Google Local Business Center Enhancements
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As I was driving all over &#8220;God&#8217;s creation&#8221; today, from meeting to meeting, there were a number of interesting developments and announcements. The first concerned the enhancements to the Google Local Business Center. Barry Schwartz has a terrific, thorough overview of each of the new features:  Add photos to your Google Maps listing Add custom (data) attributes [...]
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Step by step and bit by digital bit, Google is taking over the way PC users find, manage and receive information. The Mountain View, Calif.
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Google and Microsoft both offer free business directory assistance services. Which one is better?
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New 'Places' feature added to alpha release set for next week.
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New Google fee-based service, Custom Business Search Edition, lets users build search pages for their own Web sites.
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Ask.com is introducing AskCity, a service that integrates maps with information about local businesses, restaurants, listings and reviews.
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NEW YORK -- It's so big, you won't even need Google Maps to find it. Internet search engine Google Inc. has a new home in New York: a 300,000-square foot, three-floor office that covers a Manhattan city block.
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(InfoWorld) - Google has enhanced its enterprise search device, doubling its capacity and adding new query capabilities. The Search Appliance's maximum capacity has been increased to 30 million documents, up from 15 million, Google announced Tuesday. The increased capacity comes via a software upgrade that also includes search query enhancements. The software upgrade is available to Search Appliance owners with an active support plan. All owners get access to the search query enhancements, but they have to pay extra if they want additional capacity. The Search Appliance, introduced in 2002, is a hardware box with Google search engine software designed to index and retrieve documents stored in enterprise servers. The Search Appliance model that can index up to 30 million documents is the GB-8008, the line's most advanced. Google doesn't disclose its price but its 30 million document configuration can cost "in the high six figures," said Matthew Glotzbach, head of products for the Google Enterprise unit. The intermediate model, the GB-5005, has a 10 million document capacity, while the entry model, the GB-1001, starts at US$30,000 and can index up to 3 million documents. Although the off-the-shelf GB-8008 now has a maximum capacity of 30 million documents, Google can make the product index more documents through custom configurations. "We can easily do a 100 million document system," he said. With this week's upgrade, all Search Appliance models have gained the ability to limit search results by a date range. For example, a user now can retrieve documents published in, say, the first quarter of 2004. The Search Appliance now also can narrow search results by number range. This might be useful for e-commerce companies, so they can let their customers find products within a specific price range. The purchase of a Search Appliance includes a 2-year support plan, which in turn includes software updates and telephone technical assistance. Google also has a smaller search device called the Google Mini, aimed at departments and small and medium-size businesses, as well as an enterprise desktop search application. Google competes with vendors like Autonomy Corp. PLC and FAST Search & Transfer ASA in the enterprise search market.
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Get a closer look at the screenshots from our review of Google's new enterprise Web tools.
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Online giant adds local search advertising model that holds promise for small business.
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Yahoo has quietly expanded its local business listings and rolled out a service that gives businesses control over their listings in Yahoo Local through a new paid inclusion program.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Internet search leader Google Inc. has added a landmark to its rapidly expanding empire -- the Silicon Valley home where co founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin rented a garage eight years ago as they set out to change the world.
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Company enhances online service for moving business information between corporations.
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To celebrate the second birthday of the Google Mini search appliance for small businesses, Google has upgraded the device with a number of new features to make it more flexible while remaining affordable at $1,995 for the base model.
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By John P. McDermott, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.  Feb. 3--Lifting what had been a nearly impenetrable veil of secrecy,  Google Inc. elaborated for the first time Friday about properties it is  considering in Berkeley County and the Midlands for large data-processing  centers.
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It's so big, you won't even need Google Maps to find it. Internet search engine Google Inc. has a new home in New York: a 300,000-square foot, three-floor office that covers a Manhattan city block.
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The search company debuts AskCity, a local search and mapping tool that lets users find neighborhood hangouts and generate custom maps, then use other web services to make reservations, buy tickets or invite friends to mingle. In Monkey Bites.