Category Archives: google

Comparing Google News to other news outlets (screencast)

Posted on September 3, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

There’s been a lot of discussion about Google’s move to host wire service content on Google News instead of linking off to other Web sites. Much of the discussion has focused on decreased traffic to newspaper Web sites from Google … Continue reading →

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Google News starts hosting wire service content

Posted on September 2, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

In more bad news for the newspaper industry, Google is now starting to host its own versions of content from the Associated Press, Agence France-Press and UK and Canadian wire services. Here’s a screen shot of an AFP story: Yahoo! … Continue reading →

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Let Google Maps do the walking

Posted on August 27, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Matt Cutts points out a great mashup for apartment hunters: Walk Score. One of the most important criteria I have when looking for a place to live is whether I can walk to (or stumble back from) places. Walk Score … Continue reading →

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Google introduces embeddable maps for your Web site

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

In the latest incarnation of widgets that let users slice-and-dice content, Google Maps is now allowing users to embed maps on Web sites. Several of Google’s other properties allow users to embed content, including YouTube’s embeddable videos and Picasa’s slideshows. … Continue reading →

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On newspapers, Osama bin Laden and Google

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

The Los Angeles Times weighed in on the new Google News feature which allows sources quoted in stories to respond. After a bizarre lead — “Many publishers consider the Internet, and Google in particular, a greater threat to their livelihoods … Continue reading →

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comScore redefines search, Google wins bigger

Posted on August 20, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

ComScore is changing the methodology for its qSearch market share ratings. Instead of just counting search activity at the major search engines, comScore is expanding the definition of search to include searches at sites such as Wikipedia, eBay, Amazon, MySpace, … Continue reading →

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Google’s $4.55 bag of cookies

Posted on August 11, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Vending machine priced by grams of fat, Google, San Jose, California.jpg, originally uploaded by gruntzooki. I was visiting my friend Adam at Google yesterday and he pointed out a vending machine in Google’s Building 43. A vending machine on the … Continue reading →

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Don’t like how a reporter treated you? Tell Google

Posted on August 9, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is allowing newsmakers to comment on stories that appear in Google News. Google says it allows people who are quoted in articles or affiliated with organizations in them to comment, as well as … Continue reading →

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Google Maps adds traffic time estimates

Posted on August 1, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Google Maps is now including estimated travel times in heavy traffic in its driving directions. The details on Google’s LatLong blog post are vague. The service is available in “a limited set of metropolitan areas.” It looks like Google is … Continue reading →

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