Google Today: Yellow Pages, or a High Local Google Ranking?
“Local search is an important priority for us, and we’re focused on helping businesses be discovered and helping consumers find the right local business,” a Google spokesperson told ITBusiness.ca in an e-mail interview. “One key component of that is the Local Business Center to allow business owners to have control over their listing.” If you’re [...]
Google Today: Google’s Impact on Social Networking
Google News is without a doubt the reason why we where we are today. And, the social networking aspect of Google News has helped us tremendously. Joe Vallee and Dennis Bakay measure the impact Google, Facebook and Twitter have had on social networking for websites. If its traffic you’re after, this makes for an interesting [...]
Google Today: Online Privacy Faceoff
The difference between how Facebook and Google have addressed privacy issues offers a stark contrast. While Facebook has quickly responded to criticism and backlash, and has implemented additional changes to try and accommodate concerns, Google CEO Eric Schmidt dismissed privacy concerns entirely. Tony Bradley compares the approaches taken by both Google and Facebook with regards [...]
Google Today: A New Wave from Google
Google released a preview version of its latest tool this past October. There was much anticipation around Wave, which developers promised would revolutionize the way we communicate and collaborate. Google capitalized on this anticipation by limiting who would be allowed to use Wave; upon making the preview available, they sent out a limited batch of [...]
Google Today: Is Google Satisfying Your Search Needs?
Paul points it out as a failed dishwasher search. Mike complains about automated content as does RWW. And we all have experienced it: The Google ecosystem is failing more – failing to get us what we think we want. Failing to not frustrate us. Failing at the more complicated queries we are throwing at it. [...]
Google Today: Google Delivers a Potential iPhone Competitor – Nexus One
Watch out Apple, here comes Nexus One, the Google phone the tech world has been salivating for. Over the weekend Google set off a fury of speculation when employees tweeted they were testing a new Android-based mobile device. Google later ratcheted up the Google phone buzz when in a blog post it confirmed it was [...]
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