Shortly after the Google video search feature was launched, company co-founder Larry Page issued a request for people to submit their personal videos, which Google would then catalog and make searchable. Apparently, the response to Page’s appeal was considerable because Google is launching a video playback service that will allow users to access this content, considering they know how to query Google’s database.
VCs Cashed In Big On Google Stock
Greg Linden pointed me to Bill Burnham’s excellent accounting of the amount of money the two venture capital firms that funded Google in its early days, Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia, earned off the mega-billions Google IPO. Suffice to say, they made out like bandits, earning roughly $4.5 billion and $4.7 billion, respectively.
Google And Univision Focusing On Spanish Search Marketing
As more and more Hispanic users gravitate to the Internet and all that it offers, their exposure to search engines and the marketing associated with them increases as well. However, is there sufficient Spanish language support to provide these users with a seamless Internet shopping experience? Probably not…
The Google Video Viewer Is Here
Download it. 1.1 megabytes, Windows 2000 or higher, Firefox 1.0 or IE 5.0 or higher. If you’d like, get the source code.
Find Me Some Google Videos
The search is on for good videos through the now living-up-to-some-of-its-potential Google Video Search. So, what have you found so far?
Different Uses For The Upcoming Google Wallet
Is Google targeting eBay and PayPal? That is exactly what people thought when news of Google’s payment service was leaked. In today’s Murdok, we feature a couple of stories that take a look at the possible uses and implications for Google’s upcoming e-wallet.
Google Secrets Revealed
A patent application from the Mountain View-based search engine company gives some insight into its PageRank technology.
Google Wallet to Fatten Google’s Wallet
This week, Google leaked information about another very smart thing they’ve done. Google is about to introduce an online payment system to help facilitate e-commerce.
Adult Industry Offers Additional Uses For Google Wallet
Ever since news about Google’s upcoming payment service broke, there have been many who have speculated about the different uses and purposes of the “Google Wallet”.
Google vs. PayPal: Is a Battle for the Title of ‘The Online Payment System’ Pending?
The Wall Street Journal broke the news on Friday that they had received information from sources “in the know” about Google, Inc.’s plans to create an online payment system -possibly named “Google Wallet”- to rival that of current online payment leader PayPal, a service of online auctioneer giant eBay, Inc.