It’s a question many are asking – can we still trust Google? (In fairness, it’s a question you could ask of any social company). I’ve written about my falling out of “like” with Google on here a few times recently, and they still continue to piss me off. For example, I completely deleted my Google+… [Continue Reading]
Over at UK newspaper The Guardian, Google co-founder Sergey Brin shares his views on the future of the Internet, including web freedom and the restrictive practices of Facebook and Apple. Brin makes some great points, particularly about the ongoing battles certain web users of the world have due to the firewall nature of their governments.… [Continue Reading]
They say that, to be a great business, you should always leave your customer or user wondering what you’re going to do next. I’d mostly buy into that, unless what you do next makes you appear to be both a wanky company as well as a cool one. Enter Google and their apparent goal to… [Continue Reading]
This is a guest post by Sean McGinnis. Did you hear that Google launched a social network called Google+? Of course you did! In the past, Google took a stab at social by purchasing Orkut. Later, they launched both Google Buzz and Google Wave with little success. Now comes Google+. Kinda seems like Google is… [Continue Reading]
by Danny Brown and Geoff Livingston Much has been said about marketing on Google+. Both of us have been intentionally conservative about marketing on the new network due to a statement from Google+ specifically asking business and brands to wait until it formalized its business offering. This offering is rumored to include an open API… [Continue Reading]
If actions speak louder than words, and a picture paints a thousand words, take a look at this image and ask yourself what message it portrays. If you’re a business owner, would you bring out a new product that could change the way your customers use your service (and that of your competitors) forever, yet… [Continue Reading]
From Techcrunch to the Washington Post and beyond, the rumours/semi-rumours of Google buying micro-blogging site Twitter continue. There’s enough already being written on the subject, so I’ll keep this brief. Two words – Gmail and Feedburner. One is Google’s email program and the other’s a blog analytical tool for stats, readers, clickthroughs, etc. But here’s… [Continue Reading]
This is a guest post from my wife Jacki. I thought it’d be interesting to get the views of someone who has no real interest in social media and let them explain why. And one thing I love about Jacki is her no-nonsense approach to everything. To learn more or connect with Jacki, please visit… [Continue Reading]
Google is without a doubt the most popular search engine in town. With over 2/3 of the world’s web traffic coming from Google results, it doesn’t seem to be in any danger of losing its lofty position any time soon. But does it really know all the answers? In a slight drift from the norm, I decided to type in some random and bizarre questions. Would Google have the answers, or are there some things even they don’t know?
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Jack of All Trades, Master of… The Problem with Google
So, it looks like Google is entering the comment system fray. Never mind that it smacks of yet another “let’s copy Facebook” move. Nor that there are already excellent comment systems out there at the minute – the awesome Livefyre (used on this very blog), Disqus and IntenseDebate to name just some of the third-party… [Continue Reading]