Google Creep Exemplified in Stats: Royal Pingdom
Royal Pingdom has assembled stats from various Web researchers charting Google's dominance across the Web, from search, to mobile and other digital content. Google Creep is in full throttle.
Google Creep
October 22, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010 2:21 PM/EST
June 22, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 12:59 PM/EST
Google Music Service Is a Me, Too Proposition to Boost Android
The Wall Street Journal says Google is working on a music service. With Apple iTunes setting the stage, this feels like a me, too, and therefore a bad idea. Then again, can Google afford not to offer a comparable offering for Android smartphones?
April 21, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 12:01 AM/EST
Watchdog Wants Google's Head as Google's Lobbying Spend Jumps 57%
Google increased its lobbying spending in the first quarter by 57 percent over the first quarter 2009, shelling out $1.3 million on network neutrality and the fight against censorship in China and other countries. Meanwhile, Consumer Watchdog plans to ask the government to break Google up. Seriously!
April 6, 2010
Tuesday, April 06, 2010 4:00 PM/EST
Why Google Is So Tough on the Competition
Google Commerce Search is another example of Google's cloud computing clout. Google Enterprise Search chief Nitin Mangtani set up a Commerce Search engine for partner Best Buy on my Lenovo laptop in about 5 minutes, a testament to Google's cloud power and the growing Google Creep model.
March 22, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010 9:20 AM/EST
Google Gulps a Lot of Data, So Why Shouldn't It Be Your ISP?
Arbor Networks has determined that Google contributes somewhere between 6 to 10 percent of all Internet traffic worldwide. That's part of why Google is big enough to be an Internet service provider. Google broadband will be cheaper, better and, if the FCC and others support it, the gatekeeper for this digital decade. It's Google's world, and we're just living in it.
March 16, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:19 AM/EST
Google Creep Exemplified in Hungry Beast Video
This video from Australian ABC show Hungry Beast strips aside the details and nuances and boils down the essence of Google as a Big Brother figure. This sort of video, which Google supporters will label propaganda, will likely be an evidence point in antitrust cases going forward.
March 9, 2010
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 10:56 AM/EST
Google Could Use Cisco's CSR-3 to Propel Its Broadband Network
Google is soliciting help from U.S. communities to build ultrahigh-speed broadband networks that zip 1G bit of data per second to users' computers. Cisco Systems' new CRS-3 router sounds like it could provide the backbone for such a service.
February 25, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010 9:21 AM/EST
Google Surfaces Facebook Pages in Real-Time
Google tweeted Feb. 24 that public status updates posted to Facebook Pages are now part of Google's real-time search results. What does all of this real-time minutiae mean? Depends on who is answering the question.
Search Engine News
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- Google Facing Investigation Over Safari Privacy Issue: Report
- Google Search Is Undergoing Major Revamp
- Google, Microsoft Search Engines Retained Share in February: comScore
- Google Search Remains Popular, but Users Worry About Privacy: Pew
- Yahoo Smacks Facebook With Patent-Infringement Claims
- Google to Pass Facebook in Display Ads in 2013: eMarketer
- Google TV Voice Search Patents Seem Like Siri
- Google Buys Cuil Search Patent Applications
- Yandex Taps Twitter Firehose for Real-Time Search
