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Google Local maps the UK
Google Local and Google Maps have been around in beta for a while, but only for US businesses and maps. No longer. Google has just rolled out Google Local and Google Maps for the UK. With Google Local you can search for businesses in or near a specific town or postcode. It starts by recognising […]
Now you can Google your own computer
Ever thought “Google is great, but why can’t I search my computer the same way?” Well now you can do just that. The new Google Desktop Search launched in beta 14 October. It seamlessly blends into Google itself. Download the tool and you’ll see a new Desktop search button on the Google home page. Google […]
Corporate Finance: Google’s e-offer
You cannot fail to have noted that Google is floating its shares in a rather unconventional manner and expects to raise a rather mind-googling $2.7 billion. The unorthodox prospectus has drawn criticism, nay derision, from conventional quarters. For an alternative view, see John Naughton’s column in the Observer. He notes that: “The ‘proposed maximum aggregate […]
Using the Web: Yahoo launches new search engine
Yahoo is rolling out a brand new search engine today, with its own index and ranking mechanisms, casting aside its long-standing use of Google-powered search results. SearchEngineWatch article.
Using the Web: Google looking to expand services
In its quest to offer new services for web surfers Google quietly launched but then dropped a WHOIS lookup service on the search site after Network Solutions blocked most of the queries. WHOIS allows you to find out who is responsible for a website or other internet address. NSI argues that the number of search […]
