Waze conquers ‘digital dark zone’ with in-car, out-of-home ad coordination
McDonald's campaign showed drivers in-car ads that mirrored billboards.
Topic: Billboard
Search In Pics: Google Skeleton, Prescription Google Glass & Google Security Bear
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the Web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more.
The Big Ask Of 2012: Do You Search For Team Kstew Or Rpatz?
Ask.com’s 100 million users remain almost as loyal as Twihards, prompting us to ask if searchers are on Team Jeeves or Team Diller when putting in their queries. For the 2012 installment of the series in hot searches, Ask added a new twist to the searcher saga, layering in a thicker plot and seeking a […]
RIAA Accuses Google Of Not Doing Enough To Fight Piracy, But May Be Guilty Of Not Doing Enough Itself
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has once again come out swinging at Google, saying the company isn’t doing enough to fight copyright infringement online. But it may be that the RIAA itself is guilty of that charge. In a blog post this week, RIAA Executive VP Brad Buckles shares what the organization calls […]
Yahoo’s Bay Bridge Billboard Removed After 12-Year Legacy
Iconic Yahoo billboard taken down via the Associated Press reports that Yahoo’s “iconic” billboard has been taken down after 12 years of standing tall and proud on the highway as you approached the Bay Bridge. The billboard space is managed by Clear Channel and currently is being offered at an extremely low rate of $65,000 […]
Google Takes On iTunes, Amazon With New Music Store
To virtually no one’s surprise, Google today announced the launch of a digital music store that integrates with its existing cloud-based music storage locker. And that locker service is officially out of beta with today’s announcement. The Google Music Store exists in the Android Market alongside app, book and movie stores. It’s available in the […]
The Google News “Osama Death” Sample Highlights Some News Coverage Woes
Today, Google News did a post about the death of Osama bin Laden. Disappointingly, it offered no statistics on what was most read, shared, topics most covered. The post did share a “sample” of 100 links to coverage about Osama bin Laden from representative sources. So, I decided to go where Google didn’t — to […]
How Did The Beatles Sell 2 Million Songs On iTunes? Mostly Facebook (Not Search)
Although at least one recent study says search beats social media when it comes to product discovery, those rules don’t apply to The Beatles. When you’re known worldwide and have set the standard for commercial and critical musical success, social media is where it’s at in 2010. Billboard magazine reports that The Beatles sold more […]
Google Lawsuit: Our Links Don’t Violate Copyright
Google is suing a small record company that previously sued Google over its links to copyrighted works hosted on Rapdishare. Google Inc. v. Blues Destiny Records, LLC was filed April 28 in a California district court. It’s a potentially important issue at hand: As Billboard explains, Google is asking the court to declare that the […]
Search In Pictures: Yahoo Duck, Google Band & Chrome Ads
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more.
Google Kicks Off “Going Google” Ad Campaign
Google is launching a billboard campaign in four major cities named “Going Google.” There is a ton of buzz around the campaign, being that Google typically does not conduct traditional forms of advertising and that this is a direct shot at Microsoft. First, here is a video of some of the billboards: As you can […]
Search Engine Land Stats: 2007, In Review
As promised, now that a full calendar year has gone by, it’s time to look at some key stats about how Search Engine Land has grown in various ways over the year. Let’s dive in!
Yahoo China Appeals Ruling To Remove Links To Unlicensed Music
Yahoo China Appeals ‘Deep Link’ Ruling from Billboard reports Yahoo China is appealing the
Billboard Showdown: Google 411 Takes On Ask’s Algorithm
I’m in the Bay Area this week, and driving down Lombard Street, I brought the car to a halt when I saw the two billboards above. Yes, that’s one of the Goog411 billboards for Google Voice Search sitting on top of an Ask.com "The Algorithm" one. Sadly, there’s doesn’t seem to be room to squeeze […]
Google Uses Outdoor Billboards To Promote Goog411
Photo by Mike Blumenthal. Used with permission. Mike Blumenthal took a picture of a billboard ad in upstate New York for Google’s free directory assistance alternative, Goog411. This is interesting and amusing for a number of reasons.