John Koetsier raised the prospect of Google’s Trends tool progressing from its very general utility to something more granular, namely something Google can sell to marketers.
MySpace Searchers Go To Google
Sites in the Hitwise search engines category receive 4.7 percent of their traffic from MySpace, and that could indicate potential futures for social networking sites.
MySpace Searches Down Under, Finds Google
While News Corp.-owned MySpace.com courts major search engines to expand its advertising offerings through search marketing, it is also looking to expand its Australian base to better target its 800,000 Aussie members.
Genericide Watch: Is Google At Risk?
It’s much too late, if those in charge of protecting Google’s brand are honest, to extract “to google” from the English language (a googlectomy?). But perhaps Google has conquered the feared genericide of its trademark, emerging as the literary god-man hero among Kleenex boxes, Rollerblades and Xerox machines.
Google Selling Video Ads On The Web
The click-to-play video advertisements go on sale beginning today, and will be available to advertisers in the US, Canada, and Japan at launch. Visitors to sites in Google’s network of AdWords publishers will have complete control over the video ad experience…
Google/MSN Eyeballing MySpace
The obligatory search share report (if you can’t wait, Google increases its lead for the ninth straight time) came in with the usual top five. But sixth place is where it gets interesting. MySpace.com, according to comScore Networks’ April report, brought in 0.6 percent.
Google News Punting Conservatives
The NewsBusters website has reported on another instance of a website being booted from the sources used by Google News.
Google Click Fraud Settlement Update
The $90 million agreement negotiated to end a lawsuit by Arkansas-based Lane’s Gifts and Collectibles has progressed to court approval of the preliminary settlement.
Google Secrecy A Blessing And Curse
Other than the legally mandated SEC filings, only the very top of the Google leadership knows just how the company operates. The LA Times delivered the most apt commentary on Google…
Google: The Buddha of the Internet Age
A nice soundbite from an observer of the Google Zeitgeist Europe conference taking place in the UK today: