On the BAE Systems website, there are three “Top News” items. One involves the “world’s most advanced warship.” Another mentions the “first lightweight RPG protection kits” for a certain type of Army vehicle. The last “Top News” item refers to Google.
Extra, Extra, Google Expands Print Ads
Google will attempt to breathe life into the dying newspaper world as it expands a Print Ads initiative to more than 15^2 newspapers.
Google Goofs Up “Bourne,” Threadless Contests?
Google’s “Bourne Ultimatum” and Threadless t-shirt contests both looked like fun – and potentially rewarding – activities, but they’ve (so far) failed to impress. The Bourne site is suffering from a number of technical problems; the Threadless competition appears to have outlawed a perfectly natural course of action.
Google-less Sharogle May Go On
Imagine if Google paid $1 for every search you performed – pretty cool, right? Now, Sharogle couldn’t afford nearly that rate, but it was, by all accounts, “a search engine that shares its revenue with users.” Emphasis on “was” – Google pulled its ads from the site, and Sharogle now faces an uncertain future.
Google Gets No Mention On Top Brands List
It’s somewhat surprising that this is Coca Cola’s first number one spot on Harris’s "Best Brands" poll, considering the amount of money the company spends on branding and the subsequent associations branding has built in the consumer mind.
Google Expands Print Ads
Google said today it would expand its Google Print Ads advertising initiative. The program launched in November 2006 with a test of 50 newspapers and a small group of advertisers.
Google, DoubleClick Cast As Net Neutrality Fight
Sparks fly as Scott Cleland, president of Precursor Group and chairman of anti-net neutrality organization Netcompetition.org, receives the criticism he fully expected in assessing the likelihood of the Google offer for DoubleClick being blocked.
Google Finance Wants Your Opinion
The Google Finance group plans to take an active role in answering questions on its blog, but only for a couple of days.
Google Offers Search For Small Businesses
Google has launched Google Custom Search Business Edition, which is focused on small businesses who want to add Google search to their Web sites.
Google Maps Gets Used For Oracle’s Field Service
The word “oracle” has a number of definitions, and they generally relate to knowledge provided by one or more deities – this would, in theory, be some solid intel.
But the Oracle company has recently turned to Google in order to get people on the correct path.