Dream: Google’s “Did You Mean” Meets Kanye West

Sep 19, 2009 at 2:42pm ET by Danny Sullivan

It's not real. But I sure wish it were, Google going all Kanye West on people searching for Taylor Swift. In the mockup above you can see Google responding "I'm really happy for you, and I'm gonna let you finish your search, but did you mean: beyonce" instead of the usual "Did You Mean" spelling correction. The mockup is from the I Am Bored site, which I found via this discussion by Jess Lee on FriendFeed. And while that might entirely fictional (trust me, it is -- I've tried to reproduce it in various ways. Not. Real.), Yahoo kind of goes all Kanye on its competitors in real life. [...]

Filed in: Search & Society: April Fool's, Search & Society: General, Yahoo: Marketing

Obama Praises Twitter, Google & Facebook — But Not Microsoft’s Xbox

Sep 8, 2009 at 2:30pm ET by Danny Sullivan

Does today's speech from President Barack Obama to school children across the United States need any more controversy? Having listened to it, I personally can't see many parents objecting. But I could see one tech company not happy: Microsoft. Competitors like Google got called out as "good" things to aspire to while a Microsoft's Xbox was something he suggested should be turned off. From his prepared remarks, which should be pretty close to the exact speech he delivered: Microsoft gets the bad news early: I’ve talked about your parents’ responsibility for making sure you stay on track [...]

Filed in: Facebook, Features: Analysis, Google: Marketing, Microsoft: Marketing, Search & Society: General, Twitter

Search The Moon With Google Earth For Moon

Jul 20, 2009 at 11:25am ET by Barry Schwartz

Today is the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11th mission where man landed on the moon. To celebrate the anniversary, Google announced the launch of Moon in Google Earth. You can now use Google Earth to explore, fly around and search the moon. Here is the video blog post explaining this announcement: The Google LatLong Blog has details on many of the features of Google Moon. There are some complaints that Google does not have a special logo up for the day, like Bing, YouTube and my blog. To see those logos, go to the Search Engine Roundtable. Postscript: At 3:30pm EST today, [...]

Filed in: Google: Earth, Google: Logos, Search & Society: General, Top News

Stephen Colbert Does Send-Up Of Twitter & Jeff Goldblum Death Rumor

Jun 30, 2009 at 1:11pm ET by Danny Sullivan

Last week, we covered how a rumor that Jeff Goldblum was dead spread on Twitter and even Google . This week, Stephen Colbert did a great send-up of the rumor, including a visit by Goldblum himself. The clip starts out with Colbert saying: "I was on the Twitter this weekend, and I saw a tweetening of the most tragic thing I ever had twattered. According to multiple tweets, friend of the show and of dinosaurs actor Jeff Goldblum passed away on Thursday in New Zealand. Now sure, you didn't hear about itin the mainstream media. But I don't see how Delicioushair could get this wrong." Gold [...]

Filed in: Search & Society: General, Twitter

‘Google Mistrial’ – Is Search Getting In The Way Of Justice?

Mar 19, 2009 at 3:01pm ET by Matt McGee

Ask around and you probably won't find many people who think the idea of "Internet everywhere" is a bad thing. Thanks to laptops and smart phones, wi-fi and 3G, we can work (or play) at airports, check email during cab rides, and compare prices online from any department store. We can Google anyone or anything from anywhere, and turn around and broadcast what we find on Facebook, Twitter, or our blogs. Who's complaining? Pretty much everyone in the U.S. legal system, at least this week. The New York Times has coined a new term: the "Google mistrial." It reflects the growing number o [...]

Filed in: Google: General, Google: Web Search, Legal: General, Search & Society: General, Top News

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