Google Health Gets Wellness Tracker, Personalization
Google Health launched more than two years ago and not much seems to be happening on that front. However, the health portal just got a redesign with more personalization.
Failure to Launch
September 16, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010 10:08 AM/EST
June 2, 2010
Wednesday, June 02, 2010 12:06 AM/EST
Google Health Is Alive and, Er, Well
Chilmark Research analyst John Moore said Google Health is in stasis. If Google and my source are to be believed, Google Health is feeling fine. It just needs time to grow. Lacking any info to the contrary, we Google Watchers will have to wait and see.
March 4, 2010
Thursday, March 04, 2010 7:32 AM/EST
Google Cans SearchWiki for Starred Search Results
Google March 3 said it is replacing its little-used SearchWiki feature with stars, little star-shaped buttons next to search results that users can click to mark favorite Web pages. SearchWiki, which while great in intent, was poorly executed, as the lack of widespread adoption indicated.
March 23, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009 10:07 AM/EST
Microsoft Losing More Ground in Search?
Microsoft is closing its adCenter analytics beta. The adCenter community blog is trying to put on a brave face, but this has to be considered a gigantic failure and a huge win for Google and Omniture. The insights you've contributed...
January 21, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 10:17 AM/EST
Google Gives Up on Print Ads... What Goes Next?
Google yesterday put the kibosh on its two-year-old program to sell ads in newspapers such as The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune and The San Jose Mercury News. Print advertising has been on the decline for years, gouged by online advertising. We're in a recession that is only worsening. Is anyone surprised that a Web services giant would excise a marginally important ad program?
December 24, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008 5:31 AM/EST
Android Aside, Google Proves Frugal for This Who's Christmas
Google has proven quite frugal, making it a cinch for the Grinch. Perhaps expectations were set too high given the weak climate, but other than making sure Android appeared on mobile phones, Google failed to meet expectations for YouTube, OpenSocial, data privacy and other key areas.
December 19, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008 2:43 PM/EST
Failure to Launch: Google Research Datasets
Research Datasets is the third Google project to get 86ed in the latter months of 2008, following the closure of its SearchMash search results test and the abandonment of its Lively virtual reality program. Google's data centers are clearly getting a tad lighter. What other projects do you envision Google cutting in 2009?
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