Archive for June 4th, 2009

Planet Google, By Randall Stross (Independent)

"War, hyperinflation, breakdowns in public utility services" – just a few of the accidents of history that, as Randall Stross wisely points out, the all-consuming online data store has never had to face. Google's fair-weather expansion has proceeded at stunning speed since Stanford whizzkids Sergey Brin and Larry Page created it in 1998.

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Google tracking cookie spans AdSense, DoubleClick (The Register)

Um, but it keeps the data separate? Yes, Google is using the same tracking cookie across both its AdSense and DoubleClick online ad contraptions. This allows the Mountain View ad giant to collect your surfing habits as you move from AdSense partner sites to sites using DoubleClick's ad management platform - although the company indicates that at least in some cases, the data is not combined.… ...

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Google squares up to complex searches (ZDNet UK)

Google Squared, now available for public evaluation, is a Labs project that presents results in a new, spreadsheet-like format

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Nasdaq OMX Advantage loyalty programme partners with Google affiliate network (Finextra)

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that its affinity marketing program, NASDAQ OMX Advantage, is partnering with Google's ...

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Google Squared launches to lukewarm response (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Google has launched a new analytics tool called Google Squared that presents search results in a spreadsheet.

Thursday, June 4th, 2009