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It is actually here. Some might be saying, “It is About Time.” Monday December 7th, 2009 Google rolled out real-time search results. Although it is live some of us may not see it yet depending on your location.

Here is a pretty cool video that Google put together on the new Real Time Search:

To get the full story from Google read their blog post “Relevance meets the real-time web“

At the blog they stated:

“Our real-time search enables you to discover breaking news the moment it’s happening, even if it’s not the popular news of the day, and even if you didn’t know about it beforehand….Click on “Latest results” or select “Latest” from the search options menu to view a full page of live tweets, blogs, news and other web content scrolling right on Google. You can also filter your results to see only “Updates” from micro-blogs like Twitter, FriendFeed, Jaiku and others. Latest results and the new search options are also designed for iPhone and Android devices when you need them on the go, be it a quick glance at changing information like ski conditions or opening night chatter about a new movie — right when you’re in line to buy tickets.”

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Google Search had a big week full of new announcements such as Music Search, Social Search, Similar Images on Image Search, Personalized Search on Mobile, Google Suggest now global, and the recent Newly-formed partnership with Twitter. All of this is great news to any Google lover and SEO. I have put some quick summaries below of all the updates and news.

Google Social Search – “Social Search finds relevant content that your social circle has published and returns that content with your web search results. To use Social Search, you need to be logged in to your Google Account and opted in to the Social Search experiment. We then analyze your Gmail contacts (if you have a Gmail account) and the connections on your social networks (if you have a Google Profile and have listed public social networks like Twitter and FriendFeed).”

Music Search – “Every day we get millions of search queries about music. You want to know more about your favorite artists, find that new album or iconic song or figure out the name of that tune stuck in your head. In fact, according to Insights for Search, two of the top 10 queries in the U.S. are music-related. But often, if your answer is in a song, it can take a while to get there. We call this “time to result” — and we’re always looking for ways to reduce it.

Today, we’re rolling out a search feature that does just that by enabling you to search and more easily discover millions of songs, all via a simple Google web search. If you’re searching for music, “time to result” is really “time to music.” Now, when you enter a music-related query — like the name of a song, artist or album — your search results will include links to an audio preview of those songs provided by our music search partners MySpace (which just acquired iLike) or Lala.”

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So Google Social Search is the big topic again lately because of their recent blog post Introducing Google Social Search: I finally found my friend’s New York blog!

Here is what they had to say about their new experiment:

“Your friends and contacts are a key part of your life online. Most people on the web today make social connections and publish web content in many different ways, including blogs, status updates and tweets. This translates to a public social web of content that has special relevance to each person. Unfortunately, that information isn’t always very easy to find in one simple place. That’s why today we’re rolling out a new experiment on Google Labs called Google Social Search that helps you find more relevant public content from your broader social circle. It should be available for everyone to try by the end of the day, so be sure to check back.”

So the question is, Is Google Search On or Off the Mark?

I think they are making good strides but it seems slow. I talked to my good friend Dave Harry about Google Social Search and this is what he had to say:

“I think it’s interesting… but still has a ways to go… but certainly can’t be ignored as far as what they’re looking to do. I think Google Wave would work well with it also…soooo… might be tied together…”

You can read Dave’s full article Google Social Search; an early review

Here is a video from the famous Matt Cutts about the new Google Social Search -

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So if you haven’t heard yet Google SearchWiki has just launched which some say is going to forever change personal search. You decide for yourself and check out this video by a Google SearchWiki engineer:

SearchWiki lets you customize your Google Web Search results. You can rank, remove and add notes to any result page and see those tailored results anytime you do that search while you’re logged in to your Google Account.

So all you need is a Google account and log in for Google SearchWiki to work. There is going to be a lot written on this subject in the near future so I don’t want to take a lot of your time just wanted to inform you on the new addition to Google’s arsenal.

To find out more check out the “SearchWiki: make search your own” Google blog post.

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I had a blast interviewing James Duthie from Down Under! With his amazing Australian accent and wonderful online marketing tips and content, James is the epitome of a up and rising online star. James is famous for his powerful guest posts that rock the industry every time a new one is posted. Listen above to my interview with James or read the transcript below!

Garrett: Hello everyone, Garrett Pierson, Your SEO Mentor here with James Duthie. How are you, buddy?

James: Very good, Garrett, how are you?

Garrett: I’m great. I hear that Australian accent there, is that right?

James: Yes, that is correct. I’m from Melbourne, Australia, sunny Australia. It’s a beautiful spring morning where I am, at the moment. It’s a good time of year to be in Australia. It’s just coming into summer in the next few months.

Garrett: That’s awesome. I’m going to ask you a couple of questions throughout the interview, and it sounds like there’s a slight delay. We’ll work through that. James, tell us a little bit more about yourself. For those who may not know you, what is your background in the online-marketing industry, your family, your hobbies, or whatever you want?

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So if you were wondering what all the fuss is about the new Google Chrome then check out some of these articles:

Official Google Blog – A fresh take on the browser

Toprankblog.com – Shiny New Google Chrome

Searchenginejournal.com – Google’s Chrome Browser: What You Need to Know

Matt Cutts – Get Ready for Google Chrome: New Open-Source Web Browser

So here is my take on the browser, I have downloaded it and you can also at http://www.google.com/chrome. I like some aspects and improvements that Google has made but I can’t live without my Firefox addons and Chrome does not have any useful addons or tools that I use on a daily basis, now this doesn’t mean that they won’t build them but just not doing it for me yet. But this is a Google product and I know it will get better so therefore I will wait until I can’t live without it.

Anyways I am sure you have read enough about the new Google Chrome browser and therefore I am ending this post.

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