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Google Testing Removing Top Blue Ads Based on User Behavior

Search Engine Round Table reported that Google is testing remove the blue AdWords ads(Sponsored Links) on Google’s SERPs. When a user search the same query for multiple(about 10) times and does not click an ad, Google will move the blue Sponsored Links to the right side of the SERP. If you clear the cookies

More on “New Google Design Experiment”

Earlier this month I posted a new Google SERP design that Assaf and Adil experimented. Guess what? I have the “magic-cookies” now.javascript:alert(document.cookie=”PREF=ID=ad93daafaa747f70:TM=1158373640:LM=1158374016:GM=1:S=wNuiLiKHrkRnMZtf;path=/;domain=.google.com”)So you go to Google.com, enter the above code(remove line breaks) to the address bar, press Enter, and refresh the page. *!*!*!* <-Fireworks

Orkut Got Friends Map

Google just rolled out a new feature for Orkut, “Friends Map“. “The friends map on orkut.com is a feature offering powerful, user-friendly mapping technology to see where all of your friends are located around the world.” This feature is using Google Maps API, you can learn more about Friends Map at this Orkut support page.

“Google is the * *”, according to Google

Google is the world’s largest search engine.Google is the closest thing the Web has to an ultimate answer machine.Google is the undisputed leader when it comes to search.Google is the perfect repository.Google is the real deal.Google Earth is the “ROI savior”.Google is just the juice.Google is the fastest and easiest way to find relevant information […]

How Much Data Does Google Store?

Google Search Crawler:850 TB
Google Analytics:220 TB
Google Earth:70.5 TB
Personalized Search:4 TB
Google Base:2 TB
Orkut:9 TB
The size of the data shown in above table are measured before compression. They all add up to about one petabyte. Of course, the size of these data will be much smaller after compressing it. For example, Google Base’s compression ration is 31%, […]

Google to Build Server Farm in India

Not kidding, I think Google is really running out of space. Google is building alot of data center/server farm lately(I think there’s two of them, one in Oregan but I can’t remember the other). So, you see the title, Google’s ready for another in India, according to India Times.
It will store e-mails, blogs, photos, documents and chat records, and make it available to users when they demand it. Google’s proposal to set up a server farm in India comes on the back of increasing number of Internet users in the country.
Google had a plan on building a data center in India back in March, but it was forced to cancel due to infrastructure-related problems.