Picasa Gains Google AdWords Ads

Mar 16, 2009 at 9:20am ET by Barry Schwartz

Google Operating System reports Picasa is the latest Google property to be monetized with Google AdWords ads. If you conduct searches for pictures in Picasa's web albums, you will find the ads at the top of the image results. For example, a search on my iPhone shows ads for AT&T, Blackberry and ZapBangDone.com (an iPhone app seller). Here is a picture: We all know Google said they will be placing more ads in more places. So this is just the latest Google property to show ads. [...]

Filed in: Google: AdWords, Google: Picasa

Google Finally Brings Picasa To The Mac

Jan 6, 2009 at 9:42am ET by Barry Schwartz

Google announced the now have Picasa for Mac available for download. Why now? Well, MacWorld 2009 is currently underway - so that is why they released it this week. What took so long for Google to bring Picasa to the Mac? I am not sure. Google had a Picasa Web Albums uploader and an iPhoto plugin for Mac users but never the application. The Wired Blog has a nice walk through the of many features available in Picasa. Below I will also embed a video demonstration of Picasa for Mac. As many of you know, I am a long time Mac user. I personally have been using iPhoto with Flick [...]

Filed in: Google: Picasa

Yahoo Upgrades Flickr Mobile; Google Upgrades Picasa

Dec 4, 2008 at 7:36pm ET by Matt McGee

Photo search took a couple steps forward today with announcements from both Yahoo and Google. The news from Yahoo is a mobile makeover of its Flickr photo sharing site, while Google announced a variety of improvements to its Picasa photo service. Here's a look at the two announcements: Flickr's "Mobile Makeover" With visits to Flickr's mobile site (m.flickr.com) up more than 50% in the past year, the mobile site now shares much of the same features and functionality that Flickr users are familiar with on the main site. The Yahoo announcement trumpets the new video playback capabili [...]

Filed in: Google: Picasa, Search Engines: Photo & Image Search, Yahoo: Flickr

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