Google, Apple Lead Internet Big Five
Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook and Amazon constitute the Internet Big Five, according to John Battelle. A chart shows how and why.
Google Strategy
January 9, 2012
Monday, January 09, 2012 12:01 AM/EST
June 27, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011 12:01 AM/EST
Google's Strategy to Be Everything to Everyone = FAIL
Google's effort to seek ad opportunities across dozens of Web services buckets makes it susceptible for a big fall... or is it FAIL?
April 8, 2011
Friday, April 08, 2011 12:01 AM/EST
Google's Page Can't Buy Social Love
Google CEO Larry Page is allegedly tethering employee bonuses to the company's social software performance. Google luck, Larry!
January 26, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 8:01 AM/EST
Google to Hire More Than 6,200 People in 2011
Google is hiring lots of people, more than 6,200 as it seeks to compete with Apple, Facebook and others in the online sector.
January 21, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011 12:01 AM/EST
Google Floating on Mobile Cloud in 2011
Google has its work cut out for it in reaching these goals this year, but it's on the right track. All trends point toward mobile.
January 13, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011 1:48 PM/EST
Google Hiring Mobile Payments Specialist with NFC Chops
In its future mobile commerce plans, will Google get a cut from the store proprietor the way Groupon gets a cut from coupons it hands out?
January 11, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 6:47 AM/EST
Google Hasn't Gotten Social Right: Marissa Mayer
Marissa Mayer, Google's new head of local products, admits the search engine hasn't gotten social right. How kind of her to admit the stunningly obvious truth!
January 3, 2011
Monday, January 03, 2011 12:01 AM/EST
What to Expect from Google in 2011
What do you expect from Google in 2011? Hopefully not for Google to announce it will become a phone carrier. Google can do a lot with what it has, but expect local and social search to be the core action items.
December 27, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010 12:01 AM/EST
Google and the Groupon Effect
Google has allegedly hired a cold-calling salesforce to push its Google Places local initiative. This apes Groupon and puts feet on the street for the Google Borg.
December 24, 2010
Friday, December 24, 2010 12:01 AM/EST
Google Should Leave Groupon Rivals Alone
There is talk that Google wants LivingSocial or BuywithMe after failing to buy Groupon. My advice, though unsolicited, is for Google to leave them alone and build it from scratch.
Search Engine News
- Google Signals First Day of Spring With Marimekko Doodles
- 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
