We reported recently on Google’s launch of Search Plus Your World, features in its search engine that – so critics say – give undue prominence to Google+ content, especially when people are searching for celebrities (including music artists).
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Google’s Q4 revenues ‘blew past’ $10bn
Google announced its latest set of financial results yesterday, reporting Q4 revenues of $10.58bn, up 25% year-on-year. Meanwhile, the company’s net income was $2.71bn for the quarter. “Google had a really strong quarter ending a great year.
SOPA and PIPA debate continues on day of protests
A lot of people were saying a lot of things about the US SOPA legislation yesterday. 4.5m people signed Google’s anti-SOPA petition, which was prominently linked from its homepage.
Lady Gaga joins Google+
Well, this was inevitable. Lady Gaga has an official Google+ profile, although her (at the time of writing) 18,428 fans on the social network pales in comparison to her 18.2m Twitter followers and 46.6m Facebook fans.
Websites go dark to protest against SOPA legislation
The protests against the proposed SOPA anti-piracy legislation in the US are reaching fever pitch today, with Wikipedia the most high-profile site to turn itself off for the day in protest.
Google responds to Rupert Murdoch’s ‘nonsense’ tweets
It’s hardly surprising that Google isn’t too happy about being labeled a ‘piracy leader’ by Rupert Murdoch in his pro-SOPA tweets this weekend, but the strong language in the company’s rebuttal may cause a stir.
Google counsel Bill Patry’s copyright advice for rightsholders
Well-regarded US copyright lawyer Bill Patry – currently working as counsel for Google – has given an interview with some advice for rightsholders on their copyright strategies in the digital age. It’s on the back of his new book: How To Fix Copyright. The advice includes focusing on access rather than copies.
Google makes its search engine even more social
Google has announced a significant change in the way it serves up results on its main search engine.
New Google+ profiles for Ed Sheeran, Plan B and Lykke Li
Atlantic Records UK has been busy creating “new-fangled Google+ profiles” for some of its key artists, according to a tweet from the label’s Roz Mansfield.
Artists shouldn’t ignore Google+ says Ariel Hyatt
Digital PR Ariel Hyatt says that artists should be getting onto Google+ sharpish, rather than shunning Google’s social network until they’re sure it’s popular enough.
Google+ up to 62m users, but how many are active?
Analysis of additions to the Google+ social network indicates that 62m people had signed up by 27 December, with 24% of them having joined in December alone.
Britney Spears is the first Google+ user with 1m followers
Bieber? Schmieber! Gaga? Schmaga! Etc. Britney Spears is queen of the Google+ social network, becoming the first user to pass the one million followers milestone.