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A Competitor’s Guide to the Internet, Part II

Back in February, I wrote a post that broke out some of the categories in which Google, Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft were competing. Since...

The Google ‘Mud Geyser’ Moves On

Dearest Bleacher Creatures:It's about the comments you leave below the postings on this blog.I've occasionally written some dumb stuff, so I expect a good...

Get Thee to a Googlery

Google's book search engine has put together a William Shakespeare section, which in practice is a Web page where people can read a lot...

Google Earth Has a 3-D Soapbox

Google Earth's become a forum for editorializing via Google SketchUp, a relatively new feature that lets you create 3-D images that appear on Google...

Google Maps Gets Corporate

Google's unveiled an updated version of Google Maps, its mapping feature.Along with all the new bells and whistles, there's also now fee-based licensing and...

When Google Becomes Pay-to-Play

Imagine paying to use Google search.The notion is deservedly absurd right now. But that landmark day may come, and it may be traced to...

Google’s Choices in China

Google's got quite a predicament in China to contend with.Perhaps most importantly from Google's perspective, its locally operated Internet search engine (found here) is...

Google Defends Wi-Fi Network Plans on Eve of Launch

Google's gone on the offensive to try and allay any privacy and coverage concerns about a wireless Internet network it plans to switch on...

Google Enlists Its Own for Net Neutrality Fight

Google's the latest leading Internet concern to turn to its consumers for help in the fight over net neutrality.Loosely-defined, net neutrality guarantees that Internet...

The Few, the Proud, the Keyword

Most of the searching going on at major Internet sites involves a surprisingly small number of search terms, according to new research from WebSideStory,...