Google Reportedly To Buy Yelp…Gulp!
This weekend I have been hearing rumblings that Google is poised to buy Yelp for $500 million, a social network of sorts based on reviews of local business establishments. Let me make a prediction, 2010 will be the year of “local Search” and local UGC (User Generated Reviews) What does this mean for Google? They can strong arm the local search market by acquiring Yelp, and snag an additional 25 million monthly unique visitors! Now this will add to Google’s recent aggressive push towards their own Business Local product, and “Favorite Places on Google” which will...
Read MoreGoogle Caffeine Now Live On A Data Center, Any Changes?
Like coffee? I do, several cups a day because I love the taste and smell of coffee, but also caffeine. Lets not talk about coffee though, but Google’s “sandbox” new and improved search engine, dubbed “Caffeine. It was announced recently on Matt Cutts blog that we can expect “caffeine” after the holidays, but I am not sure how they define “holidays” because yesterday they went live with one data center for testing 209.85.225.103, at least for 50% of the users hitting that data center. I must be on the other end of the 50%, because in my preliminary testing it’s about the...
Read MoreMobile Movie Apps, More Than Just Movies…
This morning Mashable posted an article about a new Google search feature for mobile devices. Just fire up your iPhone, Droid or WebOS phone, go to Google and search for “movies”, and click on the “More movies” link. Take a look at the video below. As much as I like Google, there are far more powerful “apps” that give you more than movie information, take for example “Flixster” app. It geo-targets your location and provides places nearby to eat at after the movie (Pics below), upcoming movies, dvd sales and much more. Fandango app is also a movie app. Overall, I...
Read MoreWhy Do You Think Google Bought AdMob?
I would love to get your feedback on this….really, what is your vote?<br /><br /><br /><br />&amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/2240946/” mce_href=”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/2240946/”&amp;amp;amp;gt;Why Do You Think Google Bought AdMob?&amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;span style=”font-size:9px;”...
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