Google Desktop For Linux Gets An Update

If it’s really the thought that counts, then users are likely to be grateful for an upgrade to Google Desktop for Linux.  But in terms of practicality, it appears that the search giant may have partially misdirected its efforts.

Are You Fatigued By Search?

Yahoo cited a study that found only 15 percent of searchers find what they want with the first search they perform.

Google Is Weak Because It Is Strong

Google's stock closed last week at $637.39, Wall Street thinks Google's third quarter earnings announcement may come in 50 cents higher per share than last quarter, the company gets two-thirds of the web searches and 40 percent of the ad revenue. They're screwed.

Don’t Call It A Killer

It took me maybe a year of writing on the Internet to understand that any new online business created in a space where similar formats existed would be labeled "[current leader] + killer" and that that was probably, in my grandmother's language, horse feathers.