Well, the embargo is off, and YDS has launched, or will Tuesday. Here's where to find it. (I think – it only works with the PC) Initial coverage here (Silicon Beat), and I am sure far more places will cover it as the day rolls on. Meanwhile, Blinkx' Mac…
Meanwhile, Blinkx’ Mac version is now out as well, I have downloaded the client and look forward to trying it out. It’s called an “0.5 beta” so if it erases my entire hard drive….
No company is immune to this story. From Cnet: Employee complaints aren't exactly piling up about Google's generous stock grant policies, which have helped create an estimated 1,000 new millionaires, on paper at least. But the SEC filings have struck something of a nerve inside the company by offering…
Employee complaints aren’t exactly piling up about Google’s generous stock grant policies, which have helped create an estimated 1,000 new millionaires, on paper at least. But the SEC filings have struck something of a nerve inside the company by offering an unusually candid look into the wealth of co-workers. That’s creating unaccustomed tensions inside a workplace that has long projected an image of collegial egalitarianism to the outside world, some people said….
…The culture has reflected that kind of college-kid humility, with its hallmark lava lamps, colored balls and on-campus free food. Many Google employees outwardly project the role of starry-eyed believers, carrying the ideal of a grand mission in the mold of early Apple Computer days.
Read MoreSmart move by Google: Publish a 20 Year Usenet Timeline to promote the new Groups. Fun stuff. Slashdot chews on it here. UPDATE: As my astute readers have noted, this is not new, though it is to me, and apparently to the initial posters at /….
UPDATE: As my astute readers have noted, this is not new, though it is to me, and apparently to the initial posters at /.
Huh. This is an interesting post from Google. The timing is interesting, the text is interesting, and, well, the rather honest tone is interesting. Basically, Google is saying – we're having trouble hiring folks. We want more applications. Now, some will read it this way: We hope those of…
Huh. This is an interesting post from Google. The timing is interesting, the text is interesting, and, well, the rather honest tone is interesting. Basically, Google is saying – we’re having trouble hiring folks. We want more applications.
Now, some will read it this way: We hope those of you that may have passed us over – perhaps when we were a bit arrogant and full of ourselves – will take a look again. Or – we hope those of you that we passed over – perhaps when we weren’t so well organized, and all had our hair on fire, and basically were only hiring our friends – well we hope you’ll take a look at us again too. At least, that’s how it will read to the scores of folks I have spoken to in the past 18 months who had an interview there, but didn’t end up at the company.
But there’s an elephant in this post which is not discussed. The IPO is over, the first thousand or so have gotten rich. Why come and work at Google when the stock’s at 200? That’d be like taking a package at Yahoo in early 2000, right? I wonder if this reality has slowed the torrent of resumes that has flooded Google from the get go. Or, more likely, I wonder if it’s slowed the flood of resumes that they want to get.
Read MoreIt's been in the works for a long while, but the news is now out – Google is taking moves to restrict how affiliates use AdWords. SEW has commentary here. With the change, Google will allow only one ad to lead to a particular web page per query, whether that…
With the change, Google will allow only one ad to lead to a particular web page per query, whether that ad be from an affiliate of the web site or the web site owner.
“We’ve seen and heard from users that there are many cases where we are showing the same creative with the same visible URL linking to the same page,” said Salar Kamangar, director of product management at Google, explaining users don’t like this. “Just like with search where we have duplicate removal, we want to make sure we aren’t showing duplicated ads.”
Read MoreMediaPost covers keyword pricing trends courtesy Fathom Online. Search engine advertisers on average paid 24 percent more for keywords in the fourth quarter than they did at the end of September 2004, according to estimates being released today by Fathom Online. The price hike, one of the steepest since…
Search engine advertisers on average paid 24 percent more for keywords in the fourth quarter than they did at the end of September 2004, according to estimates being released today by Fathom Online. The price hike, one of the steepest since Fathom began publishing its so-called Keyword Price Index (KPI) earlier this year, may have been influenced by increased demand during the fourth quarter holiday marketing season, or it may have simply been organic price inflation as more advertisers enter the marketplace and increase their bids for top placements on search engines.
Blinkx announced today that it is launching a version of its popular desktop search tool for the Mac (it will be ready Monday). I can't wait to try it. Release in extended entry….
Blinkx announced today that it is launching a version of its popular desktop search tool for the Mac (it will be ready Monday). I can’t wait to try it. Release in extended entry.
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Philip at Google Blogoscoped notices that Google is testing incorporating image thumbnails into its web searches. This represents an evolution of Google's sacred SERP interface – the company has already begun to incorporate News, Froogle, and other "smart" search results at the top of some queries, a la Yahoo….
Philip at Google Blogoscoped notices that Google is testing incorporating image thumbnails into its web searches. This represents an evolution of Google’s sacred SERP interface – the company has already begun to incorporate News, Froogle, and other “smart” search results at the top of some queries, a la Yahoo.
I have not been able to duplicate this, it could just be an ephemeral test, not to be incorporated. A9 has a nifty approach to images, where you can turn images off or on as part of a multi-framed interface.
Via MetaFilter, this post which shows anyone how to search for live webcams which have not been secured. The results are interesting – a bunch of presumably private network cameras, which anyone with a browser can query for video images. Comments in the original post show all manner of…
Search for Yahoo on Google. Get 38 results. Huh? Danny is checking on it…. He asks the right question: Filter, bug, or feature? The answer will be interesting in terms of how Google is starting to tweak its approach to SERPs. FWIW, "Google" on Yahoo (55 million or so…
FWIW, “Google” on Yahoo (55 million or so results).
UPDATE: I have it on very good authority that Google is fiddling with its “results crowding” algorithms, and not targeting Yahoo or filtering in any way.
