This is my first time seeing Twitter results integrated within a Google search results page. The below query is for “Windows 7″ and you will notice a dynamic Twitter ‘widget’ in-line with other results. The …

I just raved about Google Chrome extensions and, in particular, the Brizzly extension. Well the Bit.ly Chrome extension is also great:

Once the extension is installed, it allows you to easily post to Bitly and access …

Google Chrome has released their “Chrome Extensions” library with nearly 400 functional extensions… and, just like the browser, the extensions are light weight, functional and great looking (the icons animate, have gloss, and so forth). …

A relatively major announcement came out at the end of today’s Google Search Event – Marissa Mayer announced that Google will receive real-time access from Facebook Fan Page updates:
“Facebook will be providing us with a …

I love this email from Google (full screenshot below and their blog post is here):
On April 7th, we announced a new version of Gmail for mobile for iPhone and Android-powered devices. Among the improvements was …

Facebook today announced an acquisition of Friendfeed – getting an innovative, growing service (still small by Facebook standards: 1m users vs. Facebook’s 250m) and, by all accounts, an exceptional team (comprised of ex-Googlers).

The twitter …

Over a year ago, I wrote about the need for analytics for the real-time web (and the potential business model surrounding it): “Twitter and Friendfeed: Understanding Referral Traffic; Arriving at a Business Model“.
Since then, …

“One app. Lots of stuff.”
That’s Google’s tagline for their Google Mobile application… but it really should be: “One app. Lots of promotion.” If you have been to any tech blog over the past two weeks, …

Before Facebook’s vanity URL land grab, I speculated that it would be a major SEO boost and could result in an additional 275m monthly visits. Just three days after Facebook’s URL release (9:01pm pst on …

Facebook’s vanity URL push (covered by TechCrunch) is a big deal for two reasons:
- the direct business model opportunity
- traffic via natural search
Let’s leave the business model alone for the now as it is …

Google continues to advertise aggressively for their web browser, Google Chrome. Today, they took over the right side of the New York Times homepage with an expanding video ad that rotates through different Chrome commercials …

Interesting data out of Comscore and TechCrunch this morning that points to the slowing growth of paid search activity despite a rise in search activity. Comscore believes it is a consequence of longer search queries, …