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“YouTube for Schools” is a portal that helps curate education materials and videos on subjects such as history and math while filtering out potentially offensive or distracting content.
Video has always been used in schools in addition to or as part of the scheduled curriculum. It’s important for schools to evolve with modern technology. If teachers [...]

We just made that name up. But a few weeks ago at Outrank, we caught wind of a celebrity endorsement advertising program that Google is testing. If you use Google, you may start to see celebrity endorsements at the bottom of paid search advertisements that appear in search results for online queries. There is not [...]

Quite a while back, we described Google Latitude and discussed the changes made to the application since it launched in 2009. We also talked about how it was competing with check-in services like Gowalla and Foursquare. Back then, check-ins were just starting to grow in popularity. Now, according to a survey conducted by the Pew [...]

The marketing team here in Austin is currently reading “In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives” by Steven Levy. The book talks about Google’s concerns about energy consumption in their early stages of expansion & scaling up. Google is still conscientious about reducing their carbon footprint and doing what they can [...]

Do you remember the gameshow To Tell the Truth? It was a gameshow where a celebrity panel of judges asked questions of 3 contestants to determine which guest was the one with a certain unusual occupation that was revealed at the beginning of the show.
An episode recorded back in 2000 (2 years after Google [...]

Correct me if I’m wrong but I think this seems to be the pattern for Google as far as making changes to their products:
Debut epic product
Make continual changes to said epic product
Make new product to make other product work better, then incorporate it into said epic product like they should have done in the first [...]

Normally, in the world of SEO, when we think or talk about reviews, we are interested in positive reviews that help improve a small business owner’s website ranking on the search engines. At Outrank.com, we educate clients on the impact positive reviews can make not only for SEO purposes but also when a potential [...]

Word on the street is that Google+ is set to rule over all Google products, meaning users may have a central hub to indulge all their online activty in one place. I think we’ve all been ready for a more fully integrated platform where Google is concerned. Google made their first significant step when Hotpot [...]

Tech drama. My, how life has changed. Long ago, I watched soap operas with my mom and no matter how long you stayed away and how many episodes you missed, you could jump back in and know what was going on — the same drama was being dragged out.
Now, the drama I look to [...]

Holy moly! The Google Goggles have surfaced! It didn’t take a genius to see the potential and the fun in that name but since I caught wind (back in April) of Google acquiring a swimming goggle patent I made a mental note to keep an eye out for what would develop.
Here’s the post on [...]