Google Tackles Its “UI Jazz” Problem, Tests Streamlining Search Options Feature

Nov 19, 2009 at 2:00pm ET by Danny Sullivan

Sometime later today, a small number of Google users will see a new look to Google's Search Options feature. If all goes well, the cleaner display may be launched across Google after the New Year. And it's all because Google's vice president of search product and user experience Marissa Mayer doesn't like jazz. Simmer down, jazz lovers! Jazz is just not her thing; she's not making a personal campaign against it. Instead, Mayer was using jazz to explain a pet metaphor she has about search results pages. They have their own "rhythm," and Google's results have been sounding a bit free fo [...]

Filed in: Features: General, Google: General, Google: User Interface, Google: Web Search, Top News

Hulk Hogan Visits Google Kirkland

Nov 9, 2009 at 9:43am ET by Barry Schwartz

Justin Uberti, Google's tech lead who I believe leads the Google Talk team, posted on his blog that Hulk Hogan visited Google's Kirkland office. Hogan made his visit on Tuesday, November 3rd, as a signing event for his new book, My Life Outside the Ring. Here is a picture from Justin: I too grew up during the "Hulk-O-Mania" period, so it is cool to see him at Google. Also, big happy 35th birthday Justin! [...]

Filed in: Google: Employees, Google: General, Google: Offices

Will Social Nets Replace Search For Content Discovery?

Oct 6, 2009 at 8:56am ET by Greg Sterling

Nielsen offers a blog post that shows the various ways that people discover content online. Search is at the top, followed by "portals" (which feature search boxes); at the other end are blogs and social networks. However Nielsen argues that certain categories of people are increasingly social media tools as content discovery sources: We saw the power of opinions posted online in our global study earlier this year about trust in advertising, and the point came up again in our recent findings. Social media is becoming a core product research channel. Almost 15 percent of Socializers most trust [...]

Filed in: Google: General, Microsoft: Bing, Search Engines: Social Search Engines, Search Engines: Word Of Mouth & Buzz Search Engines

Google CEO Eric Schmidt On Newspapers & Journalism

Oct 3, 2009 at 8:00am ET by Danny Sullivan

Is Google a newspaper killer? Not by a long shot, says Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Nor does he want it to be. In a long interview about his company's relationship with newspapers and the print journalism industry, Schmidt made it clear he wants established players to survive. In fact, he thinks Google has a "moral responsibility" to help. But help doesn't mean a handout. I spoke with Schmidt on the topic about two weeks ago in his office at Google. In summary, he felt that Google takes most of the blame for the internet as a whole, in how it has changed news reading habits that have impa [...]

Filed in: Features: Analysis, Features: General, Google: Critics, Google: General, Google: News, Top News

Google Broadening Wave Access With GMail-Like Rollout

Sep 29, 2009 at 11:00am ET by Greg Sterling

As we previously reported, starting tomorrow Google will widen access to its innovative communications platform Wave, offering 100,000 new invitations to use the service. Many of these people in turn will be allowed to invite others to join as well, reminiscent of how GMail propagated. (It's wise for Google to allow these new users to invite friends and family because you effectively can't use Wave without contacts on the system.) Those who will gain full access tomorrow will apparently be developers, early users who provided feedback and some Google Apps customers. My earlier blog post pro [...]

Filed in: Google: Gears, Google: General, Google: Gmail, Google: iGoogle

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