Google Looks To Shutter China Search Operation As Talks With Government Reach “An Impasse”
Mar 13, 2010 at 1:55pm ET by Greg Sterling
Yesterday I speculated about whether Google would be able to have it both ways: to remain in the Chinese search market and still live up to its bold proclamation that it would no longer comply with Chinese government censorship rules. The Chinese, all along, have given no indication that they intend to change their hard-line position on censorship or budge to keep Google in the country.
Today the Financial Times is reporting that Google is in fact about to pull out of the Chinese search market as talks have reached an apparent "impasse":
Google has drawn up detailed plans for the closure [...]
Filed in: Google: Mobile, Google: Outside US, Google: Web Search, Top News
Google Goes Live With “In-Stock, Nearby” Mobile Shopping
Mar 11, 2010 at 2:22pm ET by Greg Sterling
In the range of thigs discussed at Google's Search Evolution event in December Engineering VP Vic Gundotra demonstrated mobile shopping with real-time inventory information. Now Google has announced that product is live.
Google is working with a limited number of retailers for the time being but is inviting others to apply to become part of the program. There are data quality and location quality requirements that Google identifies and links to from its blog post.
Product Manager Paul Lee told me that this was only mobile for now but eventually would make its way onto the PC. He said t [...]
Filed in: Google: Maps & Local, Google: Mobile, Top News
Facebook Search Gains Boost Bing & Motorola Puts Bing On Chinese Android Handsets
Mar 11, 2010 at 8:23am ET by Greg Sterling
In my discussion yesterday of the comScore search data I neglected to point out (as GigaOm has) that Facebook saw 10 percent search query growth in the past month. That's significant and it validates an argument I've long made that Facebook could turn out to be a meaningful player in search, which would in turn benefit Bing.
Here are the comScore "expanded" search data:
Meanwhile over on the other side of the globe Motorola has made a very public statement that whatever happens with Google in China, it will be working with Bing search on its Android handsets there. This comes from th [...]
Filed in: Google: Mobile, Microsoft: Bing, Top News
US Regulators May Be Gearing Up For Google-AdMob Challenge
Mar 11, 2010 at 7:45am ET by Greg Sterling
Beyond the iPhone one could convincingly argue that the best thing to happen to mobile advertising in the past year was Google's announced acquisition of AdMob. It got everyone's attention -- especially the $750 million (stock) price tag.
It also single-handedly boosted the profile of all of AdMob's competitors. As an almost direct response Apple, which was rumored to have been an unsuccessful bidder for AdMob, bought rival ad network Quattro a couple of months later for $275 million.
Here's what I wrote immediately after the "GoogMob" acquisition was announced last year:
The fact of Go [...]
Filed in: Google: Critics, Google: Legal, Google: Mobile, Top News
comScore: Android Shows Strength As Mobile Web Usage Grows
Mar 10, 2010 at 4:08pm ET by Greg Sterling
Metrics firm comScore released some new quarterly mobile data that shows strong growth for Android handsets in the US and an increase in mobile web usage:
RIM showed modest growth while the iPhone's growth, according to these figures, flattened. Meanwhile WinMo and Palm lost ground.
Of course with the advent of Windows Mobile 7 and the fact that it's not shipping until Q4, we should see Microsoft's current mobile OS continue to suffer declines as users either update with other platforms or wait for the new Windows 7 handsets.
The numbers above basically translate into just ove [...]
Filed in: Google: Mobile, Stats: comScore
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