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The word “mash-up” has certain connotations; the product may not be too polished, or it could be downright amateurish. The British Broadcasting…
Ok, so the New York Times doesn’t exactly get Google’s top algorithm execs to tell us how the search engine calculates search results, but they do get fresh insight as to how Google decides to update it’s technology. The article includes interviews with Amit Singhal, Matt Cutts and Udi Manber. Insights include details of Google’s internal system for evaluating search queries, called Debug.
The Search Marketing Expo opened in Seattle with a Q&A session with Google's Matt Cutts; it seems Matt came back from his vacation with mischief on his mind.
It looks like the Israel-based browser plug-in maker has taken some advice from last fall to heart, and made the information they can provide more easily accessible to users of local search.
Lobbyists work on behalf of all sorts of nasty causes - some people might not approve of oil companies and tobacco corporations, for example. But lobbyists also work on behalf of charitable organizations and the like. And now one more lobbyist works for Google.
Launching a site quickly around an idea to claim a first mover advantage is rapidly becoming a mantra for new Web 2.0 startup sites.
