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Location, Search and Google’s Patent

March 9, 2010Google
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Google’s patent awarded last week for using location in advertising is interesting news (patent details here via VentureBeat). Not because of the dramatic effect (dun, dun, dah) it might have on the industry . No, the key point here is they submitted the patent for consideration back in September 2003.
This is significant because it [...]

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Search as an Experience

February 4, 2010Bing
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It’s easy to think of search (ie searching on Google or Bing) as simply a (boring) research activity. And in turn, to think that all the innovation in search is about providing a ‘better’ result. But what does ‘better’ mean when it comes to search?
Joseph Pine’s TED talk on what consumers want is a good [...]

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Bing Finance and Data

January 28, 2010Google
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Bing’s new Finance updates are nice. I guess. Here’s a search for ‘msft’ on Bing.
 
Click on the Investor Data button and you’ll see this:

Yep, that’s a charting error. But let’s assume that little issue will be resolved soon (and it may even be something on my machine – there’s a bit of beta [...]

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adCenter versus AdWords

December 22, 2009Google
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The true test of any company, product or service is in their Christmas message right? (I’m joking).
So let’s consider how Microsoft adCenter and Google AdWords stack up against each other. I spend a fair bit of money with each, so it’s reasonable to expect something useful in the Inbox at Christmas time.
Microsoft AdCenter
First up, [...]

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