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Saturday, 18 October 2008

Google by appointment to the Queen

Google by appointment to the Queen...well sort of. The whole search community is honoured. I think Nikesh Arora's jaw must have hurt after smiling for so long :-)

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

The UK Government super "database of intentions"

An estimated three billion e-mails are sent daily. Government ministers are considering a £12bn programme to monitor the electronic communication activity of every person in Britain. To facilitate the programme, a large central computer database would need to be created...

Thursday, 09 October 2008

BOTW to buy DMOZ Rumours?

Jeremy Schoemaker, of the popular Shoemoney blog, posted rumours that the owners of Best of the Web Directory are in talks to buy Dmoz from AOL and that a deal could be reached fairly soon. DMOZ has long been neglected...

Wednesday, 01 October 2008

Search Google in 2001

Do you ever long for those good old days? The days when AOL and Time Warner merged? When Wikipedia was founded? When George Bush was sworn in as president and Tony Blair bagged the UK general election? When Gladiator won...

Friday, 26 September 2008

15 of the best Google logos

Over the years Google has created many Google logos for varying occasions. So without further ado, I present to you my 15 of the best Google Logo's! 1. Earth day 22nd April 2008 2. Edvard Munch's Birthday, December 12th 2006...

Thursday, 11 September 2008

Blogs and Blogging - Past, Present and Future

There are millions of blogs sprawling across the deepest reaches of the Internet today. So much so that a new blog is created every 7.4 seconds but how have blogs changed over the years, what is their history and where...

Tuesday, 02 September 2008

Google Chrome Download and Screenshots

Later today Google will enter the browser marketplace and you will be able to download what looks like a ground breaking new web browser called 'Google Chrome'. It appears to have some very nice features and if Chromes multiple process...

Friday, 27 June 2008

John Battelle calls it...and gets it wrong.

Supposedly the dust can settle, the weak and wounded can exit the battlefield. "In search, it's over, Google wins." says John Battelle. John sorry, but you're wrong. Take it from Larry we're only 5% of the way there, the battle...

Thursday, 29 May 2008

Out with the old...

As you may have gathered from our swanky new design (courtesy of our Danish colleagues at Guava Communications) as of today Neutralize has become Guava. We have a lovely new website and we have been celebrating in Guava-related style! Check...

Thursday, 15 May 2008

Why is video the most popular form of content in Google universal search?

Comscore have released some interesting stats regarding the different types of universal results in the Google search results page (SERP). source: http://www.comscore.com James Lamberti draws the conclusion that the popularity of video is mostly driven by a combination of consumers...