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Apr. 23, 2008 at 11:58am by Greg Sterling
And Now, 'Google Me' The Movie
Everyone has searched on his/her own name and some people even have real-time news alerts tied to their names. Now a new online documentary takes this vanity search phenomenon to a new level with Google Me the Movie. Part time actor Jim Killeen discovered there were six other Jim Killeens...
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Apr. 15, 2008 at 2:59pm by Greg Sterling
iCrossing: Democrat Obama Winning In Overall Search Volume, Republican John McCain Outspending Rivals On Paid Search
The finding that Republican presidential candidate and presumptive nominee John McCain is outspending (by 2x) Democrats Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton on issues as well as buying his opponents' "brand terms" is one of the findings of a fascinating new iCrossing report, "How America Searches: Election ‘08 Update."...
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Apr. 8, 2008 at 3:17pm by Greg Sterling
Google Rolls Out Chicago Transit, Defends Water Naming Policy In Earth
Google announced that it had expanded Google Transit to cover Chicago, the second largest public transit system in the US. That brings to 37 the number of cities in the US and abroad offered on Google Transit....
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Mar. 12, 2008 at 9:30am by Barry Schwartz
"Google Earth Town" Nanaimo Wires Self To Google Maps To Drive Tourism
How Google Earth Ate Our Town from Time Magazine highlights Nanaimo, a British Columbia town on Vancouver Island, also known as "Google Earth Town" or "the capital of Google Earth." Nanaimo has been plotting virtually all of their town's data directly on Google Maps and Google Earth. From real-time firefighter...
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Feb. 11, 2008 at 10:13am by Danny Sullivan
Google: We Didn't Censor Aboutrika's Gaza T-Shirt Photo
Google's Matt Cutts has lent his personal blog to the Google Images search team so they could debunk a rumor that Google censored an image of an Egyptian football player, Mohammad Aboutrika, stripping off his team jersey during the African Cup Of Nations to show a "Sympathize With Gaza" T-shirt...
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Feb. 5, 2008 at 7:07pm by Vanessa Fox
Super Tuesday, Internet Style: How We're Using The Web In The 2008 Elections
Today is Super Tuesday, which means that voters in 24 states are carefully reviewing their candidate research and doing last minute thoughtful analysis in preparation for voting in the primaries. Well, maybe that's hopeful optimism, but in any case, the place these voters are turning to for information is...
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Jan. 29, 2008 at 9:55am by Barry Schwartz
Once Again, A Google Murder Case
In the UK, a woman has been convicted of trying to murder her husband after researching methods on Google. It's one of several cases like this that have come up in past years. Google poisoner tried to murder husband describes the method this woman used to try to kill her...
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Jan. 22, 2008 at 8:53am by Barry Schwartz
Google Walks Down Fashion Avenue: The Oogle Sari
Saptarshi Roy Chaudhury wrote about a design in Satya Paul's latest collection named "Oogle sari." As you can see above, it looks like a sari made up of the Google web search results....
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Jan. 18, 2008 at 10:13am by Greg Sterling
Center For The Digital Future: Perceptions Of Search Reliability And Accuracy Declining
The University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication's Center for the Digital Future is engaged in an ambitious longitudinal study on consumer behavior and media usage. Each year the center surveys the same 2,000 US adults to track attitudes toward media as well as any changes in actual media...
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Jan. 18, 2008 at 9:08am by Barry Schwartz
Singapore Offers Cash Incentives To Build New Search Engine
Singapore launches contest for next-generation search engine from PhysOrg.com reports Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology, and Research is managing a contest to build out "a next-generation multi-media online search engine." What I find humorous about the contest is that they expect $100,000 and eight months to be enough time and...
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Dec. 30, 2007 at 4:11pm by Vanessa Fox
Pew/Internet Study Finds Most Americans Get Their Answers From The Internet
A PEW/Internet and American Life study out today finds that the place Americans turn to most for answers is the internet. The study, which surveyed 2,796 Americans, found that 76% have internet access and that 58% turn to the internet when they have questions about things like health, school, careers,...
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Dec. 25, 2007 at 9:33am by Barry Schwartz
Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas
I just wanted to wish everyone Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from Danny, the Search Engine Land team, and myself. I have been tracking the news over the course of the day, and no surprise, it's pretty slow. So I figured I'd feature some of our recent holiday related posts...
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Dec. 17, 2007 at 2:20pm by Vanessa Fox
PEW Survey Finds Most People Don't Google Themselves That Often, After All
Marge Simpson Googling Herself "All this time I thought 'googling' yourself meant the other thing." A PEW/Internet Survey out this week found that 47% of internet users have done ego searches, up from 22% five years ago. That nearly half of internet users are searching for themselves seems excessive,...
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Sep. 27, 2007 at 11:32am by Danny Sullivan
Google Maps Causes US Navy To Change Its Swastika Building
You have to feel a bit sorry for the US Navy. They have a building in California that looks like a swastika from the air. But who looks at buildings from the air? Until Google Maps popularized easy access to aerial views, only the occasional bored air traveler. But...
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Sep. 5, 2007 at 8:46am by Barry Schwartz
Japan Backing Device-Specific Search Tech To Compete With Google
Japan to fight Google search dominance from the Financial Times covers Japan's continuing efforts to subsidize new generation search technologies tied to gadgets and hardware, in part to be competitive against US-based search companies like Google. From the report: The Japanese project is comprised of 10 partnerships, each tasked with...
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Aug. 10, 2007 at 9:34am by Greg Sterling
The Google Homepage And Global Warming
A number of people, including those that run the sites Blackle and Darkoogle, have argued in the recent past that Google should turn its homepage (and results background) from white to black to save energy. (Both of the above sites use the Google custom search engine). Here's some background on...
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Aug. 9, 2007 at 8:55am by Greg Sterling
Hitwise Launches 2008 Election Metrics Tracking
Hitwise has launched a new data center that will track a range of metrics associated with the upcoming 2008 US election. It will reportedly update those metrics every Tuesday. The categories that will be tracked include the top websites from both parties, top political search terms and the fastest moving...
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Jul. 10, 2007 at 8:04am by Barry Schwartz
Stumped By Safe, Burglars Google For Help, Steal $12,000
Via John Battelle, Bumbling Bigg City burglars got $12K from the Colorado Springs Gazette covers how two burglars turned to Google to crack a safe....
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Jul. 3, 2007 at 12:20pm by Danny Sullivan
If Search Engines Were Frat Houses From Movies
I love search engines. I love comedy movies. So let's have fun putting the two together. Which search engines are most like some famous movie fraternities? Yes, there is an Animal House of search! Google: Lambda Lambda Lambda (Revenge Of The Nerds) As I pondered how to match search engines...
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Jun. 27, 2007 at 9:19am by Barry Schwartz
Apple iPhone Craze: A Search Volume Look
Hitwise sent me some data on the search volume for the term "iPhone." As many of you know, Apple is releasing the iPhone this Friday, and the press and craze over this product is unprecedented. Just take a glance at the coverage at Techmeme and you can see, the news...
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May. 17, 2007 at 12:36pm by Barry Schwartz
"Natalie Portman" Most Searched For Star Wars Term
For the 30 year anniversary of Star Wars, Lycos has compiled a list of the top search terms related to Star Wars, used by those at the Lycos site. Leading the list overall is Natalie Portman. Portman also tops the "real people" list, while the top Star Wars character is...
