Steve Bryant

I just turned on the TV after lunch and what do I see but Google’s Gmail featured in a promo for an upcoming “As the World Turns” episode on CBS. From what I could piece together, some gal named Maddie “makes a crucial error in her efforts to cover her crime,” and the error involves […]

Google recently wrapped up its first sponsored class at the University of Washington. The class, dreamed up by engineer Chistophe Bisciglia, was a five week course designed to teach students how to code the Google way. The course teaches students how to use multiple computers to solve problems, rather than a single system. Also on […]

With Viacom, NBC and now the Electronic Frontier Foundation pressuring Google to make changes to YouTube, the G Poppa is shifting resources to help monetize everyone’s favorite vid-sharing site. About time. YouTube might be the 800-pound gorilla in the vid-sharing space, but it faces unwithering competition from the likes of Joost (about to partner with […]

Google has apparently agreed to buy video game advertising firm Adscape for $23 million, Red Herring reports. News of the on again off again deal broke last month. The Red Herring article notes industry speculation that Google won’t get much for its money except for a few patents. In acquiring Adscape, Google will be entering […]

Everybody’s linking to this profile of Sergey in Moment magazine today, which reads like a love letter. If you’ve ever found yourself searching for the right way to describe your favorite Google co-founder, here are a few suggestions from the article: Trim and boyishly handsome with low sloping shoulders perpetually relaxed appearance apparently endless energy […]

Greg Jarboe at Search Engine Watch relates some interesting statistics about the poularity of Google News versus Yahoo’s and AOL’s news products. Google News, it seems, has an audience of about 8.6 million unique visitors per month, while AOL boasts 21.1 million and Yahoo has 34.4 million. Yet Google News apparently garners 65 percent of […]

Google has turned over information regarding a YouTube user who uploaded full-length episodes of “24” to Fox, Internetnews.com reports. Google revealed the information after YouTube was subpoenaed by Twentieth Century Fox. News of that subpoena was originally reported here on Google Watch. Google has repeatedly stated that it responds to government requests for data when […]

Google violated copyrights when it linked to Belgium publications through Google News, a Belgium court has decided. Google will have to pay a small fine, but will be able to continue indexing the content in question while appealing the ruling. “A Brussels court ruled in favor of Copiepresse, a copyright protection group representing 18 mostly […]

Google is doing its best to prevent search users from visiting malware sites. The G Poppa has started showing malware warning messages on SERPs that include sites known or suspected of distributing bad code. Each result for a dangerous site includes the warning “This site may harm your computer.” <p>Even if you click on the […]

Several mass media companies have accused Google of benefiting directly from the sale of pirated movies and providing sales support to two Web sites that provide access to illegal downloads. According to the Wall Street Journal, the high volume of traffic on EasyDownloadCenter.com and TheDownloadCenter.com caught Google’s attention and Google assigned the sites account representatives […]