Steve Bryant

Several print publisher groups have announced plans to test an online content management systemthat would control what search engines index on their sites. They’re hoping the system, which they’re calling an “Automated Content Access Protocol,” will help them avoid conflicts with companies like Google. The publishers include the WAN (World Association of Newspapers), the EPC […]

Microsoft is mulling putting Microsoft Works online in an attempt to compete with Google, says Reuters, but that’s actually old news. According to Microsoft’s annual 10-K filing, Microsoft is not only worried about Google, but also: AjaxWrite gOffice iNetOffice SimDesk ThinkFree WikiCalc Google Should Microsoft be worried that an online version of Works would cannibalize […]

A few days ago I snuck inside Google’s new office in Manhattan. I didn’t exactly infiltrate the janitorial staff, nothing so devious or illegal. I had some help from the locals. It was all very Hudson Hawk. As I’ve reported here before, Google’s new office is located in 111 8th Avenue, a “carrier hotel” that […]

A few weeks after opening Writely to new customers, Google will be moving the online word processor over to Google Accounts so you can use the same logon you use for other Google services. To make things simple, they say, they will create a new Google Account for you based on the e-mail address you […]

Google moved to take advantage of 111 8th Avenue’s fiber optic connections. But advertising execs say the move makes cultural sense, too. In the midst of its biggest expansion into advertising markets yet, the world’s most popular search engine recently decamped from the pedestrian confines of its Time Square office into 311,000 square feet of […]

CurrentTV’s hipper-than-thou moxie doesn’t jive with Google’s nerdier-than-thou presentation. Google’s presentation philosophy is via search. Yahoo’s presentation philosophy is via brands. The day after Yahoo’s stock hit the floor, Yahoo announced a partnership with Current and the release of four co-branded broadband channels. The four channels in the Yahoo Current Network cover current events, travel, […]

Google has long been known for its spartan design sensibility. But sometimes, that sensibility errs too much on the “everything in one font size” side of things. Google corrected that problem this week when it redesigned the homepage of Google Base. The redesign adds a few noteworthy elements, such as icons for upload options and […]

Nielsen/Netratings released their search share numbers for August today, and there’s AOL blood all over it. Year over year, 20% fewer search queries have been made on the portal formerly known as relevant. AOL lost .8% search share July to August, sliding from from 6.3% to 5.5%, and are still ranked 4th. Google, meanwhile, rose […]

On the occasion of Microsoft releasing its video-sharing platform into private beta, Hitwise is reporting that Google Video continues to hold the No. 3 spot and is gaining on MySpace Videos, which is ranked second overall. Google Video gained almost a full percentage point of video search share, moving from 10.25 percent in August to […]

Some AdSense publishers are now using Google advertising inside e-mails and newsletters, say posters on the DigitalPoint forums. Barry Schwartz points us to the forum posts, where a poster has noticed that an e-mail sent by a job listings service contains links to Google ads. The Google AdSense terms of serviceexplicitly forbids this practice. One […]