Since misunderstandings occur so frequently between just two or three people, it’s possible to appreciate how a much larger group could get mixed up. Still, when that larger group is Google, and the mix-up involves Google Video, YouTube, and a copyrighted film that has yet to be released, somebody’s bound to get angry.
Google vs. eBay: Round 6?
Here’s the blow-by-blow so far:
2006: eBay owns PayPal. Google starts Google Checkout (June 2006). eBay bans Google Checkout (July 2006).
Google: From Direct Marketing to Branded Ads
Ad Relevancy & Quality Scores
Google has again and again touted the value of their targeted marketing, but most of the fortune 500 ad dollars are not spent on targeted marketing. A couple weeks ago in a WebmasterWorld thread many advertisers complained about getting killed by another quality score update.
Google Has (More) Secret Public Meetings
Google has historically been pretty secretive about what the company is working on – that’s typical in the corporate world as it keeps competitors in the dark. But more interesting than that are Google’s Not-So-Secret-Secret-Meetings with hundreds of attendees agreeing not say anything about what they heard.
Google Files Net Neutrality Pleas With FCC
While the world seems to be waking up to a larger, more powerful Google than they anticipated, the company’s heft can work to the consumer’s advantage, especially in matters of government influence (da gov’ment does seem to prefer corporations over its citizens). On Friday, Google filed 47 pages worth of comments with the FCC about Net Neutrality.
Google Unveils Public Policy Blog
With the new Google Public Policy Blog, transparency’s the name of the game; Googlers will explain the company’s position on issues that could affect us all.
Is Google Replacing Affiliates With Big Brand Spenders?
Google’s search for utmost relevancy is hitting affiliate marketers hard, who are noticing their best converters diminishing as keyword prices raise. Relevancy has been the company’s buzzword, but critics say it’s more about the Almighty Coin (pr. Kwan).
Top 10 Reasons Vanessa Fox Left Google
Well, the search marketing industry was mildly rocked this week by the news that the much-beloved Vanessa Fox will be leaving Google where she was something of a maven, spokesperson, and technical evangelista for some years. The news has left me rather verklempt!
Openads Set To Take On Google?
As I’m writing this, Google has a market capitalization of $156.66 billion, a company called Openads just received $5 million in funding, and some observers are pitting the two companies against one another. But this concept isn’t as nutty as it might seem.
Google Wants Your Medical Somatoformatic Info
It may have never occurred to you what the doctor’s doing the whole time you’re half-naked in a paper gown sitting on a paper sheet and reading the laminated diagram of the inner ear hanging on the wall, but there’s a good chance he’s looking up what you think he should know off the top of his head.