More Experiments Join Gmail Labs
A little over four months have gone by since Google launched Gmail Labs, and the company is now revisiting its collection of 13 experiments. Or, to be more accurate, adding to it, with three new features.
AOL Opening Up To Third-Party Content
AOL has introduced a new feature on its homepage that allows users to access multiple email services from third parties.The company says it is revamping AOL.com to offer users more choice and customization in an effort to attract more traffic.
Video Search Gets Serious
Word on the street is that video search is about to get a huge upgrade, courtesy of a new site called VideoSurf. Video search has been a tough nut to crack for even the likes of Google, with relevancy problems plaguing pretty much every video search engine around.
NBC Decides Not to Miss Out On the Apple Pie
You can tell that NBC Universal (NBC U) really appreciates the opportunities that the Internet can present them with.
Yahoo! Rolls Out Search Index Update
A lot of people seem to be seeing an increase in traffic coming from Yahoo! if this thread at WebmasterWorld is any indication. Some credit this to a September update to Yahoo!’s Search Index, and sure enough, today Yahoo! announced just that. Sharad Verma at the Yahoo! Search Blog says:
Health Information Sites See Rapid Growth
Online health information sites have grown 21 percent as a category in the past year, more than four times the growth rate of the entire U.S. Internet population according to a new study from comScore.WebMD Health continues to be in the top position of the category with 17.3 million visitors in July, up three percent over a year ago. Three other health networks increased the overall growth of the category, each pulling in more than ten million visitors.
No Apparent Stopping Point For Google
If this were anywhere other than the Land of the Free we could take bets on how long it takes Google to grab 75 percent of the search market. What are we lookin’ at here, December? What are the odds Google grabs 80 percent by next August? Wait before you wager, there are new numbers in.
Google Barges Into the Ocean
Google’s quest for global domination organization is taking a step further as it moves out into the ocean. Yes, Google intends to have a presence not only in outer space, but in the sea as well.
The News Revolution Started Yesterday
Extinction probably isn’t the right word when it comes to assessing the state of journalism; evolution or revolution might be closer. Yesterday, Internet giants like Google and Yahoo, among others, announced enough traditional news media partnerships (and one citizen journalist partnership) that the volume of them became newsworthy itself.
Schmidt Aims Algorithms At Energy Crisis
Green is the new black; math is the new cool; and Google CEO Eric Schmidt has some formulas for increasing energy efficiency, job creation, money saving, and how the Internet will fend off global warming. Sound far-fetched? Schmidt says, “It’s just a math problem.”