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22 October 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Studying a study

[A couple things to note: 1. This is a purely personal blog post--like other blogs posts I do, I haven't run it by anyone else at Google. 2. I'm writing it quickly because I have a lot of work to do. If I get something wrong, please let me know and I'll correct it.]
This morning [...]

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22 October 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Google doesn’t use the keywords meta tag in web search

We went ahead and did this post on the official Google webmaster blog to make it super official, but I wanted to echo the point here as well: Google does not use the keywords meta tag in our web search.
To this day, you still see courts mistakenly believe that meta tags occupy a pivotal role [...]

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22 October 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Visiting the U.S. shouldn’t be this hard

The onerous restrictions on travel imposed after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks aren’t just a nuisance to law-abiding vacationers tired of separating out their liquids and taking off their shoes at interminable airport security lines. The additional hoops that international visitors must now jump through to enter the country are continuing to harm America’s [...]

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22 October 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Windows 7 Launch Features Bing Maps

Today’s a big day for us Microsofties – the launch of our latest operating system, Windows 7 marks a new era in desktop computing and some exciting times for Bing Maps. As mentioned in my Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 Features Virtual Earth blog post, Virtual Earth (now named Bing Maps) is onboard the multi-touch [...]

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22 October 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Bring a little Bing to your Windows 7 desktop

Congratulations go out to the Windows 7 team on today’s launch – it’s a great product!
And to show our support for Windows 7, I’m excited to announce our first ever downloadable wallpaper theme for Windows 7 – Bing’s Best. A lot of people ask us for desktop versions of our images. And now you (and [...]

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