Ben Charny

Googles never-ending search for new features has made its data center a star. The data center—and all the spending that goes with it—could take the stage at Googles analyst day March 2. Why? Googles future growth now means making great features that can ultimately be monetized. That practice puts the burden on a search engines […]

(UPDATED March 2) Google’s introduced a more affordable Mini search appliance for enterprises. The latest hardware has the capacity to search 50,000 documents, and costs just under $2,000. The search provider thinks its lowest priced Mini yet will sets up more market opportunities.

Here come Trexy.com, another new search feature to borrow from Dr. Vannevar Bush’s visionary1945 Atlantic Monthly article “As We May Think”. What Bush proposed, and Trexy says it’s bringing to life, is a “Memex” or memory extender machine to organize the public record. The 2006 version involves the saving, and anonymous sharing, of a “search […]

Google’s stock price dropped as much as seven percent in recent trading after its chief financial officer told investors that Google’s growth is sure to slow down. This is the second volatile Google stock price movement in a month or so, and set off by Google’s assessment of its financial future.

Nik Cubrilovic has supposedly got Google grumbling. He found some items on Google Base, Google’s experimental online marketplace, that could be purchasd with a credit card. No big deal at eBay, Amazon or other online merchants. But it’s a pretty significant milestone for Google Inc. Base is finally a fully-armed online marketplace. Here’s more from […]

Googles recently updated online marketplace is getting mixed reviews, in particular because it cant yet measure the reputation of a buyer or seller. In the past few days, items like bags of candy for sale at Google Base could be purchased using credit card information stored in a Google account. /zimages/2/28571.gifRead more here about Google […]

Part I GOOGLE WATCH: What’s Project X? GOOGLE: “We’re always exploring opportunities to expand our offerings, but don’t have anything to announce at this time.” GOOGLE WATCH: Are you confirming that Google is indeed working/testing just such a project? GOOGLE: Nope, not at all. GOOGLE WATCH: Does your response mean that Google has no such […]

Some updates on search from Greg Sterling, The Kelsey Group. Though email still the most popular daily online activity, search is closing in…As of last year, newspaper classifieds were the source of 5% of new hires, online ads 51 percent… Some 43% of search engine users look for local merchants to buy something offline. Ken […]

Google Chief Financial Officer George Reyes will present at the Merrill Lynch Internet, Advertising, Information & Education Conference. Time/date is 9:55 a.m. EDT, February 28.

Google is once again allowing sign-ups for Google Creator, where users forge their own personalized Web pages. Once again, there’s only a limited number of accounts available. This is a repeat of last week, when Google opened up Google Creator for business, then Google claims it ran out of accounts in a few hours. Ever […]