The weather can cause a lot of headaches, and due to its questionable reliability, a new weather-related update to Google Earth might also become a source of frustration. But with options like “Clouds,” “Radar,” and “Conditions and Forecasts,” the update’s cool factor is likely to outweigh any complaints.
Google’s Prices Not A Problem
A lot of people feel that, as its rising stock price and market share seem to show, Google’s bulletproof. One possible problem with this outlook rested with the cost of Google’s keywords and what advertisers were getting in return. But now even those concerns are being laid to rest.
Google Nearly Ready With In-Game Advertising
You don’t need to worry about pixies hawking Diet Pepsi or having to watch action heroes put on Axe deodorant. Google intends to address ads in video games in a different way, and according to new reports, it intends to do so starting this month.
Ads Now Available Through Google, Clear Channel
Agreements are good and well, but it’s usually the results that count. And Google’s got results; thanks to its relationship with Clear Channel Communications, AdWords advertisers should now have access to over 1,700 radio stations.
Google Advanced Search Spam Poses Threat
A sample of a spam message making the rounds demonstrated how someone used a Google URL, with advanced search operators, to send people to a fake retail site. It could be much worse.
Google France Approaches 90 Percent Share
On the one hand, new data makes it surprising that Google doesn’t cater more to the French market. On the other hand, perhaps the search giant doesn’t need to – in France, it already has a market share of almost 90 percent.
Google Announces Android, Open Handset Alliance
Anyone who was still holding out for an antigravity/invisibility/teleportation device in the form of a forthcoming Gphone is in for a disappointment; Google has (re)confirmed that it will not be producing such a product. But Google did discuss some other mobile plans that it feels are quite important.
IAC Extends Google Search Ad Deal
Barry Diller isn’t ready to say goodbye to Google, unlike the four IAC properties that will be spun off by the organization.
Google Finally Announcing Cell Phone Project Today
UPDATE: The announcement is now confirmed, please see below.
Enabling Google Analytics Site Search
You can now log-in to your Google Analytics account to start enabling the new Site Search feature for a site of yours.