Google truly ran the gamut this year. More features, more applications, more products – high intrigue and corporate wrangling vied with a swing of over $450 in their market share and the near destruction of their arch rival Yahoo. The year started with the search giant watching the drama unfold between Yahoo and Microsoft. [...]
The Year of Google
December 30th, 2008More Controversy Surrounds Knol
August 16th, 2008When Google launched Knol, it was a red letter day for SEO – everyone knew that. How much of a delight, no-one could have counted on – because no-one even considered that Google would make Knol articles count for so much! After a rash of reports that Knol articles are not only being indexed on [...]
New Kids on the Block
August 5th, 2008End of July saw two pretty huge innovations hit the web – Google came out with the already wildly popular Knol and ex-Google came out with Cuil. Knol is getting fairly good buzz. The main complaints have come in the form of rather snide comments on how quickly Knol articles are ranking on Google themselves, [...]
Share Your ‘Knol’edge
July 25th, 2008Google’s new beta, Knol, is a much more refined version of Wikipedia, in that it is a collection of articles from (presumably) authoritative sources. You know about something – you write a knol. You get a byline and your photo posted, and voila – you are an author. A knol is to be considered a [...]