Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tried to present his company’s underdog position in search — and in mobile — as opportunities “to grow” in remarks at Silicon’s Valley’s Churchill Club. But he added, “I don’t like not being number one” in his interview with VC Ann Winblad. Click to continue reading… More: continued here

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Google is officially 10 today and, as you’d expect, has a birthday logo in celebration. For a look at Google’s history you can see the company’s interactive timeline. More: continued here

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The best place to submit Chrome feedback is at http://groups.google.com/group/google-chrome-helpNot here (I’m going to disable comments on this post) and not over at Search Engine Roundtable. I still see a comment a day or so trickling in over there, probably because the post ranks highly for “Chrome feedback.”Just to repeat, if you want a Chrome [...]

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As Google turns 10 years old, that important birthday sees the company more powerful than ever before. With its competitors in disarray, the Big G seems likely to grow even further. The secret to its success? For me, it’s what I’ve been calling the "Google Hive Mind." Rather than follow a rigid top-down master plan, [...]

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I was just finishing up our guide to how to optimize for search suggestion, and noticed something worth discussing. I am not sure if safe harbor covers companies that index content, cache/host content, and suggest searches for downloading pirated works…but if it does, I think the law needs changed. It seems Google could have thought [...]

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