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• Our disappearing web

  Garret McMahon is right. He looked at the just-put-up “old Google” from 2001 (lots of fun to do searches and see what Google looked like back then, that index was done just a few days after I started blogging) and he noticed that lots of things... Posted Oct 01 2008, 09:26 AM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Web, Google, Technology, History, archive

• Half an hour of mobile goodness

  Last Friday I had Sumit Agarwal, product manager on Google’s mobile team on my show, which is about how the Internet is changing work, WorkFastTV. Damn, that guy knows his mobile! In half an hour we run through dozens of things you can do with your... Posted Sep 29 2008, 12:40 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Google, Mobile, Technology, cell phone

• First hour with Google’s new browser

  I’m playing with Google’s new Chrome browser. So far, damn, this is nice. Pros. 1. Uses less memory. I still need to do some tests on a clean machine, but it looks like it uses dramatically less memory than Firefox or IE8 beta2. 2. Faster... Posted Sep 02 2008, 02:56 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Google, Technology, Browser, chrome

• Where Google and Facebook are fighting the next monetization battle

  Think about something you’ve purchased recently. How did you decide to buy that thing? In my buying behavior I find that I can split it up into three phases: 1. Need generation. This is what happens when someone shows you something you didn’t... Posted Aug 20 2008, 04:24 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Google, Technology, Facebook, Connect, friend connect

• The most important Google Tool for businesses (that you probably have never used)

  Yesterday, when I spoke at the New Media Expo I showed off the Google AdWords Keyword tool. Then I asked how many people had used this tool before. At least 1/3rd of the audience didn’t raise their hands. Now this is an audience of professional... Posted Aug 16 2008, 12:47 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Google, marketing, Technology, Content, analytics, Online, measurement, keyword, adwords

• Analytics expert on WorkFast.tv today

  Avinash Kaushik is one of the world’s top authorities on Web Analytics (his new book, Web Analytics: An Hour a Day is already getting critical acclaim and when I first met Avinash he had quite a crowd around him at the eMetrics conference. Now he’s... Posted Aug 08 2008, 06:09 AM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Google, Technology, analytics

• A new search engine appears: will you use it?

  Tonight a new search engine showed up. Techcrunch has the details. So do tons of other blogs. Search engine guru Danny Sullivan has a great post about the new engine, Cuil, (pronounced “cool”). I wasn’t pre-briefed or anything. Like... Posted Jul 28 2008, 01:58 AM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Search, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Technology, startup, cuil

• Is FriendFeed going to hire everyone at Google?

  FriendFeed has been hiring Google’s superstars. This has got to be worrying for Google. Who is the latest to get hired? Gary Burd (that’s him wearing the FriendFeed shirt in the photo above). What did he do before joining FriendFeed? Oh, just... Posted Jul 12 2008, 12:51 AM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Google, Technology, FriendFeed, hiring

• Will Microsoft Search use Mahalo techniques to change the game?

  On Thursday I interviewed a few executives at Microsoft. A few of those videos will have to wait in line (we have two weeks of inventory that needs to get done first) but because of the Yahoo/Google deal I think this one needed to be out ASAP so Rocky... Posted Jun 15 2008, 03:43 AM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Search, Google, Microsoft, Windows Live, Technology

• Missed news: Google underprices Amazon by 10x

  This is a good point that Google’s new App Engine underprices Amazon’s Simple DB by 10 x. Google is making moves and these are not to be missed. UPDATE: TechCrunch is reporting that Google is shipping some new geolocation services that he... Posted May 31 2008, 03:44 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Google, Amazon, Technology, web services

• Hot at Google IO: Android

  How can you tell what’s hot at a conference? Come to the party and check out the size of the crowds around the tables. Answer: Android. Android is Google’s open source cell phone operating system and range of cell phones. Look at TechMeme... Posted May 29 2008, 04:36 AM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Google, Technology

• Facebook has a point where it comes to your privacy

  My ex-boss, John Furrier, goes after Facebook after Facebook blocked Google’s Friend Connect from using its API to inport friends from Facebook into Google’s Friend Connect. I saw Dave Morin, who runs Facebook’s developer platform, at... Posted May 15 2008, 10:18 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Google, Technology, Facebook, privacy, Google Friend Connect

• Did Andreessen miss the point of Google’s Friend Connect

  I was just reading feeds and it is 4 a.m. in the morning, so maybe I missed something here. But Marc Andreessen just spent quite a few words trying to convince me that Google’s Friend Connect doesn’t compete with Ning, the service he runs... Posted May 14 2008, 06:11 AM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Google, Technology, social networks, friend connect, ning

• A five company day

  Yesterday I visited five companies to get you the latest that’s happening in the tech industry. Here’s the five companies I visited (now you know why my email isn’t getting answered): 1. Xobni. This is a cool add-on for Outlook. Tim... Posted May 13 2008, 12:09 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Video, Google, Technology, HD, startups, Xobni, Vusion, equals, friend connect

• New Google Reader on iPhone? Bah!

  I am playing with the new Google Reader for iPhone. Where am I playing with it? I’m sitting in the middle of Google’s campus. I’m still very disappointed. Here’s some of my disappointment: 1. Can’t share items from top level... Posted May 12 2008, 07:57 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Google, Technology, Google Reader

• Google Reader’s new “share note” feature: the video review

  I love the idea of Google Reader’s new “share note” feature, but find it lacking in implementation — watch along in this video review. What’s really wrong with it? 1. It’s breaking on my machines. No way to cancel note... Posted May 05 2008, 09:20 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: news, Google, RSS, Technology, Google Reader, FriendFeed, Aggregator

• YHOO/MSFT/GOOG: the market speaks

  Ballmer and Microsoft are the losers. Yahoo and Google win. See the chart from the day when Microsoft announced it was trying to buy Yahoo. Now do you understand why Bloomberg says that there’s new pressure on Ballmer? And why Ballmer is now out... Posted May 05 2008, 04:02 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Technology