Posts Tagged “Google”
Google’s imperfections
by Tony Hung on November 27, 2010
It’s all part of a sales strategy, he said. Online chatter about DecorMyEyes, even furious online chatter, pushed the site higher in Google search results, which led to greater sales. He closed with a sardonic expression of gratitude: “I never (…)
WolframAlpha, Where Are You?
by Tony Hung on July 13, 2009
Time will tell if it was Bing’s inherent abilities or Microsoft’s deep-pockets spending that caused the initial bump of 8% in unique users after the first month — but its clear what is suffering from a lack of Buzz … Wolfram Alpha. (…)
Finding Mahalo In Them Thar SERPs
by Tony Hung on July 10, 2009
So, I’m not disparaging any company that gets 3M or so uniques per month, but its funny. I remember that when Mahalo was launched some year(s) ago, in its initial incarnation / hype, I remember someone saying something about building (…)
Tempering Overexuberance
by Tony Hung on July 8, 2009
Dennis Howlett is amongst the realists when it comes to GoogleOS, and he rightly reminds us that: Linux has not fared so well in the Netbooks market and I don’t see anything here that makes me think Google ChromeOS will (…)
Twitter Scams Suckering In Gullible, Desperate
by Tony Hung on July 7, 2009
And I supppose in desperate times, there are more desperate folks (and to be fair, perhaps “unsophisticated” rather than “gullible”). The Los Angeles times reviews the proliferation of Twitter scams, offering to teach people how to make buckets of cash (…)
How Many Geeks Are Even Trying Bing?
by Tony Hung on June 14, 2009
I think one of the great advantages that Google has isn’t just the strength of its search technology, or the bottom-line deliciousness of adwords / adsense. Its really the thought leadership of what “Search” — and even, probably “The Internet” (…)
In Android vs. iPhone, Will It Be All About The Benjamins?
by Tony Hung on September 23, 2008
In advance of the release of the Android OS for the T-mobile today at 10:30 EST there are a ton of questions — most of which I will not be addressing in this post. One of them, however, seems to (…)