Pinboard: bookmarks for McChris tagged 'google'

Google has monkeyed with putting hooks into the open-source database package MySQL for internal use, and now it has agreed to merge its improvements into the mainstream version of the software. Some speculate it's for integrating third-party machines into

google database MySQL distributedcomputing metadata
october 2007 by McChris

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Redesigning Google for Google

"What if Google had to design their user interface for Google?

SEO google webdesign satire searchengine
october 2007 by McChris

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Valleywag says Google is using takedown notices as opportunities for licensing deals.

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Dan Gilmor: It’s Your Stuff? Maybe Not

"the bigger issue is... whether the photos, text, videos, financial information and other things you put online are yours, or whether they end up belonging, in practice if not principle, to the company you use to store and/or display them.

labor Web2.0 google ethics
september 2007 by McChris

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Google's "Street View" and Privacy in Public

Michael Zimmer discusses how unwitting participants can appear in Google Maps' "street view" and suggests a few policies to maintain persons' privacy online.

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may 2007 by McChris

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Greater Tulsa Pulling G’s for Growth

This is old news, but Google is planning a datacenter in the Tulsa exurb of Pryor on the site of a WWII-era powder plant. Check out the Google logo with the Oklahoma state shield as an "O."

sprawl oklahoma google
may 2007 by McChris

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Young Manhattanite: Dodgeball Founders Leave Google

This can only mean that Twitter is on a path to world domination.

google Twitter
april 2007 by McChris

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Google Buys DoubleClick for $3.1 Billion

Don't be evil, Google!

google business advertising privacy
april 2007 by McChris

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techPresident: Wikipedia's Expansive Influence in Candidate Search Results

Fred Stutzman queried Google for the names of presidential contenders and noted the result order (not PageRank) of their official sites and their Wikipedia entries. Wikipedia won in many cases.

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february 2007 by McChris

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The Gapminder World 2006

This is a cool interactive visualization of economic and social data.

visualization digitaldivide google neato
january 2007 by McChris

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Rough Type: YouTube's strategic sharing

Google announced that the looming surge of advertising will be accompanied by sharing revenue with contributors. Nick Carr provides some insights behind Google's decision.

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january 2007 by McChris

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Ars Technica: Google announces overhaul of Google Video strategy

Google Video will become a search engine for video content online, which is what I thought its mission was in the first place.

TVontheWeb google YouTube business
january 2007 by McChris

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Wikipedia Nofollows Links

All outbound links in Wikipedia will now use the "nofollow" attribute, which instructs search engines like Google to ignore whatever reputation the link may provide.

wikipedia spam SEO google
january 2007 by McChris

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University of Texas Libraries Partner with Google to Digitize Books

"In the course of the multi-year project, Google will digitize at least one million volumes from the University of Texas Libraries' collections, working from selection lists prepared by the Libraries."

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january 2007 by McChris

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Overstated: Orkut to take over MySpace?

Cameron Marlowe looks at the numbers, and suggests that Orkut's traffic will continue to rival MySpace's. I know it's user base is centered on Brazil, but the only activity my account sees is spam.

yasns google myspace Brazil
january 2007 by McChris

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Mark Cuban: Some intimate details on the Google YouTube Deal

Mark Cuban posts an anonymous email about an interesting arrangement in the YouTube acquisition. Google set aside $500 million of the $1.65 billion purchase price to deal with IP litigation.

YouTube TVontheWeb copyright google business
november 2006 by McChris

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AlterNet: MediaCulture: Will Google Take the Internet Over the Cliff?

"as the Goo-Tube model develops, behind each video will be a powerful connection to an ad, targeted to the user's online behavior, as well as the stealth collection of personal data."

TVontheWeb surveillance google advertising
october 2006 by McChris

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Bokardo: YouTube and the Importance of Top-of-Mind

Joshua Porter of Bokardo argues that the Google/YouTube deal was mostly about branding and mindshare, rather than technology or business models.

TVontheWeb google business
october 2006 by McChris

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Blog Maverick: I still think Google is crazy

Mark Cuban was skeptical about the rumors that Google would buy YouTube. Now that the acquisition has been announced, he's stil wondering if intellectual property issues will bring the project down.

TVontheWeb Web2.0 google copyright intellectualproperty business
october 2006 by McChris

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YouTube, in a New Bubble

Dan Gillmor suggests Google's purchase of YouTube indicates the technology industry – or at least the online consumer space – is in a bubble once again.

TVontheWeb google business Web2.0
october 2006 by McChris

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Gmail Shortcut Cheatsheet

The only keystroke I remember is "c" for compose; perhaps this will help me remember others.

useful gmail ajax google
september 2006 by McChris

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The Register: Google developing eavesdropping software

Via Slashdot, this system would use internal PC microphones to monitor the media diets of users. When Nielsen and Arbitron roll out their portable "People Meters" a lot of content will be watermarked for data collection like this.

surveillance google privacy advertising audience business
september 2006 by McChris

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Why Antitrust Doesn't Cut It for NN (but why Google has to pretend)
networkneutrality google publicpolicy anti-trust law
july 2006 by McChris

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KeepVid: Download videos from Google, Youtube, iFilm, Putfile, Metacafe, DailyMotion!

A service that allows users to download online videos to the hard drive.

TVontheWeb google video useful
june 2006 by McChris

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Kurt Cobain's Suicide Letter vs. Google AdSense

Cory Arcangel has created a page with Kurt Cobain's suicide note embedded with Google AdSense ads to see what the contextual algorithm will drop in the text. I had to whitelist AdSense in my Adblock extension for it to work.

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june 2006 by McChris

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Jon Udell: Earth to Google PR

I don't have the geek chops that Mr. Udell has, but stuff like this would happen all too frequently when I was writing for computer magazines.

journalism publicrelations google humor
june 2006 by McChris

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Long Tail evidence from Safari and Google Book Search

Tim O'Reilly discusses how user behavior follows a power distribution on online book sites like Google Books and O'Reilly's Safari service. On Safari, the curve actually rises at the end, with users hunting down out-of-print computer books.

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may 2006 by McChris

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greased lightbox / shifting pixel / joe lencioni

Oh, wow, this Greasemonkey script is tight. Once installed, it allows you to view Google Image Search (or a similar site) as an interactive slideshow, complete with magnification. My only complaint is that the links to the source page are hidden at the bo

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may 2006 by McChris

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Eyeteeth: Miró's family goes after Google

I thought the Miro-inspired Google logo was pretty cool.

art google intellectualproperty
april 2006 by McChris

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Google Romance

Google's April Fool's prank this year is pretty funny, especially the line about "I'm feeling lucky."

google humor searchengine
april 2006 by McChris

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Gmail user gets kneecapped

Google makes no assurances that your Gmail won't be deleted. I use it only for personal email and lists, but I were a freelance writer I might use it as my business address, which could be bad.

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march 2006 by McChris

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