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Italian prof launches social search service

An Italian professor whose research inspired the creators of Google now reckons he can go one better.

Google demotes own site after paid post blunder

Google's been forced to demote its own Chrome site in search results, after it was found to be using techniques to boost its page rank that fell foul of its own rules.

Google revamps search bar

After redesigning the Gmail and Reader interfaces, Google's now turned its attention to Search.

Search engine aims to give power to the people

Five years in the making, a new 'uncensorable' search engine has launched.

Businesses get invited to Google+

Mountain View has rolled out Google+ Pages for local businesses and global brands.

Algorithm changes to affect third of Google searches

Google's altered its search ranking algorithm to push newer results closer to the top, in a move likely to affect around a third of searches.

Google+ opens to the masses

Google's popular social networking platform is now open to the masses - and does not require a specially sent invite to join.

Google asks for user help to wipe out scraper sites

Google's ramping up its efforts to defeat so-called scraper sites - websites which lift content from others more or less word for word in order to improve their search rankings.

Google's replacing our memory, study finds

We've all suspected it, and apparently it's true: search engines such as Google are destroying our memory.

FTC plans anti-trust investigation of Google

Google is to be investigated by the Federal Trade Commission over anti-trust concerns, multiple reports say.

Google speeds search - but will everybody like it?

Google's ramped up the speed of search with a new Instant Pages system which it claims can knock up to five seconds off the time a web page takes to load.

Microsoft revamps Bing search with Facebook integration

Microsoft has announced a new feature that will more deeply integrate Facebook into its Bing search engine experience.

Superinjunction scandal proves a boon to Twitter

The recent kerfuffle over so-called superinjunctions in the UK has led to a big boost in Twitter traffic.

'Who is Bin Laden?' dumb teenagers ask

While it's no surprise that searches for the name 'Osama Bin Laden' have spiked over the last few days, Yahoo search figures show one surprise.

Google targets content farms with major algorithm change

Google's made a major change to its search algorithm, designed to deliver higher-quality results, which it says will noticeably affect nearly 12 percent of queries.