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Everything you wanted to ask Google is in an interesting presentation prepared by FaberNovel, a french consulting firm. This presentation gives a high level overview of the company’s overall strategy and insight into its success. It attempts to shed light on some key questions such as:

Why won’t Google be touched by the crisis?
How is Google going to change the mobile world?
Why isn’t YouTube a portal?
Why does Microsoft fear Google?
How Google wants to compete with Facebook?
Why does Google buy satellites?
How does Google buy traffic?
Why has Google acquired DoubleClick?
Why doesn’t Google monetize all of its services?
How does Google capitalize on Open Source developers work?
How did Google capture the offline advertising market?
Why is Google stealing our voices
Why isn’t PageRank an efficient obstacle against r

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A social cause that we support, donate to, and are very passionate about at the WebGuild are animals. Recently, a local ranch - owned by the City of San Jose - for which we had spent two years working to improve the conditions for animals, was shut down leaving the fate of 200 cats in jeopardy. Animal Services were to euthanize the cats. To prevent this atrocity, we enlisted the help of a local no-kill animal rescue organization, TownCats, to aid in saving the lives of these voiceless animals whom had become the victims of an unfortunate human situation. The news media including CBS, ABC, KTVU, and the San Jose Mercury all covered the story and donations, adoptive homes, and volunteers came in. A local vet generously provided a temporary shelter to house the cats and we are happy to announce that on Saturday, December 6, TownCats and the City of San Jose will be holding an Adoption Fair to find the cats good, adoptive homes. So, if you are

Amazon Joins The iPhone FrenzyYesterday

Amazon.com has joined the iPhone frenzy with a new application available free for download through Apple’s App Store.

The software is relatively straightforward, offering a way for iPhone or iPod Touch owners to browse through all the products offered by Amazon.com, as well as by third-party retailers like Target and Macy’s that make their products available online through Amazon.

There is, however, one unusual and noteworthy aspect of the app called Amazon Remembers, which Amazon is calling “experimental.” The tool lets users take a photograph of any product they see in the real world. The photos are then uploaded to Amazon and turned over to the far-flung freelance workers in Amazon’s Mechanical Turk program, who will try to match them with products for sale on Amazon.com. The results will not be instantaneous (between 5 minutes and 24 hours, the company says), but the idea is to entice consumers to buy products from Amazon instead of its offline rivals. Continue Reading

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For much of its 10-year history, Google spent money at a pace that was the marvel of Silicon Valley. It hired by the thousands and dished out generous perks, including three free meals a day, free doctors, ski trips and laundry facilities, and subsidized personal trainers. It let engineers spend 20% of their time pursuing pet projects. The company’s goal was to develop new products that would reduce its nearly total reliance on selling ads connected to Internet searches. Continue Reading>>

Yahoo Top Ten Searches For 2008December 2

Yahoo has published their top 10 searches for 2008. The list very much reflects American pop culture and popular themes for the year including the presidential elections. And while John McCain might not have been able to beat him, topping the list for four years in a row and seventh time topping the list, was none other than comeback pop princess, Britney Spears. President elect, Barack Obama, came in at number 3.

Here is the top ten:
1. Britney Spears
2. WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment)
3. Barack Obama
4. Miley Cyrus
5. RuneScape
6. Jessica Alba
7. Naruto
8. Lindsay Lohan
9. Angelina Jolie
10. American Idol

The list is generated based on factors including absolute volume and growth versus previous periods, to see which themes and trends bubble to the surface. As Yahoo explains it:

People tend to use the search box like a shorthand address bar, so they type in navigational searches like www.youtube.com (or just plain youtube), and those rarely change year after year. The top 10 reflect the top non-navigational searches.

Search isn’t a gauge of popularity. But looking at a bazillion searches helps to gauge patterns in what society finds important or compelling: hence, the top trends like polit