Google Bits: New Line Added to Google Robots.txt File; New Research Papers from Google Available; Google's Top Envoy to Webmaster Community Leaving for Zillow
++ In the past few days a bunch of new papers written by researchers at Google were added to the Research Publications collection on the Google Labs website. What follows are links to just a few of them. Most of these papers are technical but, at a minimum, the abstract and intro can often provide youw with an idea of what they're all about if you don't have the technical knowledge to read the entire paper. Interesting reading follows.
+ GoogleApps.com Moved to a Google Name Server
Previously on the Awaken.net name server.
++ Blog-google.com Now Registered to Google
++ Blogger.org Now Registered to Google
Previously registered to Blogger founder, Ev Williams.
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