In an effort to spread some holiday cheer and perhaps some more Google Mobile use, Google is posting a number of holiday video tips for using the Google Mobile service. For instance, here are a couple of mildly amusing videos of Santa using Google Mobile to figure out how to give himself the Heimlich maneuver after he begins to choke, and finding a locksmith when he can’t gain entrance into someone’s home. For some reason, he’s delivering presents in the middle of the day.
Web Security Google Style
Tim Johnson of the Google Enterprise Team has posted a look into Google’s Web Security product today, including a video that talks about the differences between web filtering and web security. The video looks like a UPS commercial, and is easy to follow for the non-tech crowd.
Google Rolls Out AdWords To iPhone, G1
Google said today that AdWords will now be available on the iPhone and on the T-Mobile G1 along with other mobile devices that have full HTML browsers.
Google’s Ads Per Keyword Output In High Gear
While interpretations of its activity may vary, a new report indicates that Google’s been inarguably busy. On an international level, the search giant’s ramped things up in a somewhat unprecedented manner, tossing out roughly 38 percent more ads per keyword in November than either Yahoo or Microsoft.
Is Google Search Ranking Dead?
Is the traditional Google search ranking system becoming obsolete? The evolution of search, challenges faced, and how businesses are adapting.
Is Google Sexist?
In the movie version of the TV cartoon South Park, the boys ask Chef how to make women happy. Without thinking about to whom he’s talking, Chef tells them the secret, and the boys go off in search of it. If they’d searched on Google with strict safe filtering, though, they’d never have found it, an anticlimactic event to which many women might sniff and respond, “typical!”
Google Buys PaperOfRecord Newspaper Archive
On March 23, 1752, the Halifax Gazette told the story of a tragic romance. The author of the short narrative named neither subject, referring only to them as the Officer and the Lady. A short time after they married, the Officer scolded the Lady for being late for dinner, whereupon she downed a bottle of […]
Google Reader Interface Improved
Google Reader has undergone some changes. The objective seems to have been to simplify things and give the whole thing a cleaner look and feel. While I’m sure the changes will still receive their share of critics, I for one am generally pleased with the update. Let’s take a look at the changes. First off, if you can’t find something that is supposed to be there:
Google Launches Friend Connect After Months of Waiting
It has been quite the day for connecting. Not only did Facebook unleash Facebook Connect on the world, but Google has also now made Google Friend Connect available (in beta) as well.
Google Blog Search Indexing Content Differently
Google Blog Search has undergone some changes in how it indexes content. Before, it indexed content from RSS feeds, but now it is going for full content from pages.