Google

Don't we love it when Google takes over a product, or competes against an 'inferior' product and makes it better? Yes - Of course we do. We applaud, embrace and adopt the new technology.

But this is not the same way I reacted when I heard the news that Google is starting to take on Wikipedia. I was sort of saddened, and confused. I didn't really know what this meant. Wikipedia is an effort to create an online encyclopaedia - knowledge sharing - a way to get useful, pertinent information quickly. Isn't that exactly Google philosophy as well? Then why in the world does Google want to compete with it? Are they feeling insecure that a lot of searches reveal a relevant link to a Wikipedia article – within the top 10 results?

In my opinion

I never really liked my math and statistics classes in University; they were always way to abstract. But when it comes to finding and analyzing trends at work or play, I always have fun with it.

For the past 4 years, every December, I have eagerly waited for Google to release their Zeitgeist numbers. Throughout the year, I follow the major stories, but comparing them against one another, and seeing how they rank up against other events is very interesting.

Wouldn't that be just amazing? The Monday morning headlines read - Google buys airwaves over the United States and Canada.

Just yesterday the Canadian Congress announced that they will be auctioning the radio airwaves to open up competition to new wireless content providers. 

And today, Google has announced that they will be bidding for the 700mhz spectrum in the US. It would be awesome if they were to look north of the border and buy some airwaves here as well. Think of the possibilities. WOW!

The 'blogosphere' has been buzzing all day with this news:

Searching around for ways to improve my page ranking with Google and other search engines, I ran across this article written by Mike Gifford at OpenConcept Consulting.

It's a great read, and give tons of useful information.

Kindle - an electronic book (e-book) launched by Amazon. In my opinion, they have again come up with another great business strategy that could take them one step beyond just being an internet based e-commerce website.

Google started a trend a few years ago, where everything they released was a beta. This meant that you could use the software as you like, but at your own risk. If you stored data in GMail while it was in beta, you cannot hold GMail/Google responsible if it gets lots, errased or causes any damage to anyone or anything.