Search Engine Journal

Google WiFi Network Launches in Mountain View
After one year of planning and testing, Google has opened GoogleFi; its WiFi network prototype, in its own backyard of Mountain View. GoogleFi opened at 9 pm PST, and it’s now 1 am on the East Coast, so I’m going to give the mike to Om Malik and his […]

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Google, Neven Vision & Image Recognition
Google today acquired a key player in face and image recognition biometrics, Neven Vision. The benefits and new features which Google can roll out with Neven Vision under its belt are seemingly endless and if I were to compare the opportunity of Google’s new buy with any other recent acquisition […]

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Google’s Direction in Content & Video Distribution
Kevin J. Delaney of the Wall Street Journal looks into Google’s latest content deals with Viacom’s MTV Networks and Fox Interactive Media’s MySpace.com (two vicious competitors) and how this new Google Video and Advertising direction is key to the company for long term growth.
From Google Sees Content Deals As […]

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YouTube Down : Updating?
YouTube has been down for a while this morning, probably waiting until the West Coast checks into work to launch some new upgrades to the system; which would be sweet after Google’s ramping up of Google Video.
The YouTube, we’re up to something, message is currently being served on the site and it […]

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Google Maps Adds Free Merchant Coupons
Google Maps has added a new way for local merchants to attract more customers to their storefronts and track those customer sales via a new breath taking step in local search technology; coupons. Ok, forgive the sarcasm as from a merchant standpoint, the simplicity of Google Maps Coupons just my […]

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MySpace.com : Fastest Growing Top Site
According to Nielsen, the fastest growing sites/brands on the Internet prominently featured social media and at least one surprise, the Associated Press. Flickr, MySpace and Wikipedia experienced year-over-year traffic growth of 201%, 183% and 181% respectively, while the AP grew 234%.
However, among the top Internet sites generally MySpace was […]

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AOL & Blinkx Search Partnership
Last week when AOL announced its relationship with Blinkx I thought, “Why are they partnering with Blinkx given Truveo and SingingFish?” It appeared to be some sort of implied statement regarding potential limitations of those engines in the video search context.
However, AOL subsequently clarified with me that the Blinkx relationship is […]

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Link Building : Blogs, Sponsors & Eyes and Brain Massager
Darren Rowse of ProBlogger is orchestrating a group writing project for professional bloggers who are interested in participation. Darren has done so in the past, with excellent participation from the blogging community.
This latest project’s theme will be that of Lists (a favorite PR/linking spin of many) […]

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Fox Selling Video On Demand Via MySpace.com & FIM
Sticking to this week’s underlying news theme of search engines & video revenue production, News Corporation has announced that Fox Interactive Media has penned a deal with Twentieth Century Fox to feature video downloads of Fox’s films and television programs across the FIM properties which include MySpace.com, […]

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Google Setting Up Datacenter in India
Google will be setting up a new server farm in Andhra Pradesh, India to serve as its second datacenter / back office in the Asian region. The server farm is expected to primarily house Google’s user generated content.
From CNBC’s Moneycontrol TechBlog:
The project will reportedly cost $1-billion but Google is keen […]

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