Last week Google+ added a new feature.  Now, you can check your profile to see how many views your content, including photos and posts, has received.

It is a human ability to recognise the difference between authority and popularity, but for a search engine, coming to grips with the two different concepts is a little bit more of a problem.

It has been reported by the BBC that Google have acquired a “large element” of Games controller firm Green Throttle.

The name DuckDuckGo might not be as well-known as Google, Bing or Yahoo, but the US based search engine may well be an attractive choice for those web users fed up with the big boys sticking their beaks into private information.

On Facebook, 36 million users “like” Starbuck’s. Why does the coffee conglomerate also provide content for its three million followers on Google +? Following tips by Google on how to maximize Google+ content for search engine optimization, Starbuck’s improved its search placement. In its efforts to get more brands to use Google+, the search engine giant has attracted takers that include many major brands.

Is the top of your website fat with ads? Google spam chief Matt Cutts announced last week on Twitter that a new filter has been added to its “page layout” algorithm, which has been dubbed the Top Heavy algorithm.  The algorithm targets pages with an excess of adverts at the top. Initiated February 6, the update is documented as the third to Top Heavy.

Search giant Google, submerged in antitrust wrangles for years, has settled with the European Commission, pending formal approval. The European Commission had been investigating Google for the last three years for alleged abuse of its dominant market position.

A spokesperson for Google confirmed that it had acquired London-based artificial intelligence company DeepMind.

Google wants to expand its presence in your home. This week, the search engine giant bought Nest, a maker of smart thermostats and sophisticated smoke detectors.

Imagine going to a library in search of books covering a specific topic. Then imagine how frustrating it would be to find that the library had no index; the only way of finding the relevant titles would be to browse every volume on every shelf.