Is Google worried about the Microsoft takeover of Yahoo?
I really wasn’t expecting this post on the official Google blog by David Drummond. He’s certainly not a fan of the deal and points out in no uncertain terms the need for openness and Microsoft’s dodgy past on the subject. I thought at least some of his comments could be considered a little over the […]
I’m loving lijit – lovin it!
Last week a friend asked me about lijit – a kind of social search engine based on Google custom. So, I started reading about it and the next thing I know I’d installed it on my sidebar. Wow! It was like a spiritual experience in user experience. I was reading one minute bought into the […]
Google suggest for news gone
Looks like Google has removed Google news suggest. Google news suggest could be activated by adding &complete=1 to the end of the news sarch URL. Having done this, you could get a list of popular queries based on what you type into the search box, similar to to Google suggest.
This was a handy little tool, […]
I know! Let’s build a social search Google killer
2007 has witnessed the most significant advances in online communication and connectedness. This was the year when marketers started to embrace and felt a little threatened by social networks. IT wasn’t really about technology – but the coming to fruition of many of the ideas and desires to connect.
But during this year, one thing […]
Google patent for extracting text in images
I love reading about new patent applications but rarely comment on the direct impact on search. As everyone knows, there’re lots of reasons to protect intellectual property, and most rarely get used.
But the one just granted to Google for extracting text from images looks like the real deal. The number of uses are almost unlimited […]
Freshness beats reputationfor hot topics?
Wasn’t sure if I wanted to get involved with this argument, but there are a couple of interesting factors worth watching.
Over the holidays, the unofficial Google blog, made a bold statement - Google ‘artificially’ promotes recent blog posts.
Not sure about ‘artificially’ as that would mean there’s a regular algorithm governed by some universal natural […]
At last an end to the Folder V Subdomain argument.
Just a few years ago, Google used to treat a subdomain as a completely different site to the main domain. Then things got a little blurred. Some factors like trust could be inherited by the subdomain but some folk thought the folders had a slight edge.
Subdomain certainly had other advantages – you could have […]
Blogger testing OpenID
While this is only an experiment openID commenting, I’m sure it will rollout as a standard not just across Blogger but most blogging platforms and social networks. Or at least it should. The implications are huge, from just allowing an easy way to comment on other people’s blogs to more sophisticated ways to remove blog […]
Did Google ban link sellers using adwords?
I’m seeing a cleanup on adwords listings for link sellers. On some phrases like ‘buy links’ and ‘text links’ there’re no more ads. Though still plenty for ‘links’. If this is here to stay then about time.
Now all Google has to do is to stop bought links from working and we should see them out […]
Matt Cutts explains Google stance on Pay-per-post
Just been reading Matt Cutts on pay per post. He points out that this is definitely against the Google guidelines, but takes an interesting angle, kind of appealing to the humanity in people.
Pointing out a pay per post review of a cancer treatment site and asking how you’d feel if you or a family […]
