We watch the online strategies of the news media especially closely at iCrossing, for a number of reasons: They are in the front line when it comes to dealing with reality of moving from channel to network media models (it’s …
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Different sets of results based on keyword case? I only really started to notice this today, but apparently it’s been happening for a while, depending on your location. When you make a search on Google, you may get different results …
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The Economist is looking at the longer term impact of the recession on consumer buying behaviours in an article called From buy, buy to bye-bye. Apparently, we’re not all going to snap back into boom mode the moment the green …
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Image Credit: Flickr user r o s e n d a h l In a  unexpected move, Google have released their entire search algorithm to the open source community. In the associated press release Google stated the following reasons for …
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After watching Matt Brittin (Google UK) getting quizzed on newsnight yesterday about if Google Street Maps is ethical we thought we’d use our network and add to the debate.  Street View UK allows anyone in the world to type an …
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We’ve made the move to our lovely new office in Brighton. It’s amazing! We have a massive roof terrace, sea views, giant games, a ‘library’ (also potentially a gaming room if I have my way as it’s fitted with some …
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  The idea of combining the instantly gratifying nature of following live twitter results with the dominant authority, and familiarity of Google results seems to be winning hearts and minds. Just yesterday morning a new ‘greasemonkey’ script was posted on …
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Who reads the terms of service when they sign up for a new service? Well some people do, thank goodness and when the Consumerist blog spotted some heavy handed clauses about ownership of content on Facebook (interpreted as “we own …
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  Image credit:mikearther Google may be the dominating search engine globally, but in a few counties they are still struggling to increase their market share.  In Japan, Google are trying to catch up with Yahoo, who according to Neilson/NetRatings and …
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Image Credit: Mark Knol Anyone in the UK performing a search in Google on Saturday, between 2.30pm and 3.25pm, would have come across a nasty surprise.  Due to “human error”, Google was incorrectly displaying the message “This site may harm …
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