First MySpace announced data portability, then Facebook announced Connect, and now Google has Friend Connect. Each is making it easier to share profile information from one social networking site to other web sites (and hoping to be place you go to do that).
Google Sites Top U.S. Video Property
U.S. Internet users watched 11.5 billion online videos in March 2008, a 13 percent increase over February and a 64 percent boost over March of 2007 according to comScore Video Metrix.Google was again the top U.S. video property with more than 4.3 billion videos viewed (38% share of all videos) gaining 2.6 shares over the previous month. YouTube made up 98 percent of all videos viewed at Google Sites.
Google Previews Friend Connect
There is a trend emerging: online giants making it so users can take their social networks with them anywhere they go on the web, sort of like digital carpooling. Google threw in its offering today, or will tonight anyway, with Google Friend Connect, a wash-n-wear service for incorporating social networking into non-social-networking websites.
Google’s Safe Search Filters
Over the past few months, some webmasters have complained that images on their sites were wrongly nabbed by Google Images’ safe search feature. This means, of course, a significant reduction in audience size.
Google As Corporate Cop Creates Enemies
One, among many, things can be said about Google: The company has taken punches from some pretty powerful hitters and has not gone away. The drama that has played out over the years has lived up to its hype and shows no sign of falling curtains. The drama will just get grander actually, as Google encroaches on the territories of more empires.
Schmidt Says Google Founders Are Adults
Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt says the Google founders have grown up."The boys have grown up," Schmidt said at a news conference before the company’s annual meeting referring to founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
Google, News Corp Might Be Bidding On Blinkx
A word here, a number there . . . nothing remotely solid has been established, but rumors that Google and/or News Corp bid on video search engine Blinkx were enough to send the company’s stock up 53 percent today.
Google Web Security For Enterprise Launches
Employees can’t work well when their computers are infected with various sorts of malware. Employees won’t work well when they’re looking at naked people or other not-really-work-related content. And so the new Google Web Security for Enterprise service aims to fix both issues.
Google Image Search Meeting Image Ads
Display advertising, where Google does not shine as brightly as it does in search ads, could be coming to the image searching side of the site.
Google, Viacom Draw Lines In YouTube Suit
Google needs to fight off Viacom or get the suit dropped if they hope to withstand other potential lawsuits against the YouTube video sharing service over copyright infringement.