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Google Universal Search $25,000 query in Jeopardy: Marissa Mayer's Universal Search assertions have a lot more riding on them now: $25,000!Is Google Universal Search in Jeopardy?"The best answer is still the best answer," Mayer confidently proclaimed upon unleashing Universal Search to the world just two weeks ago. While Mayer always says the right Googley things, she does not always...; Tags: Culture, Google, Google Software Applications, Social Web, Television, TV, User-Generated Content; Blog posts 2007-05-29
Google Rules! AOL move over, 'I Google Myself': Who really rules the Web? What is the state of Internet culture today?Remember when AOL ruled online? How quaint!Google of course declares itself to have taken over as the "gateway to the Internet."Who needs AOL? Or anyone else, in todays Google world!Is "the notion that the new kids on the...; Tags: Google Software Applications, Google, Culture; Blog posts 2007-05-10
Better than YouTube? Google Testing on the Toilet!: Whats better than than the latest Google snack-sized clip culture YouTube hit? The latest Google "episode" of Testing on the Toilet, in the eyes of some "passionate" software testers!The "Google Testing Grouplet" is a self-descibed "small band of volunteers who are passionate about software testing," at Google. In January, the...; Tags: Culture, Enterprise, Google, Google Software Applications, Software; Blog posts 2007-05-09
Google pushes more 'Google In Your Classroom': Education rules?: Google proudly touts it supports “teachers in their efforts to empower students and expand the frontiers of human knowledge.” How so? “Google Tools for Your Classroom”Google Education Initiatives announces Google Teacher Academy “goes Hollywood”:Googles FREE training program for K-12 educators is an intensive, one-day event where participants get hands-on...; Tags: Culture, Google, Google Software Applications; Blog posts 2007-04-27
Google scary now? Personal Health Records, sponsored by Google, next: “Good and scary,” so headlined Anil Dash of the new Google “Web History” user tracking tool. “Google’s privacy nightmare just starting,” so declared Om Malik, noting a Washington Post story of a complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission FTC seeking an injunction against the announced Google purchase of...; Tags: Media, Marketing, Government, Google Software Applications, Google Ads, Google, Culture, AdWords, Advertising; Blog posts 2007-04-24

Will Google follow Viacom's lead?: The Electronic Frontier Foundation applauds Viacom today for standing up for upfront “fair use” rights of YouTubers.Responding to Viacoms willingness to take steps to protect the free speech rights of those who post videos to YouTube and similar video sharing sites, the Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF and Stanford Law Schools...; Tags: YouTube, Video, Legal, Google Software Applications, Google, Culture, Copyright, Content, Business Models; Blog posts 2007-04-23
Microsoft beats Google in worldwide mission, big time: Google has one proud world mission: “Organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful,” for those that can afford a computer, have Internet access and visit Google.com, that is with Google ads an added bonus. Microsoft has just announced its new world mission: “a commitment to...; Tags: ecommerce, Culture, Microsoft, Government, Google Software Applications, Google; Blog posts 2007-04-19
Google's big, bad risk: The real story in Yahoo’s feather in the cap multi-year exclusive sponsored search and contextual ads agreement with Viacom Web properties announced today? No, it is not that it is a $1 billion YouTube lawsuit slap in the face to Google, it is that it puts Google’s entire raison...; Tags: YouTube, Self-Promotion, Search Advertising, Search, Internet Data, Google Software Applications, Google Ads, Google, Culture, Copyright, Content, Business Models, Advertising; Blog posts 2007-04-10
Google upstaged by Microsoft, Yahoo: Google Phone? What Google phone!Microsoft and Yahoo are announcing a few gadgets with “great pride,” however.How about a Yahoo super charged, new “portable MP3 player set to free you from the USB cable chaining you to your PC, allowing you to listen to personalized radio, download music, share music with...; Tags: TV, Television, Software, Social Web, Music, Mobile, Microsoft, Google Software Applications, Google, Culture, Cell Phones, Business Models, Yahoo; Blog posts 2007-04-09
Google Desktop for Mac, Google Rules: News and views: NEW Digital Markets Series: Google News and ViewsNoteworthy Google experiences and voices from all around the World Wide Web!Google, the Desktop and Privacy, Benlog, April 6Google just released Google Desktop for Mac, and that got me thinking again about the Google and Privacy issue...Microsoft might have an interesting privacy advantage,...; Tags: Google Software Applications, Google, Culture; Blog posts 2007-04-08
Sex trade at Google, not Craigslist: Does Craigslist REALLY have a “dirty little secret”? NO, but Google may!Compete, a Website which claims “insights powered by over 2 million people,” declares a “scoop,” daring to bare the “virtual red-light district,” aka Craigslist:"It’s no wonder that Craigslist is champion of the online classifieds revolution; Compete reports just under...; Tags: Google, Amateur Content, Advertising, Self-Promotion, Media, Marketing, Google Software Applications, Google Ads, Culture, Craigslist; Blog posts 2007-04-07
Google: Any rain on My Maps parade?: Is the latest incarnation of Google Maps the closest thing to heaven on earth, literally?Perusing Techmeme would suggest so, starting with the Official Google Blog declaration that a new My Maps feature is “Map-making: So easy a caveman could do it.” Google’s message is on Googley target and typically widely...; Tags: YouTube, Web 2.0, Video, Venture Capital, VC, User-Generated Content, Social Web, Social Software, Social Networking, Social Media, Self-Promotion, Search Advertising, Search, Google Software Applications, Google, Culture, Amateur Content, Advertising; Blog posts 2007-04-05
Google IS a public service, sometimes: To start the Google New Year, I asked rhetorically “Is Google a public service?,” by juxtaposing Google’s public facing mission statement with that of The Library of Congress.For big profit Google’s mission statement is a seemingly public serving one, “Organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful”...; Tags: Web 2.0, Google Software Applications, Google, Culture; Blog posts 2007-04-02
Do you want Google in your refrigerator?: Did you know the worlds information includes your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe?Google CEO Eric Schmidt has oft said that the worlds information Google aims to "organize" inlcudes YOUR personal information, all of it.Google is now setting its sights on digitizing all the worlds information in all the worlds homes!...; Tags: Google Software Applications, Google, Culture; Blog posts 2007-03-31
Welcome Google to your Digital Home!: Google wants you in its Cloud today. Tomorrow, make way for Google in your Digital Home!LG, “Life’s Good,” so touts LG Electronics, and it will undoubtedly be even better when things get Googley, in the LG + G for Google home of the future!Think “Ten Commandments” Google is satisfied with...; Tags: Web 2.0, TV, Search Advertising, Search, Google Software Applications, Google, Culture; Blog posts 2007-03-31
Google Maps under siege: Who says being the number one search engine in the world is all glory?Google really does want to organize all the world’s information. What goes with all the world’s territory? Accountability to the entire world!I recently asked rhetorically “Is Google a public service?” U.S. Rep. Brad Miller apparently thinks so!The...; Tags: Web 2.0, Google Software Applications, Google, Culture; Blog posts 2007-03-30
Google news and views: Google hacking, domains and job interviews: NEW Digital Markets Series: Google News and ViewsNoteworthy Google links from all around the World Wide Web!A New Googely Hire, pre-indoctrinatedMark Pilgrim, "Two visions," 3/19/07There are two basic visions of the future of the Web, and one of them is wrong. Im going to work on the right one for...; Tags: YouTube, Yellow Pages, Yahoo, Web 2.0, Video, Google Software Applications, Google, Culture, Advertising; Blog posts 2007-03-30
Why Google CEO wants $74 billion television advertising business: Google CEO Eric Schmidt reaffirmed Tuesday that the number one search engine really does plan on “organizing the world’s information.”I heard Schmidt assert to Bear Stearns in Palm Beach that the mission of Google is to deliver:All the world’s information to each and every person on every device in every...; Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, advertisement, Google Inc., TV, Eric Schmidt; Blog posts 2007-03-10
Google vs Old Media: Who needs YouTube?: Who needs YouTube? That is the $1.65 billion dollar online video question. Google CEO Eric Schmidt confidently let it be known this week that every mainstream professional video content producer does, in very Googley take it or leave it terms. Vicaom does not believe it needs YouTube, however,...; Tags: Web 2.0, Media, Advertising, Culture, Google, Video, YouTube, TV, Television, Google Software Applications, Copyright, Content; Blog posts 2007-03-08
Google arrogant? Google CEO Eric Schmidt responds: Google CEO Eric Schmidt has been making the rounds this week, the Wall Street rounds: Morgan Stanley Technology Conference in San Francisco on Monday and Bear Stearns Media Conference in Palm Beach yesterday.I listened attentively to his every keynote words (read my first-hand report in “Google CEO extols $800 billion...; Tags: Profits, Google Apps, Search Advertising, ROI, Content, Copyright, Google Software Applications, Google, Culture, Search, Business Models; Blog posts 2007-03-07