Facebook gaining on YouTube in web video
June 7, 2010
Facebook is growing faster than Google’s YouTube as a place to watch videos, Bloomberg reports.
Why Google Buzz matters
February 9, 2010
Lots of chatter online about Google launching its new Buzz product and what it might mean for Facebook and Twitter. Mashable says Buzz needs Facebook integration to succeed. ReadWriteWeb points out that Google already has the user base and a strong integration with Google Maps, and suggests it could be the mainstream’s “geo-social network.”
Parody Google ad: Is Tiger feeling lucky?
February 8, 2010
As Tiger Woods recovers from a car accident and contends with reports of philandering, Slate V imagines what the golfing great might be typing into that familiar white search bar.
Using Google Wave to engage a news audience
January 7, 2010
“Many people are still trying to figure out what to do with Google Wave technology. Not the folks at the Chicago Tribune’s RedEye. Every weekday at 10:30am CST, the RedEye blog dedicates 30 minutes to a live public Wave on trendy news topics.” – Hilary Fosdal, who is the Interactive Content Manager for Barrington Broadcasting in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
Google CEO on the future of newspapers
May 21, 2009
Eric Schmidt, chairman and chief executive of Google, discussed the future of newspapers, developing online advertising and antitrust issues with The Financial Times. Read more »
Google News has new Twitter feed
April 27, 2009
Feed was launched April 21 and sends out one headline an hour. @googlenews
Track swine flu news with Twitter, Google Maps
April 26, 2009
Here are some ways to monitor the latest news online about swine flu using Twitter and Google Maps Read more »
Google News Timeline
April 21, 2009
New and very cool: “Google News Timeline is a web application that organizes search results chronologically. It allows users to view news and other data sources on a browsable, graphical timeline. Available data sources include recent and historical news, scanned newspapers and magazines, blog posts, sports scores, and information about various types of media, like music albums and movies.”
Basic Search Engine Optimization tips
April 17, 2009
A great easy-to-understand visual guide to SEO. Read more »
Bypass Google with Address Bar Searching
April 14, 2009
Steve Rubel says, “Several sites… are now looking to snatch their traffic back from Google by letting consumers easily execute searches from and curate content on the fly, all from the address bar. Three such sites include AOL’s newly relaunched Love.com, ESPN and IceRocket. The goal is to make it easy to search from the address bar by tacking on a word to the domain.”
