Archive for the 'misc' Category

Google Vs Yahoo: A Comparative Analysis

Saturday, October 15th, 2005

As the search engine wars heat up between Yahoo and Google it’s very interesting to note the similarities and differences between the two. Both companies are based in Silicon Valley California with only 5 miles separating the two of them. Google has approximately 3,021 employees where Yahoo employs 7,600.

As the search engine wars heat up […]

Google and Comcast to invest in AOL

Thursday, October 13th, 2005

Google and Comcast are reported to be in close discussions to buy a minority stake in AOL. This in the wake of the news that AOL and Microsoft’s plans at having a joint Instant Messenger system.

Google and Comcast would work together on the new deal that potentially sees Google’s search and email services partner with […]

Google Maps and Google Local Merge

Thursday, October 6th, 2005

Google announces the merge of two of its popular services, Google maps, and Google local search. This will help users find all the local and mapping information they need in one convienient location.

With the merge of Google Local and Google Maps, users can find their desired location, and everything close to it, all within one […]

Google vs. Taiwan

Tuesday, October 4th, 2005

Taiwan is asking Google to stop referring to the island as a province of China on Google maps.

BBC News reports that the foreign ministry of Taiwan is demanding that Google, and its Google maps correct its content to reflect the fact that Taiwan is an independant state, and not a province of China.
The foreign ministry […]

More Domains Registered to Google

Thursday, September 29th, 2005

Google has a lot of domains. Sometimes they are so crazy and out there, we have absolutely no idea what they are about, or could be used for! Except maybe for some secret new projects with new partner NASA!

We recently ran a post about some very interesting Google domains that were either registered by Google, […]

Google is building a campus at NASA!

Wednesday, September 28th, 2005

Google and NASA will make a major announcement during a news conference scheduled at 4:30 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005 with NASA Ames Research Center Director G. Scott Hubbard, and Dr. Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google Inc.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Google is expected to build a 1 million square foot complex […]

Google tunes into TV

Thursday, September 22nd, 2005

The whole world of search technology, and ad technology is getting pretty crazy right now. Mash it up with some actual relevant advertising and content on television, and now were talking!

Google TV has been in the works for some time now. Google has been working on search technology to allow the users to dig through […]

Google loves domain names

Tuesday, September 20th, 2005

The kings of search have some odd domains on their roster.
I have always wondered what domains google, the king of search, would be interested in. Now I know that some of these Google domain names probably came into play with the buying of some company portfolios, and company takeovers.

Some of the Google domain names redirect […]