While Google awaits a verdict from the Federal Trade Commission on whether or not it intends to approve its proposed $750 million acquisition of AdMob, rumors have surfaced suggesting the search giant agreed to pay the mobile ad network a "kill fee" of up to $700 million if the deal doesn't close.

So we have a bio discovery company, a payment company, a translation service, an ad network, an interactive experience generator, a historical analysis company, a geo-gaming platform, a company that essentially exists to help others go green, another ad network, and a car company.

Verizon Wireless is teaming up with Google to work on a tablet computer, with the clear aim to rival the AT&T-carried iPad, Verizon CEO, according to a published report.

According to Experian Hitwise's Global Search Indicators Report, Americans are readying "to put one foot back in the housing markets",... and according to SEW's chats with a few observers, Google is best placed to profit on the trend.

The new Google Keyword tool which is still in Beta looks great, it gives you local results, something I have been waiting for, for some time now!

Google has two new logos up today, one on Google UK and another on Google Turkey. In the UK, they are celebrating St. George's Day and in Turkey they are celebrating Children's Day.

Google is obviously now much more serious then ever when it comes to constantly improving their algorithm. Just a bit harder for us SEOs who need to constantly follow there every foot step even now more often.

These officials are right to be vigilant about privacy on behalf of their countries’ residents. But they’re wrong to single out Google. Google is merely a lightning rod for criticism on this issue. What about Facebook, which has far more personal data than Google maintains? What about Yahoo? What about ad networks that permit behavioral targeting? What about mobile phone operators that enable spam texts on Europeans’ handsets?

Very impressive to see that Facebook was more visited than Google recently.

A new patent by the major search engines which are all similarly using ways to combat duplicate pages.