Google Thrives On Lack Of Advertising
Yahoo’s put out some amusing commercials, and we’ve had a good time making fun of Ask’s strange offerings. Yet in all of this, where is Google? The search giant almost doesn’t seem to believe in advertising.
Live Search Maps Gets Improved Interface
Microsoft shipped a new version of Windows Live Search Maps, one that comes with an all new, all better interface.
Google Docs Mobile Launches
Google Docs Mobile went live now, after traces of it were spotted a month ago. It’s a minimalist reformatting of the “Google Office suite" for cellphone display.
Anti-Gaming TechMeme – New PR Trend?
I’ve noticed that PR types are getting very astute with dealing with bloggers lately and getting their wares discussed on TechMeme.
Refer People to Amazon MP3s, Earn Money
Amazon recently launched their copyright-restriction-free MP3 download service AmazonMP3.com (with around 2 million songs, but available to US customers only).
Google Analytics Event Tracking, Site Search Reports…
Google announced that their server traffic tracker Analytics is starting to roll out a couple of new features in the coming weeks. Also – good timing – a new version of the desktop sibling to Analytics, Urchin, will be available.
Blip.tv Chosen By FYI To Host Shows
When Blip.tv showed up on For Your Imagination’s radar, it evidently looked like a rather appealing ally – the production company now intends to use Blip.tv as the primary host for its programming.
Beta Urchin Software, New Google Analytics Features
At the eMetrics Summit in D.C., Google unveiled some new features for Google Analytics, as well as a new version of its Urchin hosted wed analytics software.
First up, what’s new for Google Analytics: Head into your Analytics profile and enable “Site Search” (which is not currently available in my account), and the Content section of Analytics will show you the keywords people are using to find your site.
Google scared of Facebook? Puh-leeze
I have to say that until now I thought Josh Quittner was a pretty smart guy.
He was at Business 2.0 magazine for quite awhile, and was editor when the whole shebang went down in flames not too long ago, and was an early convert to the blogs-as-media idea after Om Malik left. But the piece he just wrote for Fortune about how Facebook “has Google running scared” is pathetic.
A Neutral Net Will Save The Watchdogs
Something is starkly wrong when diametrically opposed ideologues join hands in public to protest something else. That something wrong, in a nutshell: the government and communications companies working in concert to erode the freedoms that made our country great.