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Google has added reviews of listed businesses to local search results, in addition to the recently integrated interactive maps.
Shankar Gupta writes:
"The reviews are pulled from other sites, such as CitySearch.com, Gayot.com, and Amazon.com. They include both editorial critiques and user opinions culled from those sites. But, unlike AOL and Yahoo!, Google does not offer users the chance to post their own reviews directly to the search site. In addition to reviews and maps, Google offers other information gleaned from sites it has indexed, such as business hours, payment types accepted, WiFi availability, restaurant menus, amenities, and even inspection data from the Department of Health's Web site. This most recent set of upgrades to Google's search offering is representative of the high-speed development of the local search area,
Friday, March 04, 2005
Google tech deals with hardware failure
CNET News.com
Article covers hardware and programming used by Google... "Google's secret of success? Dealing with failure...The technical wizardry behind Google's successful search engine may come down to a blindingly obvious insight: PCs crash"
Article covers hardware and programming used by Google... "Google's secret of success? Dealing with failure...The technical wizardry behind Google's successful search engine may come down to a blindingly obvious insight: PCs crash"
Quirky rant about spam
Spam for the soul: "Roy Rivenburg, Times Staff Writer
Who would have dreamed that spam holds the keys to enlightenment? Like many ignorant humans, I used to consider junk e-mail a nuisance. But once I opened my mind as well as my inbox, I discovered an amazing truth: All I really need to know I learned from those weird proverbs and quotations in spam messages.
A few examples:
'Never play leapfrog with a unicorn...."
Who would have dreamed that spam holds the keys to enlightenment? Like many ignorant humans, I used to consider junk e-mail a nuisance. But once I opened my mind as well as my inbox, I discovered an amazing truth: All I really need to know I learned from those weird proverbs and quotations in spam messages.
A few examples:
'Never play leapfrog with a unicorn...."
Google: A $50 Billion "One-Trick Pony"?
www.businessweek.com
Ben Elgin asks if Google's focus on text based advertising, key to it's success, could also prove to be it's downfall
"Google remains almost entirely dependent for growth on search -- a business that's poised to slow... Its focus on Web-searching -- an increasingly limited arena -- may be blinding it to big opportunities elsewhere"
Ben Elgin asks if Google's focus on text based advertising, key to it's success, could also prove to be it's downfall
"Google remains almost entirely dependent for growth on search -- a business that's poised to slow... Its focus on Web-searching -- an increasingly limited arena -- may be blinding it to big opportunities elsewhere"
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