Archive for July, 2011

Google Docs Lists Priority Features

2011/07/15

Last month we discussed a Reddit page that allowed users to communicate with the Google Docs team and discuss the features they wanted most. The Docs team has continued this pattern of petitioning user feedback with a Google Moderator page that did much the same. It’s clear that Google is looking to get a strong sense of what projects users want to see made a priority in Docs, and continuing the path of strong communication, Google has now released their planned priority list

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Google Voice Adds Spam Filtering

2011/07/15

Every so often, I get a call from a number belonging to an unfamiliar area code. Wondering if it might be a business inquiry, a distant friend, or a girl whose number I’d forgotten, I always wind up answering the call – only to learn that I’d won  another cruise package and need to stay on the line, or that Survey RC really needed to talk to me, and so on and so forth.

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Google Posts Impressive Q2 Figures

2011/07/15

Google has completed its second quarter report, and the results are more than a little heart-warming for investors. The second quarter income of $2.51 billion represents at 36 percent growth from last year, while revenue climbed to $9.03 billion, up 32 percent from last year and 5.2 percent from the first quarter.

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Google Posts Impressive Q2 Figures

2011/07/15

Google has completed its second quarter report, and the results are more than a little heart-warming for investors. The second quarter income of $2.51 billion represents at 36 percent growth from last year, while revenue climbed to $9.03 billion, up 32 percent from last year and 5.2 percent from the first quarter. Several investors had expressed concern with the slow growth of income and revenue in the aftermath of the first quarter report, but no such complaints have been heard since the June report

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Google Posts Impressive Q2 Figures

2011/07/15

Google has completed its second quarter report, and the results are more than a little heart-warming for investors. The second quarter income of $2.51 billion represents at 36 percent growth from last year, while revenue climbed to $9.03 billion, up 32 percent from last year and 5.2 percent from the first quarter.

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Bing Hits Record Search Share, Google Stays Stable

2011/07/15

While the picture varies around the globe, the reality is that Google reigns supreme in almost every market. In fact, for those who have forgotten, Google is the main search engine in all but five countries that regularly access the internet. However, despite themonolithic size of Google, Bing and its partner Yahoo are making gains

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Bing Brings in Major Partners for Finance Tools

2011/07/15

Bing has labeled itself not merely as a search engine but as a powerful tool that users can take advantage of for a myriad of purposes. From shopping to looking at weather reports (more on that later today) to making travel plans, Bing positions itself as anadvantageous tool – and thus draws the crowd away from Google’s empire. Bing’s continuous rise in search share (Bing and Yahoo combined hold a quarter of U.S

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Today On Google+: A Handful Of Helpful Tools, Google+ Officially Over 10 Million Users & Friday Fun!

2011/07/15

Below is today’s top news relating to Google+, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. Official: Google+ Hits 10,000,000 Users Over 10M Google+ Users was shared late yesterday by Larry Page, Google’s CEO, in the midst of the quarterly Google earnings call…. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

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Forecast: Expanded Weather Coverage On Bing

2011/07/15

Bing has expanded its weather-related coverage with more information and resources, and also updated the display of that information at the same time. The new features are available only in English-language markets. Bing’s blog post explains the new set of weather search features, which are…

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Exploring The Shift In Search Behaviors With Microsoft’s Jacquelyn Krones

2011/07/15

I first met Jacquelyn Krones, a Senior Product Manager from Microsoft, at a search show. A mutual friend on the Bing team, Product Manager Stefan Weitz, introduced her to me and said, “You have to meet Jacquelyn. You speak the same language.” Stefan was right

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