Ever since Google’s widely publicized acquisition of YouTube, video enthusiasts have been chomping at the bit to see how the search giant would integrate the video-sharing site into the framework of its proprietary services. It appears that Google has chosen Orkut for its first YouTube mashup.
Get Your Google Search Position in C#
If you want to test your position in Google for a certain search term, you can do so by using the Google website. By position I don’t mean Page Rank, but the actual place in the search results.
Google News: There Is No News
At Murdok, we try to write about important and interesting things, but groundbreaking developments simply don’t occur every day. There are times, even, when it seems like there’s nothing to report. Google News is apparently experiencing a similar problem – earlier today, the site was entirely devoid of stories.
Google Aggressive In N.C. Negotiations
Google recently announced plans to open a brand new server facility in North Carolina, a move expected to inject new life into the local and regional economy. The company’s negotiating tactics, however, are now coming under scrutiny as state documents from the proceedings are now becoming available.
Australia Hearts Google
Finally Microsoft gets to snicker at Google a little. Both companies planned Sydney flyovers for Australia Day to snag aerial snapshots of Australians doing Australian things. But due to a miscommunication between Google and Sydney air traffic controllers, the search company ended up a bit late to the prom.
Yahoo Has More Staying Power Than Google
Much criticism has been heaped upon Yahoo as the company continues to lag far behind Google in terms of search market share. Those critics, however, might be surprised to find out that Yahoo users actually spend more time on site than those who frequent Google’s online offerings.
Google Germany Loses Rights To “Gmail”
In the U.S., “Gmail” is synonymous with “Google.” It looks like things are going to play out differently in Germany, however. The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) ruled today that Google can’t use the term.
Google Australian Flyover Hits Snags
Google had announced that it would be flying over parts of Australia on Australia Day, last week Friday, in order to take photos for Google Earth and Google Maps (Microsoft was doing it, too). Australians were excites, with people planning to build giant signs and write words on the ground, or just wave at the sky, in order to live on for a while in Google’s maps of the country.
Yahoo Miles Above Google for Retention
An interesting, albeit controversial, set of statistics was provided by Compete.com last week outlining the top 20 online properties that a pool of 2,000,000 people spent the most time on in December 2006.
Google Beats Estimates: Pulls $3.21 Billion
So Google’s a money making machine. We knew that already. We didn’t know, though we could have predicted based on the previous two quarters, how much Google would beat estimates this time around.