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Google Will Now Use What You're Watching To Influence Search Results

We all know how Google uses a bunch of different signals when tailoring search results for your need. Search history, geographical location, linking patterns on the web, and so on. But more than that, Google now wants to know what TV channels you're watching, and use that information to tailor search results. Google recently patented this concept of using your TV-watching patterns to influence search results for you. Welcome, TV Rank.

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Google Updates Site Search Box In Search Results

Sitelinks are Google's way of letting users know what links could possibly be most relevant to them. They help users find content more quickly. Building upon that understanding, Google has implemented a new site search box that appears within sitelinks. This search box will make it easier for users to search for and reach specific content on your site directly from the search results page and through your own site-search pages

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