Google apparently wants to dominate the social media as well as search, ads, the airwaves and, well, the world as we know it.
Google Is Good At Marketing
Search is so consolidated that it is uncomfortable being an SEO. If Google decides to profile you or kill your sites there is not much you can do, especially because Yahoo! and Microsoft are losing marketshare month after month. Why are Yahoo! and Microsoft losing marketshare? Their bad marketing coupled with Google’s good marketing:
Twas The Night Before Google
‘Twas the night before Google, when all through the web, Not a spider was crawling, not even MSN; The websites were hosted on servers with care, In hopes that one Googlebot soon would be there; My pages were organized all usable and light, While visions of traffic danced in my sights; Reading client requests, and wearing my cap, It’s time to settle down to build that image map,
Google Offers Festivus For Webmasterus
On Google Webmaster Central Blog and in the post titled "A Festivus for our webmasterus." Google says "If it’s good enough for the Costanzas, it’s good enough for Webmaster Central: it’s time for a Festivus for the rest of us (webmasterus)!"
Google, eBay Play Netball
If you want to discuss the business aspects of two major corporations, this article’s not for you. We’re here to talk about netball and fundraising, since Google and eBay recently faced off in a game benefiting the RSPCA.
Google Gives Love To Europe, Open Standards
A couple of days after showing how deep their affection is for users finding the right privacy features in Google products, the company acknowledged the European Union for its acceptance of open standards.
Google’s End of the Year Zeitgeist
If you’re wondering what was popular in 2007, check out Google’s Zeitgeist for the year, where they list the fastest rising searches of the past 12 months.
Google’s Behavioral Targeting the new Dinnertime Telemarketer?
I dunno. Lately I’m finding that if I notice that I’m still logged into Google that I rush to sign out. It just creeps me out to know that everywhere I go on the web if I’m signed in, Google is following me.
EU Worried About Privacy With Google, DoubleClick
European Commission regulators reviewing the Google-DoubleClick deal have heard concerns from a consumer group about data privacy worries.
Google Changes Its Mind About Money-Back SEO
Business makes strange bedfellows. Just in time for the FTC to approve Google’s acquisition of DoubleClick, and with it an SEO firm called Performics, the company has changed its tune a bit about how to deal with SEO companies.For the longest time, Google advised webmasters to be wary of SEO companies, and put up this warning at the Webmaster Help Center: