Ben Charny

Web site operators are clamoring to understand what can best be described as an ongoing disturbance in the Google Force. Google’s search engine, once a clean, lean indexing machine, from a Webmaster’s perspective has been slipping badly lately. Starting about two months ago, there have been scores of people complaining that their Web sites have […]

Google’s financial destination, Google Finance, continues to slip in the rankings. Google Finance debuted in April at No. 28, but has since sunk to 43rd as of May 5, according to Hitwise, an Internet business intelligence provider. The slow start for the supposed category-leading Yahoo Finance killer may be a case of looking like everybody […]

It’s apparent there are only to be moral victories for those behind a proposal to significantly reduce the voting powers of Google’s top three executives, which is to be decided at a Google shareholder meeting Thursday. The Bricklayers & Trowel Trades International Pension Fund‘s idea – that buyers of any kind of Google stock get […]

Google expected a little flak when, in January, it began making available a bevy of new search features to only a select group of Google Mini search appliance owners. What that meant was some individuals or corporations would have to buy a whole new Mini from Google in order to use the new features. Well […]

Google likes to offer bounties. There’s one for AdSense and AdWords, Google’s ad features, and $1 for every new Firefox browser with embedded Google Toolbar user. Now Web site operators have incentives from Google to refer Internet wanderers to Google Pack, a bundle of downloadable software programs, and Picasa, Google’s photo organizer. Google now pays […]

Two new cordless home phones from major electronics makers that went on sale May 8 are helping Microsofts MSN Messenger leap from the PC and into more office cubicles and living rooms. Each phone comes preloaded with the latest test version of the instant messenger, MSN Messenger, Microsoft said. As a result, the Win 1200 […]

A Google feature for finding health-specific information is making sporadic appearances on the Internet, suggesting that the facets full-scale launch is imminent. Several Google watchers say they have discovered the secret formula search query to unlock the new “search for more” listings, as pictured here and here. Typically, Google unleashes a new feature by making […]

Just a few days after Microsoft unveiled a new and improved advertising feature, Yahoo has done the same. For Google watchers, this raises a question of whether all the activity will force Google to do the same, perhaps as soon as the upcoming Google Press Day on May 10? Also Monday, Yahoo unleashed the new […]

A Google feature to find health-specific information is making sporadic appearances on the Internet, suggesting the facet’s full-scale launch is imminent. Several Google watchers say they have discovered the secret formula search query to unlock the new “search for more” listings, as pictured here and here. Typically, Google unleashes a new feature first by making […]

The “Phoneline” section of a recent power point* from AOL may make some Net-phone-loving Googlers a little jealous. Starting May 16, AOL’s instant messenger users will get a free telephone phone number and voice mail, so they can get free incoming calls from traditional phones. AOL’s also about to launch an unlimited monthly PC-to-anywhere dialing […]