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Google joins the already crowded RSS aggregator space with their new ajax RSS reader, done in the style of Gmail. Blogger project manager Jason Shellen led the project.

Tagging has been all over the place recently and apparently Google couldn't resist. Now you can tag sites in your search history for later retrieval.

See exactly where the available hotels are on a Google Map.

Now when you search for restaurants on Google Local (formerly Google Maps), you get details about the restaurant (location, food, reviews) along with its location. (example)

Search for something like [lax nyc] and Google will help you buy plane tickets for that trip.

There sure are a lot -- everything from ZipCars to urinals.

The product that drove webmasters crazy was back...for a moment, at least.

(screenshots) An official statement from Google says the site was designed to "provide content owners an easy way to give us access to their content". (more screenshots)

(Google blog post)

Appoints "President of Sales and Business Development".