Google Knol, the Googley competition for Wikipedia, was announced with some fanfare and really seemed like a great idea. The ‘knol’ stands for “Knowledge”, and articles are written by people who verify their identities and presumably have some knowledge … Continue reading
This just in from the Google click advertising confusion department. It appears Google is severely throttling the number of clicks they allow to publishers for the key terms “Barack Obama” and “John McCain”. I don’t understand why they’d do this … Continue reading
Google is helping to monetize interenet search misspellings, a technique that is estimated to make them 32-50 million per year. It has also brought them a lawsuit from Edelman, the massive advertising consultancy who has no less than Wal-Mart as … Continue reading
A new study suggests Googling is good for your health. Mental brainpower health that is. Researchers measured brain activity in online searchers and noted that it was much higher when people were using search engines. More about why YOU are … Continue reading
Here is a great early review by Walt Mossberg on the new Google phone. His initial take seemed to be that it’s not as stylish as the iPhone or as good with media, but the keyboard and interface are nice … Continue reading
The widely anticipated debut of the Google Smart Phone is today. The phone will be made my HTC, sold by TMobile, and run by Android the open source operating system. Offering free email service to all subscribers, It appears Google and Tmobile are going after the … Continue reading
Matt Cutts at the Google Dance Originally uploaded by JoeDuck It’s always great to get a chance to talk to Matt Cutts at search conferences though I didn’t have any good complicated search questions to bug him about this year. … Continue reading
Update: Google Chrome is now available. I’m only starting to test it but it seems very, very fast, intuitive, and impressive. ——– earlier ———– Google will soon launch an internet browser in what promises to be one of the most … Continue reading
Early reports are suggesting that the Android operating system will be very “developer friendly”. Android is promoted and supported by Google for the crop of new phones coming this fall. The OS will be very open for developers and … Continue reading
The Android Guys are reporting on the design of the Google Phone from T Mobile and it’s looking pretty impressive. They also link to a spec sheet showing the phone will have a sizeable screen, pull out keyboard, 3 megapixel … Continue reading
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