Archive for the “Google” category
The “Mainstream” Deception Is Google’s Achille’s Heel
by Tony Hung on July 17, 2008
Marshall Kirkpatrick comments on a recent Hitwise study, remarking that a whole load of people *still* type in the URL not in the Address Bar, but directly into a search engine, to find their site. Marshall’s wondering if civilization as (…)
Why PageRank Still Means Something To Me
by Tony Hung on March 1, 2008
Well, looks like there’s another PageRank update underway, and it looks like this blog has been penalized / slapped down, for what I can only imagine is the fact that I have paid links on this site (or, used to (…)
Google’s A One Trick Pony I’ll Bet On Any Day
by Tony Hung on February 27, 2008
Looks like the blogosphere has jumped on Fred Wilson’s back-of-the-envelope financial analysis of Google, in light of Google’s apparent troubling click-fortunes (honestly, did anyone think we’d be having this discussion 6 months ago?). He has a good point though: Google’s (…)
What Is Your Definition Of Privacy?
by Tony Hung on December 26, 2007
Seems like there’s a bit of a hubaloo around Google’s recently changed settings with respect to its “Shared” feature function in Google Feed Reader — mainly in that Google decided, a couple of weeks ago, to include a new feature (…)
Google’s Destruction, Step #1: Populate Search Results With Google Pages
by Tony Hung on December 14, 2007
Not merely content with indexing the web in all its forms (and serving applications to help people work online, tell other people where they are in the world and what they’re doing, creating a platform for mobile devices, and … (…)
What Does Google’s Beat-Down Say About PageRank?
by Tony Hung on November 18, 2007
You may have heard about the ongoing drama that is Google and how it has laid the smacketh down on paid links — and now, possibly paid postings. Besides the fact that it may be hypocrisy writ large, as Google (…)
Is The Time Right For Google TV In 2008? Maybe, Even If Simon Fuller Teh Suck.
by Tony Hung on November 12, 2007
Well, rampant speculation about all things Google seems to be on the rise these days, what with Google getting into cell phones and now another rumour that its getting into TV courtesy of the Guardian. Turns out Simon Fuller is (…)