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- Google Local squeezes Yellow Pages, Online Directories
- The $39 billion worth of Yellow Pages and Local Search and Directories advertising forecast for 2011 is a big part of Google’s growth forecast, and it is a very Google-centric part.The Kelsey “Drilling Down on Local” Conference this week in Santa Clara was just a local stone‘s throw from Google...
- Tags: SEARCH, Google Inc., Google Local, Yellow Pages
- Blog posts 2007-03-24
- Google Local Search: $31 billion risky business
- Google Local Search: $31 billion risky businessAll that text for a simple conclusionIt does not take all that text to write at the bottom of the article that a $31B idea is also a $31B risk. That is common sense in business.I think that local search will play incredibly important...
- Tags: SEARCH, local search, Google Local Search, Google Local, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-03-24
- Google: Sergey Brin on ad revenue knob
- Robert Scoble reports from the cocktail field that he “noticed that Google is putting fewer advertisements on each page than its competitor.”He cites “Google internal research” discussed by a “nameless” Google employee while mingling at an “awesome” Jeff Pulver party in support of his assertions that Google is “brilliant” and...
- Tags: Google Inc., advertisement, local listing, Google Local
- Blog posts 2007-03-24
- When will Google Local reap $39 billion local ad sales opportunity?
- When will Google Local reap $39 billion local ad sales opportunity?I can't believe you have to ask "when"Google will reap a huge chunk of the $39 billion market once they have become the de facto standard, and not one nanosecond before. If they charged for it now, they would...
- Tags: ad sales opportunity, Google Local, Google Inc., advertisement
- Discussion threads 2007-03-09
- When will Google Local reap $39 billion local ad sales opportunity?
- On Monday, I heard Google CEO Eric Schmidt extol a $800 billion worldwide advertising opportunity. Why then is he giving away the local store for FREE, Google Local? In announcing its latest Google Maps enhancement, the Official Google Blog waxes poetic:They say a picture is worth a thousand words,...
- Tags: Advertising, Google, Local, Marketing, Media, Metrics, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-03-09
- Google Local Search: $31 billion risky business
- Last month I underscored the local advertising opportunity is currently wide open, putting forth “Google: $31 billion local dilemma”: High-profile, venture capital backed, locally-focused, online start-ups that launched with much fanfare and support are in critical condition—Judy’s Book, Backfence, InsiderPages—, unable to gain sufficient traction within local communities or...
- Tags: Search Advertising, Metrics, ROI, Google Software Applications, ecommerce, Amateur Content, Venture Capital, VC, Google, Yellow Pages, Search, Local
- Blog posts 2007-02-23
- Google Local at Google.com
- Google is keen on the $31 billion local advertising opportunity, as I discuss in ““Google: $31 billion local winner?” Most Google searches for local businesses are initiated at the general search box at Google.com, despite Google’s best efforts to drive users to start their local searches at Google Maps....
- Tags: SEARCH, Google Local, Google Inc., local listing, local search, local business
- Blog posts 2007-01-29
- Google local chat
- Google local chatlocal chat forumlocal chat forum
- Tags: Google Local, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-06-05
- Google Maps is back
- Back by popular demand is Google Maps -- six months after it was renamed to "Google Local". According to their blog, people continued to use maps.google.com to access Google local and many others left comments for Google to change it back.I admit, I was a little disappointed when they...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Local, Google Maps
- Blog posts 2006-04-21
- Google local chat
- As soon as Google decided to let us make widgets for their personalized homepage, I have been busy making one of my own. As they promised, it's as easy as walking the dog, and I have managed to make something fun that would have great potential with some work...
- Tags: Google Inc.
- Blog posts 2005-12-15
- Why integrating Google ads with Google Local is a bad idea
- Before Google Local ever starts thinking about integrating local business search results with Google AdWords and AdSense, they have got a lot of work to do. That's if the experiences of Knight-Ridder Newspapers columnist Dawn Chmielewski are any guide. She has been testing Google Local on her cell, and she's...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Local
- Blog posts 2005-11-11
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- Make your Gmail even more secure
- Last week Google launched a new feature that lets you keep track of computers that are logged into your Gmail account -- a tool that will put the minds of people who are suspicious of unauthorized account access at ease. But what about people snooping your internet traffic? ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-07-26
- Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux
- Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...
- Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Kernel, Mandrake, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Appearance: PPUG meets tomorrow in Philly
- If you're in the Philadelphia area I'd like to invite you to attend the Philadelphia PowerBook User Group PPUG meeting tomorrow at the Manayunk Brewery and Restaurant. We meet from 12 noon to 3pm over lunch and fine local beer. Want to debate my theory on...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Philadelphia, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Gaping holes in RealPlayer patched
- Digital media delivery firm RealNetworks has shipped a high-prority patch to cover four gaping holes in its flagship RealPlayer software, warning that the vulnerabilities could put users at risk of code execution attacks. The patch comes a few hours after Secunia released an advisory warning for one...
- Tags: Vulnerability, RealNetworks Inc., RealNetworks RealPlayer, Digital Music, Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- GMail adds "https:"-only connections but still not by default
- GMail adds "https:"-only connections but still not by defaultGoogle obviously - and rightly so - regards this matter as important,as can be seen from the fact that even we in Sweden are now allowed to choose the [b]Gmail[/b] option to «Always use https» - I checked immediately after reading Ryan's...
- Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Google Gmail, Gmail Add, HTTP, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-25
- GMail adds "https:"-only connections but still not by default
- Google has added a new "Browser Connection" feature to GMail to allow users to force e-mail sessions to always use the more secure "https:" protocol but, strangely, this is not turned on by default. In the Settings tab, at the very bottom, GMail users can now select...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, HTTP, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- A Friday Active Directory puzzler
- A Friday Active Directory puzzlerSuggestions...Have you installed the required hotfixes and patches in the 2000 environment? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/331161similar problemupgraded a larger AD domain from 2000 to 2003 by adding a 2003 server.Depending on the error, it could be a lot of things.I got a similar error.it came down to using the...
- Tags: Friday Active Directory puzzler, Friday Active Directory, puzzler
- Discussion threads 2008-07-25
- Offshore outsourcers likely to beef up security following Bangalore blasts
- A series of bombs have exploded in Bangalore and companies that have technology operations in India are likely to need increased security precautions following what appears to be a terrorist attack. According to various reports from Reuters and Rediff.com, nine bomb blasts have rattled Bangalore, which hosts...
- Tags: India, Bangalore, Rediff.com India Ltd., Sacchin Uppal, Outsourcing, Business Security, Security, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Gartner pitches analysis of PHRs in the clouds
- The problem, Gartner says, is that the private clouds could disrupt local initiatives to collect and use Personal Health Records. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Gartner Inc., Health Care, Personal Health Record, Analysis, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
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