Feb
10
2010
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What Will Adsense Earn Ten Years From Now?

Adsense! We're all billboards now (photo by jliba cc-by)

Everyone thinks of Google as a search company.  And I suppose they are.  But no one pays to Google-search the internet.  Instead, Google makes it billions from online ads…it’s really an advertising company! And thank goodness for that, for Google’s business model allows millions of small website owners to earn income through its Adsense program. Our [more...]

Jul
27
2009
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What good general-purpose Internet search engines are there other than Google?

Mykl Roventine photo. CC-BY.

Those of us who have been using the World Wide Web for a dozen years or more can remember how incredible Google was when it first rose to popularity — it finally became possible to find what you wanted on the web, and quickly. Google became the powerhouse it is today because what it did [more...]

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Mar
26
2009
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What free services does Google provide (besides search)?

Google Bus (photo by bradleypjohnson - CC-BY)

Everyone knows that Google is a search engine, but many people are unaware of just how many other free services are offered by Google. For some people, Google’s web services can completely replace the application software installed on their computer. Here are some of the things that Google can do for you, at no cost: Search for [more...]

Mar
19
2009
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Why is Buckingham Palace missing on Google Street View?

Buckingham Palace: missing from Google Street View (photo by Sachin CC-BY)

Google’s Street View was launched yesterday in the UK. Supplying 360 degree imagery of the streets and roads of London and 24 other cities from Aberdeen to Southampton, it follows on from successful launches in 9 other countries including United States, Japan, Australia and France. But when looking at the map of London, one area does [more...]

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Feb
14
2009
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What was Google Answers?

Photo by Mykl Roventine - CC-BY

Google Answers was a paid answers service operated by Google from 2002 to 2006. Customers could post a question, select a price, and wait to see whether a researcher could provide them with an answer. If not, they were not charged. Google recruited over five hundred researchers from around the world, by means of a test [more...]

Jan
12
2009
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How much energy does each Google search use, and how much CO2 does it create?

Energy at dusk (photo by Ryan McD - CC-BY)

Because Google is such a large organization, there’s considerable interest in its energy consumption. Google has provided some figures, which they say take into account not just the query itself but also activities such as building the search index. That’s a reasonable way to approach the answer, and also one of the easiest to calculate [more...]

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