Google – More than just a search engine, but not the only motor of economic growth

Google – More than just a search engine, but not the only motor of economic growth

A few days ago my attention was caught by a message communicated via the verified Google Twitter account, that introduces the role of Google as an engine of economic growth:  “We’re not just a search engine, we’re an engine of economic growth. Our U.S. economic impact in 2009 was $54 billion“       Introduction On [...]

Microsoft, Yahoo! – Will the Search Landscape really change ??

Microsoft, Yahoo! – Will the Search Landscape really change ??

Perhaps some of your remember the acquisition propositions of Microsoft to Yahoo! earlier this year, which in the end didn’t result in Microsoft buying Yahoo!. However yesterday the news spread very fast on the web that both companies announced a long-term agreement in the Web Search segment. “Yahoo! and Microsoft announced an agreement that will improve [...]

BROWSERWARS: Google Chrome first impressions

BROWSERWARS: Google Chrome first impressions

Some among us remember the big browser wars in the late 90′s between Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Research suggests that a second period of browserwars has started in 2003, and still is going on. [ref01] Today Google entered the battlefield, by opening up the beta to the big public of their webbrowser called [...]

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