The Status Of Google

March 28th, 2007

In an article written by “The Observer”, a UK based paper, they clearly identify the challenges and pitfalls ahead for Google, its’ competitors, and the overall market.  Google is in a somewhat precarious position with pending lawsuits, but clearly remains the front leader in the race for the online advertising dollars.  Without doubt, Google is losing some steam as corporate giants line up, team up, and form formidable partnerships to overtake Google’s share.  But don’t count Google out, they are resilient and can withstand the challenge.  Many of us will look back 5 years from now and determine if Google held their ground….for now, they need to fight the good fight.
 
Read “The Observer” and their Google article here:


Images on Google maps gone bad

March 27th, 2007

Google maps supports the ability to show images associated with the location searched, as well as reviews and other information.  Yelp (www.yelp.com) seems to be the main provider of the reviews.  When someone recently posted a negative review for Microsoft, they uploaded an image to the review on yelp.  This image was then shown on the Google maps page.
 
The good news is that the image was removed rather quickly after someone reported the image to Google.

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