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Marziah's Google Blog October 2006 Archive

By Marziah Karch, About.com Guide to Google

Happy Doodle Day!

Tuesday October 31, 2006
I hope you took a chance to go look at the Doodle up today at Google. It's always a fun treat to see what they come up with. On to the ... Read More

YouTube Loses the Comedy Central

Monday October 30, 2006
Apparently Comedy Central ordered YouTube to remove copyright infringing clips of popular programs, such as South Park and The Daily Show. While they're completely and totally within their rights ... Read More

The Next Froogle?

Sunday October 29, 2006
Google announced last month that they planned on integrating more of Froogle's product search capabilities into Google Base search. This only makes me cry a little, because I think ... Read More

Google Bombs Away

Wednesday October 25, 2006
It's nearly election time in the US, and that means it's time for political Google bombs. This year bloggers on both sides of the spectrum are buying Adwords and ... Read More

Election Year Google

Tuesday October 24, 2006
If you live in the US, election time is right around the corner. Google Earth has added a 2006 US Election guide layer. Simply turn the layer on in Google ... Read More

Blogger Eats Dog Food

Monday October 23, 2006
The official Blogger Beta blog took some time to discuss some of their recent public blunders. A couple weeks ago, they had someone hack the official Google blog and make ... Read More

Move Your Del.icio.us to Google Bookmarks

Friday October 20, 2006
I look at a lot of Web sites. I have a lot of bookmarks, and I don't always browse from the same computer. That's why I save them on del.icio.us. ... Read More

Don't Expect a Lot of New Products from Google

Thursday October 19, 2006
Google is refocusing on refining what it has these days, which may be a very good thing. Rather than tons of new products that may or may not work well, ... Read More

Google's Copyright Woes

Monday October 16, 2006
Google is certainly no stranger to copyright issues. From Google Books, to Google Images, to Google's cached pages, Google has had plenty of copyright tussles. There's also a valid argument ... Read More

Happy Friday the 13th

Friday October 13, 2006
Feel like being scared? Some say you should be scared of Google, especially after their recent acquisition of YouTube. Others say you should be scared of Google's recent hacker attacks ... Read More

Docs & Spreadsheets

Wednesday October 11, 2006
Google has combined Google Spreadsheets and Google Writely. Now you can get both spreadsheets and word processing documents from one log-in. This is so unbelievably convenient. Watch out, Microsoft. Google's ... Read More

It's a Done Deal

Monday October 9, 2006
I just mentioned that Google was rumored to be in talks with YouTube. The rumors have turned out to be true, and Google has just purchased YouTube for 1.65 billion ... Read More

Google Video YouTube?

Friday October 6, 2006
The Internet is all aflutter with a rumor that Google is in talks to buy YouTube for 1.6 billion dollars. Yowza! YouTube has more than twice Google Video's popularity. It also ... Read More

Google Groups Beta

Wednesday October 4, 2006
Blogger started experimenting with a beta not too long ago, and it looks like Google Groups got jealous. Google Groups also has a beta on a separate server. ... Read More

Blingo Gets More Bling

Monday October 2, 2006
Image courtesy Blingo. Why would you want to use a search engine that's not Google? To win fabulous prizes, of course. If you've never heard of it, Blingo is a ... Read More
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