Let me start by saying that Google+ is a great idea. For those that don’t know, the idea behind Google+ is that you’re able to categorize your friendships with people from family, friends, acquaintances, professional contacts, etc. This is something Facebook should have done years ago as more and more people have begun to suffer from multiple persona disorder. (One of my students...
The general belief is that Google desperately wants to become a social company. Why? Because social will soon become the default state of the Internet. These stats will give you sense of where we’re headed. Facebook currently has 680 million users Facebook has more traffic than Google 33% of all Internet traffic from the US is bound for Facebook At this point Google can’t become a...
eBay has recently made some interesting acquisitions that I’m sure has someone at Amazon paying a little closer attention. For those that have not used eBay (yes there are some) Â it’s more than an auction site. It’s an ecommerce site and with the ability to ‘Buy it Now’. I’d never purchased anything from eBay until recently. Pretty easy experience and not...
Update: I’ve been thinking about this post (for obvious reasons to me: which I won’t share) and I feel pretty good about Google’s future. Why? Because they create amazing tools. Those tools can be the social object for all the web to share and talk about. Product focus is the best focus. Given this, I’m sure that Larry and Sergey can successfully lead Google into the...
This is my favorite part about Facebook search vs. Google search.
Obviously, Google is a pretty big subject to cover in only one class. You could teach an entire quarter on Google highlighting all that the web giant offers, but . . . I only had 2 hours and 10 minutes. Google, for lack of a better way to say it is the web. Without Google the vast ocean of content would be relatively inaccessible. Metaphorically, Google could also be thought of as the axle and...
This post is for all of those businesses whose site search is so bad that you have to leave their site, go to Google, type in your search terms with their business name just to find anything on their site. Search is such an integral part of our online experience . An essential key to usability. To not get search right is dangerous. Categorically, everyone business that’s not using Google...
I recently posted about location based search soon becoming product enabled in the near future. AND then I found this from this little company called Google. Fast forward to 19:15 and behold, an example of what I described. Enjoy!
This is a ENORMOUS post. If I weren’t summarizing a presentation I gave last night, I would have broken it into a small miniseries with many guest stars including Betty White. So make sure you go to the bathroom before you start. Last night I got the chance to speak to a class at DU that focuses on creating business plans. Social media is perfect for the startup due to the low barriers of...
Saw this ad yesterday from Google and it really speaks to how search plays into our lives. Enjoy!