Google’s Home Page Promotes Motorola / Verizon Droid Phone
Nov 6, 2009 at 2:21pm ET by Matt McGee
Google really wants you to buy a Motorola Droid, the hot new phone that just hit stores today. In fact, Google is so enamored that it's advertising the Droid on its homepage: "The Droid is on sale now. Learn more."
Clicking the "learn more" link leads to this "mobile partners" page that touts the Google search capabilities available on the Droid.
The two links in the upper right -- the "Get" button and the "Learn more" text link below it -- point to verizonwireless.com and droiddoes.com, respectively.
It's hard to make the case that this isn't an ad on Google's home page, and [...]
Filed in: Google: Marketing, Google: Mobile, Google: Partnerships, Top News
Best Buy: “Would You Like A Google App With That?”
Nov 6, 2009 at 8:56am ET by Greg Sterling
In the increasingly high stakes game of mobile search, Google is leaving almost nothing to chance. Take the company's very interesting new partnership with Best Buy stores for example. According to the Google Mobile Blog:
We're happy to announce today that we've partnered with Best Buy Mobile to make Google Mobile App available through Best Buy stores in the US . . . now [users] have the option to get some help installing the app or to see a live demo of what the application can do. Just go to the mobile department at your nearest Best Buy store and talk to an associate. If you have a BlackBe [...]
Filed in: Google: Maps & Local, Google: Mobile, Google: Web Search, Microsoft: Bing
Google Removes Phone Numbers From 7 Pack
Nov 5, 2009 at 8:05am ET by Greg Sterling
Google has apparently removed phone numbers from the so-called 7 Pack of organic local results. The numbers were present as recently as 24-36 hours ago. Immediately below is an example of a recent search result for "dentist, San Francisco" (within the last several weeks) and then for the same query this morning:
The result on the bottom is cleaned up in terms of the ads presented (the screen above is a bit of a mess in that regard), but there are no phone numbers for the local organic listings. The user must click down to the Maps page below to get the numbers. Does the removal of n [...]
Filed in: Google: Maps & Local, Google: Mobile
Yahoo Wins Mobile Carrier Relationship From Google In Germany
Nov 2, 2009 at 8:00pm ET by Greg Sterling
Yahoo reported today that the company had "entered into an exclusive, multi-year, partnership with O2 Germany to become the preferred partner for mobile search and services, displacing Google." Paid search results are reportedly part of the deal (and likely a revenue share as well). According to press materials:
O2 users now have direct access to Yahoo!’s mobile-optimized search engine, which is specifically designed to provide quick and easily accessible answers for users on the go. Yahoo! most popular properties including Yahoo! Mail, News, Weather, Finance, Flickr, Eurosports and Soccer [...]
Filed in: Google: Mobile, Yahoo: Mobile & Go, Yahoo: Outside US, Yahoo: Partnerships
Google Releases Voice Search In China For Nokia S60s
Nov 2, 2009 at 1:10pm ET by Greg Sterling
Google announced that it had released voice search for Mandarin Chinese for Nokia S60 phones. This is potentially huge -- if Google gets it right -- because of the massive population in China. It could also drive more search usage and frequency. Google trails Baidu on the PC but mobile represents an opportunity for Google to grow share in that largest of all internet markets.
Google now says it understands a range of English accents, and Mandarin although it doesn't yet get all accents in Mandarin. In addition, the capability will be coming soon to the Android and iPhone platforms in China. [...]
Filed in: Google: Mobile, Google: Outside US, Google: Voice Search
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