For the last two weeks or so, there appears to be some sort of tussle going on between Google and TripAdvisor. (more…)
Archive for 2010
TripAdvisor Shuns Google But Ties Up With Facebook
Thursday, 23rd December 2010Posted in business | No Comments »
Delicious Might Be Cut Off From Yahoo!
Wednesday, 22nd December 2010A document which was leaked recently, has started quite a flutter among users of the book marking site Delicious. (more…)
Posted in News | 2 Comments »
Google Search Reclaims Mobile Web Throne
Tuesday, 21st December 2010Opera Mini has released a monthly review regarding the popularity of various websites and handsets used for accessing the web, for the month of November. (more…)
Posted in mobile | No Comments »
Next For Google: Delivering Search Results Before You Search
Monday, 20th December 2010After having provided Instant Search Results, the logical next step for Google seems to be to provide search results before a user makes a search. (more…)
Posted in google, search, Technology | No Comments »
Google Can Now Recognise Your Voice
Friday, 17th December 2010Google Voice Search can now recognise the voice of individual users. This advance voice recognition service will only be available to users of Android version 2.2 or later. (more…)
Tags: audio, google, google voice, search, voice
Posted in google, Technology | No Comments »
Google Engage For Agencies
Thursday, 16th December 2010It had been reported earlier that Google would be changing the support system which they offer their AdWords clients. (more…)
Posted in google, marketing | No Comments »
Google Chrome Notebook
Wednesday, 15th December 2010Google has now launched the first version of their new Chrome OS Notebook. It is called Cr-48. (more…)
Posted in google | No Comments »
Could TrueView Ads Be YouTube’s Saviour?
Tuesday, 14th December 2010Google’s struggle to monetise YouTube on the same scale as it has monetised search has been well documented. They recently announced a new ad format, called TrueView Video Ads, which could be the answer they’ve been looking for all along. (more…)
Tags: advertising, mobile advertising, search, video, youtube
Posted in video | 1 Comment »
U.S. Could Force Opt-Out For Ad Tracking
Monday, 13th December 2010After a recent review of online advertising practices, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission recommended that Internet users should have a Do-Not-Track option available to let them opt out of online ad tracking. (more…)
Tags: ad, advertising, conversion-tracking
Posted in marketing | 3 Comments »
Google Website Optimiser Vulnerability Opens Sites To Hackers
Friday, 10th December 2010Users of Google Website Optimiser were sent an email this week from the Google engineering team regarding a serious security issue in Website Optimiser. (more…)
Tags: google, optimisation, pay per click, ppc, website
Posted in google | 2 Comments »
Yahoo! Considers Facebook A Bigger Threat Than Google
Wednesday, 8th December 2010While Yahoo! and Google have been known competitors for several years, Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz has made a fairly startling comment recently. (more…)
Tags: facebook, google, search engine marketing, yahoo
Posted in internet | No Comments »
Nexus S – Google’s Second Mobile Coming
Tuesday, 7th December 2010Google has just confirmed that they will shortly be launching the second Google phone called the Google Nexus S. This phone will run on Android 2.3 technology, also known as Gingerbread. (more…)
Tags: google, mobile, nexus, nexus one
Posted in google, mobile | 1 Comment »
Google About To Take On Amazon
Thursday, 2nd December 2010Earlier this year, news of a Google e-book store became public knowledge. The store was first expected to launch in early 2010, but was put off to June/July. Google has now confirmed through a report in the Wall Street Journal that they will launch the online book store, called Google Editions, before the end of the year in the U.S. and in early 2011 worldwide. (more…)
Tags: ebook, google
Posted in google | 1 Comment »
Mobile OS Usage Across The World
Wednesday, 1st December 2010Nokia’s Symbian OS and Apple’s iOS were recently found to be the mobile operating systems most commonly used to access the mobile Internet worldwide. Other operating systems, such as RIM by BlackBerry and Android, are also very popular in certain regions. (more…)
Tags: mobile, mobile web
Posted in internet, mobile | 1 Comment »
EU Launches Probe Into Alleged Google Abuses
Tuesday, 30th November 2010Following complaints from other search organizations the European Union has launched an antitrust probe against search giant, Google. (more…)
Tags: european-union, google, microsoft
Posted in google | 1 Comment »
YouTube Strikes Deal With French Artists
Friday, 26th November 2010Google has just announced that their video sharing site, YouTube, has signed a deal with three royalty collecting societies in France. (more…)
Tags: france, youtube
Posted in google | No Comments »
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