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Industry

Still Seeing “Blue Pins” on Some Google Maps; Google Now Testing Paid Links in Google Earth

Although some sites are reporting that the Google Maps “blue pin test” is no longer visible, I’m seeing the blue pins on…

By Gary Price · 18 Jan 2006

Industry

Report: Chinese Searchers Prefer Google Over Homegrown Baidu

Keynote Systems, a research firm that does annual studies of North American searchers and their satisfaction with search engines, has released its…

By rumo · 18 Jan 2006

Industry

Study: Google #1 in China

Despite trailing Chinese traffic leader Baidu, Google is rated the best search engine in China, according to new research from Keynote Systems.

By Chris Sherman · 18 Jan 2006

Industry

Google Names New Managing Director in UK; European Job Recruitment Drive Begins

According to this Netimperative article Google has just named Mark Howe as the new managing director of their UK operations. Howe has…

By Gary Price · 17 Jan 2006

Video

TV Transcripts and Still Images No Longer Part of Google Video

Both Danny and I, independently of one and another noticed that the searchable transcripts (and still images) from television shows (via tv…

By Gary Price · 17 Jan 2006

Industry

Satisfy Your Web Ego with egoSurf

If you’re into satisfying your ego by web surfing, Phil Bradley points to egoSurf, a site whose motto is, “know your place.”…

By Gary Price · 17 Jan 2006

PPC

Search Spend Was Up Last Quarter

New online spending stats from a Deutsche Bank survey of 60 media executives found that last quarter (Oct-Dec. 2005), 65 percent said…

By Danny Sullivan · 17 Jan 2006

Local

Logos On Rooftops Probably Not Aimed At Google Maps

Boing Boing points to Advertising with Google Maps, which suggest that merchants like Target and others are tapping into satellite views on…

By Danny Sullivan · 17 Jan 2006

Industry

See How Evil Google Is On Your Google Personalized Home Page

Gary wrote earlier of a site that lets you rate whether Google is evil or not, based on news items each day.…

By Danny Sullivan · 17 Jan 2006

SEO

Results from MSN Search Added to Jux2 Tool Metasearch and Results Comparison Tool

About a month ago I posted about the return of metasearch, search engine overlap and results comparison tool Jux2, after it was…

By Gary Price · 16 Jan 2006