Startup provides better search for BBC video clips
Former head of BBC News Online Bob Eggington has launched a video search engine called searchbbcvideo.com to allow users to scour the BBC archives for clips.
The company claims that the new site it does a better job of finding BBC videos than the corporation’s own online search tools.
Google's noun-sense falls on deaf ears
Tough guidelines issued by Google to those who persist in using the company's name as a verb have provoked an angry reaction from users.The search giant first got riled by the passing of its brand into common lexicon back in 2003, when it issued Word Spy proprietor Paul McFedries with a cease-and-desist letter commanding his removal of the word "google" from his site.
Google launches custom search tool for sites
Google has launched a free tool allowing websites and blogs to offer customisable searches to their users.
Site owners signing up for the service can ‘paste’ it into their webpages and select the sites they want included in searches.
Google launches SearchMash.com
Google has recently released a new search site called SearchMash.com. Although there isn’t a Google logo in sight, a quick look at the privacy policy reveals that the site is well and truly owned by Google Inc.Google expands Gadgets programme
Google has expanded its ‘Gadgets’ programme by allowing its mini-web applications to be added to independent websites and pages.
The company has launched a gallery where users can browse through the 1000-plus widgets, which include games, calendars and weather reports.
Google – the ultimate marketing tool?
With more 'toys' in the lab, Google could soon know what we listen to, as well as all the other information they can track (searches, clicks etc).
Will this become the ultimate marketing tool or the ultimate privacy nightmare?
Web 2.0 to have high impact, says Gartner
Analyst group Gartner has included mashups, Ajax and other elements of Web 2.0 in a report that predicts which key technologies are likely to impact on businesses over the next decade.
The symbiosis of brand trust and optimised on-site search
We recently analysed the major factors that influence our visitors to subscribe. The results? The surest sign of a subscriber-to-be was one who used our site search box. So naturally we’re looking into improving it, but that's not actually relevant here. Far more important here is getting more people to use it in the first place.
People aren’t search-shy, we know this from Google’s original search-box-only interface. According to DoubleClick, less than 20% use on-site search (the actual figure varies by sector, of course). So looks like the majority of visitors are finding just what they want right away, right? Much more likely, they don’t trust the onsite search box. Aha.
Diggnation – Digg relaunches and widens potential appeal
If you’re a user of Digg, you should know that it recently redesigned and relaunched its website. This in itself is not that interesting since we always knew that was coming soon – however, what is interesting is that new categories have been added which make the site more useful to a wider audience.
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Graham Charlton
Strategy & Planning
