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SMX West: Universal Search Abides, Dude
The big thing in search brings more than text to searchers. Images and video figure in the universal search plans of the…
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The other side of Google's loss: Yahoo's gain
Reports issued by Citigroup and Bear Stearns based on information from comScore about paid clicks noted the flat January suffered by Google, as well as a pleasant surprise for Yahoo.
Sound Bites From The Comcast Hearing
Yesterday's FCC "hearing" to discuss Comcast's interference with BitTorrent traffic was more "dogpile on the cable shill." Comcast chose executive VP David Cohen as the bullet-catcher/gauntlet-runner/sacrificial lamb, and Verizon sent its own executive VP, Tom Tauke, presumably for moral support.
Office Open XML Booed By Google
We haven't yet reached the point at which somebody rhymes OOXML with "hell" and starts chanting. Yet Google's far from happy with Microsoft's submission of Office Open XML as an international standard, and has publicly said as much on its corporate blog.
Google Finance Asks For Feedback
We haven't yet been promised an update, much less a timeline or any specifics relating to its release. Still, users of Google Finance have been asked to fill out a rather long survey, and it looks like this is a chance for people to influence the service's future.
Google Talks Up AdWords And Analytics Seminars
The majority of Google-related developments take place in or near Mountain View. The company's now trying to spread the love, however, and over the next few months, will be holding AdWords and Analytics seminars in five different places.
