Hurricane Ellie (and Brett)
Earlier this week we mentioned that it was Brett’s birthday, and that Brett was getting married. We’ve not heard from Brett since then (obviously, because he’s on honeymoon) but knowing that he’s a resourceful chap we’re sure that regardless of the fact that they’ve just been in a hurricane they’ll be fine.
Google Earth Beta
Google are running a public beta of Google Earth, and in keeping with their “don’t be evil” policy, the basic version is free for anyone to enjoy.
Google Earth: And so it begins…
When Google bought Keyhole a few months back, several of us were moved to a sharp intake of breath. The potential of combining Google’s search capabilities with a three dimensional model of Earth was just so interesting that only luddites, and my dad (The Grand Luddite), could fail to be impressed.
Google Maps the UK (and increases it’s earnings potential again)
It’s only two months since Google introduced Google Maps to the USA, and yesterday they started to introduce it to the rest of the world, one country at a time. Happily for me (the first apostle of the church of Google) the UK was the first to benefit.
Relevance Feedforward
In “traditional” IR systems, it is common to use a process in which search terms become better stated through iteration (based on analysis and improvement upon each search, until a satisfactory result is found). This is called Relevance Feedback.
Google Chav
One of the more random ideas I had recently was based around Google’s “special searches” which enable a more focussed search to be conducted based on the knowledge that a reader is interested in a general topic.
Comment Spam, RIP soon?
A couple of years ago, a web page with an open comment form would have been used for commenting intelligently and considerately on the subject at hand or sending a message to the page author. Then, with the advent of Google’s page rank system, comment forms became the subject of massive misuse, because pagerank gave …
Google’s Satellite Search
I previously discussed how I believed Google’s purchase of Keyhole, the 3D mapping company, was a very bold and possibly critical move in their future. I said at the time that in Keyhole, Google holds all the building blocks to make the next killer app – one that changes the world just as much as …
Google Desktop (what no Linux?)
Today Google Desktop leaves it’s beta status behind and stands as a fully fledged application. Having used the beta version for several months I’ve found it unquestionably useful. Searching for something on my machine used to be a chore; Google Desktop makes it a breeze.
Google Maps
It didn’t take Google long to innovate again. Several months ago I wrote about Google’s acquisition of Keyhole, describing how it provides Google with a means of presenting location based information. It appears that this may be the first step that’s required before the fruits of that acquisition can be harvested – enter Google Maps.
Comment Spam
In accordance with the announcements made today by Google, MSN, Yahoo et al. my website now supports the “rel=nofollow” directive
NASA vs Google
yesterday, Google purchased Keyhole - if you don't know why this is important, read on...
Google Desktop, Hearts and Minds
Why the Google Desktop Beta only works with Internet Explorer and Outlook, so far.
ugg – uploader for google groups
ugg – is a program which can upload messages from a BSD mbox to google groups. it uses the javamail API and the sourceforge mbox project.
google groups – not from yahoo
you may be interested to discover that it is not possible to have a google group subscribed to a yahoo group.