Google Trends Identifies Clinton As Top Democrat
We’re more than ready to admit that analyzing Google Trends isn’t the best way to predict the future. However, according to recent data, it looks like Hillary Clinton could be well on her way to becoming the Democratic nominee. Anne Zelenka provided a graph that shows searches for “hillary clinton” with a clear lead over [...]
Google Getting Health-y In 2008
Microsoft’s HealthVault will have several months under its belt by the time Google Health, under the leadership of Marissa Mayer, finally debuts.Adam Bosworth ditched the promise of Google Health for the even more promising pastures of Facebook and whatever massive payout the social networking site will deliver. Mayer had to pick up the pieces as [...]
Google, The Anti-Advertising Advertising Company
Google’s a bit of a mystery to many marketers; how does a company rise to the position Google is in within the advertising industry without doing much advertising themselves?This AP article goes into detail about how little Google spends on advertising compared to giant competitors like Microsoft and eBay, but neglects that Google does focus [...]
Adam Bosworth Leaving Google
Adam Bosworth, who was charged with developing health information for Google Health, will be leaving the company to pursue other opportunities, the Times Online reported. John Batelle notes that Marissa Mayer will take over the position. Click to read the rest of this post… More: continued here adam bosworth leaving google
Bosworth Bails On Google Health
Adam Bosworth has opted to bow out of Google and the project he helped initiate, Google Health, for undisclosed reasons.Google and other search firms see plenty of money to be made on healthcare information. While Google’s health information plans may go much farther than just what they can provide in search, they will do so [...]
People Search Engine, Spock Has Danny Breaking Up Larry and Sergey
Spock, the recently launched beta people info search engine, seems to think that Danny Sullivan as the perfect buffer for Larry and Sergey. Do a search on Spock for search engineand Sergey gets top billing, followed by Danny with Larry coming in third. The results for the term search engine gives a list of well [...]
Google Dominates SES News
If you evaluate the news stories and blog posts about Search Engine Strategies, then “universal search” beat “click fraud” as the top story to come out of the conference. If you analyze all the news coverage of SES San Jose, then Wednesday’s keynote speaker Marissa Mayer beat Tuesday’s keynote speaker Jim Lanzone as the top [...]
Incisive Events Coming This Summer
It’s been a busy conference season for search marketers over the past few months, and the pace is finally letting up – but only a little bit. Incisive Media, parent to Search Engine Watch, is planning four more events in July and August, and then we promise to take a break for a little while. [...]
Will The SERP Be Reinvented?
The search engine results page (SERP) has been largely the same for the past decade. But Google’s foray into Universal Search and Ask.com’s recent unleashing of 3D search have people wondering if we’re in for a new era, a new look. Enquiro’s Gord Hotchkiss chatted with usability guru Jakob Nielsen about this very topic and [...]
Froogle Shops For A Frugal Experience
Google has rebranded their moribund shopping engine from Froogle to Google Product Search, and changed its look to match other Google pages.White background, Google name on top, search box in the middle, one or two buttons next to the box. That’s pretty much the trade dress for a Google product finding its way into a [...]
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