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Google Launches New Ad Planner

I wonder how many people in the interactive advertising industry are feeling suckered by Google this morning. For the past few years, Google has continually downplayed its threat to ad agencies and marketing technology companies. “We’re not a threat, we just want to help,” tends to be the main theme.

When All Else Fails, Ask The Google

Internet obscenity trials are all the rage these days, what with the recent antics of a particular federal judge in the news. In another such case being tried in Florida, a defense attorney has turned to Google Trends to tell him whether a certain kind of content really "violates community standards."  

Google Trends Launches With Some Problems

ith the new feature, you can supposedly compare unique visitor estimates over time for various sites, making Google trends compete with Quantcast and Compete. Despite various screenshots posted, I can't see the unique traffic numbers for any site I try.A bigger surprise is that you can't see any traffic estimates - even estimates! - for Google.com. Click the image to enlarge further.

Are You a Commodity for Google?

Many SEO Book readers have seen Google Trends before, but did you know that Google Checkout also has a trends feature?

Google Trends Gets New Look & API

Google Trends program will get a new look with a new application interface program.

Mayer Gives Early Look at Search Trends

According to Google Press Center  "Marissa Mayer, Vice President of Search Products & User Experience at Google, will host an interactive webcast to give reporters an early look at the fastest-rising searches conducted on Google.com in 2007."

Google Trends Reveals What Unites Manchester

In celebration of Reuters' discovery of Google Trends, we thought we'd revisit for an update. Like last year (when Google Trends was launched) Birmingham, England still has the world's largest concentration of porn searches.

Google Trends Now Has Hotness

The experimental Google Trends site has added another measurement for searches, highlighting the hottest trends for site visitors.

Blogger Suggests Google Trends Pro Next

John Koetsier raised the prospect of Google's Trends tool progressing from its very general utility to something more granular, namely something Google can sell to marketers.

Google Trendspotting: The World Is Funny

In recent news, the Emerald Isle has led the world in searches for [lonely], according to Google Trends. Before you start sniffling, you should know Dubliners are far from alone. They are joined from the Far East and America, depending on which form of the word you use.