Market share for Google search virtually reached 66 percent for the month of December 2007, while the next three major search sites gave back a little bit.
Google Not Following its Own Paid Link Rules
One of the more entertaining aspects of the entire paid links debate is Google is pretty quick to dole out the punishment, even though in many cases they haven’t taken the time to get their own house in order.
Google Indexing Sites in 1 Day Again
I created a new site on Friday, and by Saturday exactly 24 hours later it was in Google’s Index. I posted about this just over a month ago in my post, 7 Steps to Get Your New Site Indexed in 24 Hours. I had a lot of comments about whether or not Adwords was necessary, so I thought I’d try it again without running Adwords this time. Here’s how it all played out:
Google Maps Partners with Magellan on GPS
Barely one day in advance of the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show opening in Las Vegas this week, Magellan issued a press release about their next generation of GPS navigation devices, highlighting how they will come integrated with Google Maps to provide local search capabilities.
Google Looking to Recognize Text in Images
Information Week has reported that in June of 07 Google filed a patent application, which has just become available, outlining a “method of optical character recognition in digital images.” The application seems to cover both static images as well as video. The ability to do this could radically change a number of existing Google services as well as again change the way the Internet marketing world interacts with images and video.
Google Tests AdWords Product Listings
Google appears to be testing a new AdWords feature that allows searchers to see product listings along with the sponsored results. Beneath a Google Checkout button, a plus sign appears that expands to show product photos and prices on the search results page.Right now the test appears limited to larger vendors using Google Checkout.
Hospitals Could Google For Superbug Movement
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) poses a deadly threat to people, especially hospital patients. One effort to track infections in a facility would utilize Google’s PageRank algorithm to do so.
Sheldon Goldberg Sues Google, Yahoo, Etc.
If you’ve ever played a card game on your computer, then, according to Sheldon Goldberg, you may have Sheldon Goldberg to thank for it. Goldberg holds a patent titled "Method and system for playing games on a network," and is now suing companies like AOL, Yahoo, and Google over what he seems to consider his property.
Google Negotiating with Newspaper Publishers
Google already commands the market of Internet advertising, but now the search giant’s appetite seems to be getting bigger by the day. Google’s holding negotiations with several newspaper publishers and cooking up a deal to allow its online advertisers to purchase print space in the newspapers. This move has been a cause for anxiety for many competing media companies such as ITV, who’s chairman Michael Grade has been lobbying to reign in the big giant.
Chat with Google Translation Bot
If you need to translate to another language and occasionally need help on a word there is a new feature in Gmail Chat that you may find helpful. You can find more details in a Googletalk blog post by Jonas Lindberg and there are more details on the blog of Rich Tehrani.