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Google is testing the insertion of a new line of text located above the top block of paid search advertisements. The "Ads related to" notation appears for certain search queries. A similar test appeared last year but was never fully rolled out.

So every webpage you visit these days is required to have a minimum of twenty social media buttons so that visitors can send updates of their internet activities shooting across the web for all to see. I bet you didn’t …

If you are an animal lover, chances are this story is going to make you tear up. If you aren’t an animal lover, it’ll probably still make you tear up. Just a warning. Last Friday in Phoenix, a female pit …

Giant bull head is going to get attention, regardless of whatever it is your peddling. Thankfully, the item in question isn’t being used to generate business for some greasy all-you-can-eat buffet. Instead, it’s drawing folks into the Porter Sculpture Park, …

In case you’ve already forgotten who Lamar Smith is, take a moment to remind yourself. If that’s too much reading, in short, he was one of the primary sponsors of the SOPA bill that rocked the Internet a couple of …

What a long strange trip it’s been for some moon rock chips. If they’re real, they’re part of a limited supply of about 842 pounds of rock collected by U.S. astronauts in six missions between Apollo 11 in 1969 and …

Good news for early Facebook IPO investors who may have been a victim of Nasdaq’s computer communication glitch, Morgan Stanley is reviewing all of the trades that went through on that day. As you remember, trading was delayed by a …

Lamar Smith, enemy of the Internet, has earned the ire of those on Reddit, 4chan and other online haunts for creating the wretched SOPA. Those people that he scorned are now on a path to get Smith out of office …

The theme of the last year’s release of OS X 10.7 Lion was “back to the Mac.” The update introduced several features to OS X that had proven useful and popular on the iOS platform. The upcoming release of OS …

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart, Australia’s richest person, has just been named richest woman in the world and is on her way to becoming the richest person in the world, according to the BRW Rich 200 list. She has now passed …

Weight-loss supplements, as well as various body-building products, have recently been linked to liver damage. Although dietary and herbal supplments are used by roughly 40% of the American population, their side effects aren’t very well known or documented, as their …

A couple of weeks ago, Rovio launched the newest part of their social empire: A Facebook version of Angry Birds. Well they have now taken that one step further by making tournaments so you and all of your friends can …

Say what you want about coupon users, but one thing stands apparent: that’s the way to consumers’ hearts if you’re looking to increase the engagement of your marketing campaign on Facebook. According to a study from Wildfire Interactive, that method …

This week, we reported on a Kickstarter project called Gooey Search, which strives to be a “Google on steroids (with privacy). While poking around through Kickstarter, we noticed another search engine project in the works called CDNPAL, billed as “an …

Seagate is a company with you may be familiar with through their partnerships with Apple. Apple stores in the United States sell storage systems made by the company. Seagate serves business and enterprise customers for the most part and does …

Here’s a shocker*: Microsoft’s Streetside service has hit a bumpy road in Germany. The company says it’s shut down Streetside imagery in Germany after complaints about the way the company was handling blurring requests. Microsoft spokesperson Thomas Baumgartner tells PCWorld that... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Patriots wide receiver Chad Ochocinco solved a robbery earlier today with the help of social network Twitter. His wallet was stolen from his Escalade in the middle of the night. The thief busted out the window to get to the …

Google and Bing do things differently. I think we all understand that by now. Their differences apparently extend to how they teach. Google teaches people through their weekly Office Hours Hangouts which gives developers to talk to the people behind …

In Google’s drawn-out court proceedings regarding Oracle’s accusations that the search giant infringed upon Java API patents in the development of its Android operating system, a jury has just found that no copyrights were violated. Google released a statement on …

911 dispatcher falls asleep during a call placed on April 4th, according to the Huffington Post. A Maryland woman started to get a little concerned when her husband stopped breathing and started turning blue. Being a responsible, clear-minded adult, she …