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Google Pushes Chrome With Newspaper Ads

Posted on December 14, 2009 by admin

Google is a master of online advertising, and in recent days, has more than ever been vilified as an enemy of the newspaper industry. Continue reading →

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Google Puts Universal Search in Suggestions, Launches Quick Scroll

Posted on December 11, 2009 by admin

In case you were thinking that Google hadn't made enough announcements this week, they have made a couple more. First, they are adding universal search results to Google Suggest, and second, they have released a new Chrome extension called Google Quick Scroll. Universal search in Google Suggest means that if you begin typing a query, not only will Google give you suggested text to help you complete your search, but they may even give you some of the other universal search information you're used to seeing in search results. One example would be weather results for specific locations: "This kind of information will appear in Suggest either above or below the suggested search terms for a variety of queries," Google says . "For example, you can type 'delta 140' to see the flight status. You can also quickly discover the current time, figure out how many Euros you'll get per dollar, or even brush up on metric conversions. In total, there are currently 10 universal search features available in Google Suggest: weather, flight status, local time, area codes, package tracking, answers, definitions, calculator, currency and unit conversions — and we plan to add additional features in the future." As Google continues to add additional features to Universal Search in Google Suggest, let's hope that they are able to better control those than they have been with Google Suggest in general , particularly if they add images to it. Google began adding ads to Google Suggest earlier this year. The Quick Scroll Chrome extension lets users use Google's search capabilities after leaving our results page. After a user clicks a result the extension scrolls right to the relevant content. A small black box appears in the lower right hand corner of the browser with a couple snippets of text from the page that might be relevant to your query. The extension works kind of like your web browser's "find" feature, but it isn't limited to exact words like that. It appears to use Google's algorithm for determining relevance. "Like Google Search, Quick Scroll analyzes things like proximity, prominence and position of the words to identify the most relevant content," the company says. "You can think of it like a personal assistant who reads webpages before you do and highlights the parts you might want to read. If several sections of the page have useful content, Quick Scroll will show you multiple text excerpts from different portions of the page and you can click on any of them to scroll to that spot." Quick Scroll doesn't appear for all results. It only shows up if Google doesn't detect that the entire page is relevant to your query, and there is actually a need to scroll to a specific section. Continue reading →

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Google Chrome For Mac Beta Arrives

Posted on December 8, 2009 by cgseo

A little less than a month ago, we reported that a beta version of Chrome for Mac might be released in December, and sure enough, it's arrived. Continue reading →

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Google Finally Shows Off Chrome OS

Posted on November 19, 2009 by cgseo

Everybody has been waiting to see a glimpse of Google's upcoming Chrome OS - that is Google's new operating system. Those who attended an event at the company's headquarters today had a chance to view a demo in person, and many more details than previously available are now out on the OS. Google has now opened up the code for Chrome OS , so developers can get in there and see what it's really all about. For all of the non-developer types, Google has provided the following short video, which sums up what Chrome OS is as a concept. Google says Chrome OS is focused on three main things: speed, simplicity, and security. The main philosophy behind Chrome OS is that most people use their computers mostly to access the web, so Chrome OS cuts out the middle man, which is your operating system. With Chrome OS, your browser is the operating system. The programs you would use on Chrome OS are all web apps. They're all in the cloud. Nothing is saved on your computer. This mean that if your machine dies on you, or you lose it, or if it gets broken, you can just get another one and all of your data will be readily available, because it's all in the cloud. Google says that it takes about seven seconds to go to the log-in screen, and three more to log on to an application. That's much less time that it probably takes you to boot up and get onto Facebook on your current machine. The look of Chrome OS is very similar to the Chrome browser, but it has application tabs and an app menu. You may have seen the screenshots at TechCrunch recently. Google did note, however, that the user interface could change to some extent by the time it actually launches. When you use apps in Chrome OS, they can take up the entire screen, so that it doesn't even look like you're using a browser or an OS. You can also drag and drop tabs. If you hook up additional hardware to the machine, it will bring up windows for that. For example, at the demo, they pointed out that if you hook a camera up, it will bring up a window with the picture files, and you can pull a picture up and open it in a new browser Window. Fore more technical details about Chrome OS, and how it handles security issues, read this live blog . Here is another account from Danny Sullivan. From the sounds of it, Google Chrome OS will not be replacing established operating systems for users who use a lot of programs that aren't web-based. However, it has the potential to cut significantly into the market share of Windows, Mac, etc. among users who do mainly use their machines to connect to the web. I can see this catching on in a big way, particularly with the Netbook crowd, which Chrome OS is essentially aimed at. Google Chrome OS is currently scheduled to launch sometime before the holiday season next year. Do you think Chrome OS will be a hit? Continue reading →

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Link Signaling Google Chrome Extensions Surfaces

Posted on November 16, 2009 by cgseo

Google Chrome might be compared to a racecar; both are fast, but lacking in amenities. Continue reading →

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Google Chrome OS May Be Here Very Soon

Posted on November 13, 2009 by admin

Michael Arrington from TechCrunch claims to have heard from "a reliable source" that Google will be launching the much-anticipated Chrome OS within a week. The tech industry media has been punked on Chrome OS in the past , but as Arrington notes, Google has said to expect it in the fall, and fall is running out. Chrome OS is Google's attempt to "rethink what operating systems should be." It's an open source, "lightweight" operating system to be initially targeted at netbooks. "Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS," Google said upon the Chrome OS announcement. "We're designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web. And as we did for the Google Chrome browser, we are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don't have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work." "The software architecture is simple — Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel. For application developers, the web is the platform," the company continued. "All web-based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using your favorite web technologies. And of course, these apps will run not only on Google Chrome OS, but on any standards-based browser on Windows, Mac and Linux thereby giving developers the largest user base of any platform." Arrington says he thinks driver support will be an issue with Chrome OS. "...Having a robust set of functioning drivers is extremely important to Chrome OS’s success. People will want to download this to whatever computer they use and have it just work," he says. "We expect Google will be careful with messaging around the launch, and endorse a small set of devices for installation. EEE PC netbooks, for example, may be one set of devices that Google will say are ready to use Chrome OS. There will likely be others as well, but don’t expect to be able to install it on whatever laptop or desktop machine you have from day one." If Arrington's source truly is reliable, then we should see how the launch of Chrome OS pans out very soon. It's going to be very interesting to see how Google competes with Microsoft in the operating system space, as it is doing in both search and web browsers. Related Articles: > Continue reading →

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