eWeek’s Steve Bryant wondered what Google’s homepage would look like if it looked more like Yahoo’s. The purists look at him like they’re smelling onions, but others look at it and think it’s not such a bad idea.
What if Google Looked like Yahoo?
Steve Bryant went and basically redesigned the Yahoo homepage as if it were created by Google filled with Google services, and instead of being a jab at either company, it looks great.
UK Newspapers Dress To Please (Google)
Although certain Belgian news associations have tried to distance themselves from Google, British newspapers are taking the opposite approach. Some have bought search terms in order to “up” their exposure; others have attempted to optimize their websites and their articles according to the search engine’s preferences.
Google Earth 4 Out Of Beta
The fourth incarnation of Google Earth was released this week with some interesting new features being heralded by enthusiasts. A new 3D building layer has been added in answer to Microsoft’s Virtual Earth 3D beta.
CBS And Google Ready Radio Deal
A big test for Google’s dMarc purchase could be announced very soon, with Google providing up to ten percent of CBS Radio’s ad inventory.
Google Offers Free Real-time Stock Quotes
Recent upgrades and enhanced design features implemented within Google Finance have analysts wondering if Google can close the financial services gap and catch up to Yahoo as a comprehensive market resource.
Google Becomes Buddies With Friendster
Google has been successful in many different, almost unrelated, endeavors, but one thing that it lacks is a popular social networking site. The search engine giant has, however, managed to establish an advertising deal with MySpace, and Friendster’s CEO recently indicated that Google made a similar arrangement with his company.
Redirecting Google Blog Search
One of the biggest threats to Google’s dominance will doubtfully be a competing search engine, at least for the time being… No, if you had to narrow it down, the biggest threat will probably come in the form of search result spam – the main reason Google’s engineers have paid so much lip-service to cleaning up their organic results.
Google Voted “Most Popular Brand” In Britain
According to the Millward Brown research consultancy, Google is Britain’s most popular brand. And while that accomplishment in impressive enough its own right, the search engine company achieved it while spending remarkably little money on advertising.
Yahoo!, Google Very Much A Part of Mobile Phone Hype
The early part of the New Year has been especially kind to the mobile phone industry in terms of positive buzz – culminating with yesterday’s Apple iPhone announcement that knocked the social media side of the web off its feet. Standing at the center of this social media storm (well, perhaps not in the middle, […]