Gunning for Google
Date: 2004-06-10 Source: cnnmoney
There's starting to be some skepticism about just how well Google will do and if it really deserves to be pegged as a tech savior. Goodbye, euphoria. Hello, reality. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
A Contest to Outwit Google
Date: 2004-06-09 Source: Wired
The owner of an online forum won the first round of a worldwide search-engine optimization competition Monday, by using a backlinking strategy that scored his site as the top Google result for a made-up term, "nigritude ultramarine." [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google-To-Go: Company Upgrades Enterprise Search Product
Date: 2004-06-02 Source: ClickZ
The new GSA, intended for use behind firewalls, on very large public-facing sites and for corporate Intranets, is configurable both in terms of interface and filtered results. The company claims that once it's deployed, internal site search stats soar. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
California Senate Approves Bill Curbing Gmail
Date: 2004-05-28 Source: ClickZ
The California State Senate has approved a bill putting strict curbs on e-mail providers intending to scan customer messages for advertising and other purposes. The bill, authored by Sen. Liz Figueroa, D-Fremont, was written in response to Google's Gmail service. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Owning the Standard for Search Engines
Date: 2004-05-26 Source: Fool.com
A $30 billion valuation of Google implies that due to strong network externalities, the company will own the standard in the search engine space, like Microsoft in PC operating systems or eBay in Internet auctions. While a standard will likely be established for search engines, Google's ability to own that standard remains highly uncertain. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Here's hoping success won't spoil Google
Date: 2004-05-25 Source: smh.com.au
If Google won't say anything about its markets, we'll look at what it's actually doing. Apparently, Google is diversifying out of text-based search-engine advertising at an impressive rate. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google IPO underwriters learn their roles
Date: 2004-05-24 Source: SiliconValley.com
Google Inc., whose very name is a metaphor for easy access to information, has lifted a shroud of secrecy on its estimated $2.7 billion initial public offering with an amended filing that said 31 Wall Street firms will help sell the deal. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google names 31 underwriters
Date: 2004-05-21 Source: News.com
Google filed an amendment to its initial public offering documents on Friday, naming 29 additional financial institutions as underwriters for its planned $2.7 billion offering. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google's desktop bet
Date: 2004-05-21 Source: News.com
Google could establish a foothold--and a competitive edge--in this desktop search market by getting in early with free consumer software, supported by advertising. Also, it could broaden its advertising into a much more intimate PC environment, off the Web, where people spend at least 50 percent of their time. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google defines good manners for adware
Date: 2004-05-19 Source: News.com
In an attempt to cut down on misbehaving adware and spyware, Google has released a set of suggested principles for software makers to follow when writing programs that embed themselves on Internet users' PCs. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
