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Google has recently unveiled it's latest open-source project titled Google Wave. Google Wave is a new tool for communication and collaboration on the web. This project has been under development for over 2 years in Sidney, Australia and is not likely to be released to the public for many months. Google has released it early to some developers to help move it along.

The entire Google keynote speech is posted below.

Ever found yourself asking the questions "how does Google work?" Well now you can find your answer. Portfolio.com has released a great Flash presentation that will allow you to follow the Google process from the initial query to the results page.

Check it out: How Does Google Work?

If you've ever been told by someone that they know of a special secret, like the Google Meta Tag, they are simply lying to your face. There are, however, special meta tags designed for the Googlebot.

Googlebot: noarchive

This tag does not let google display your cached content. If you find this appealing, add the following: <meta name="googlebot" content="noarchive">

Googlebot: noindex

A new open-source Google Sitemap Generator has just been released.  This is useful for non-Drupal websites or if you prefer to generate your own sitemap and Submit it to Google rather than using the XML Sitemap Module for Drupal.

Avoiding duplicate content on your site is an imperitive step if you want your site to grow successfully. When Google spiders your site, they read all of your content. If your content was purely ripped off of another site, or even another article on your site, they will condemn the new article and penalize your overall site.

Duplicate content is an old method of search engine spam, and has been effectively defeated by Google and many other search engines on the internet.

Google has just launched a new Open Source browser they've named "Chrome". Chrome was based off of Safari 3.1, but there have been early reports of bugs.