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.
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.
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.
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.
Segmentation in Google Analytics for WordPress Readers
One of the things I’ve been wanting to do for a while seems to be finally nearing completion. Google Analytics allows you to segment users into custom segments, and there’s one segment I’ve been aching for.
Mountain View Mayor Defends Google
Laura Macias, mayor of Mountain View, California, where Google is based, disagrees that Google isn’t a "model citizen," as portrayed in an article published by the Los Angeles Times. In fact, things sound downright peachy.
Google’s Paid Search vs. Organic Results – A Rickety Wall of Separation
"Chinese Wall – The ethical (not physical) barrier between different divisions of a financial (or other) institution to avoid conflict of interest…" Investopedia.com "While Google never sells better ranking in our search results, several other search engines combine pay-per-click or pay-for-inclusion results with their regular web search results." Google’s Webmaster Help Center FAQ
Is Google’s YouTube Antipiracy Tool Enough?
Google has finally unveiled their copyright protection system for YouTube. The reactions have been mixed.
New Google Reader Stats
While the new google reader stats are a neat idea, Mashable comes up with a hugely researched piece on why the new Google stats are not entirely accurate. With enough supporting information to make you wonder just how accurate any web based reading system can be against the logs that the server itself is generating.