Google.co.uk – Do not visit this site, it may harm your computer
January 31, 2009
Google search service was affected by technical problem yesterday and today (Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st Jan), with some users saying they are unable to access search results. On Saturday, all listing on Google SERP (search engine result page) were flagged a potentially harmful, with user warned that the site “May harm your computer”. User who click on their preferred search result were advised to select another search result, this applies to even their own website www.google.co.uk .
Some user also reported that email delivered by Google email services carried warning even though the emails were from trusted sources.
Spokes person for Google attributed the problem to human error, she said users were affected for about 40 minutes in an official Google Blog.
This issue and other search engine related issues are being discussed at webmaster forum, you can join the discussion free of charge.
Google UK – The Queen and I
October 18, 2008
Queen's visit to Google's headquarters
If the queen was to award royal seal of approval to Google UK, it could read something like this “By Appointment To Her Majesty the Queen, Google UK, purveyor or Internet information” this would have entitled Google UK to join royal warranty holders association, and use the queen’s seal on their website. As customary to Google, they commemorate special occasions with a discreet alteration to their logo, on the occasion of the Queen’s visit to Google’s UK premises, the Queen’s head replaces the ‘g’ in the logo on their website.
While at Google’s UK headquarters, the Queen and Prince Phillips were given a virtual tour of Big Ben and Windsor Castle using Google Earth. The Queen also uploaded a footage to her YouTube channel. Prince Philip ask Google staff to show him their own office using Google Earth, they could not find it, it happen that the aerial phone that powers Google Earth is yet to be updated since Google’s head office on Buckingham Palace road was built.
The Queen, compared with other monarchs is at the cutting edge of technology, she is on record as the first monarch to send an email way back in 1976, her website went online 21 year later in 1997 and her own YouTube channel was launched in November 2007.
Google is Selling Performics Search Marketing
April 6, 2008
Following its successful acquisition of Double Click, Google is selling the search engine marketing site of Double Click to avoid conflict of interest.
If a blog, in the official Google blog, it says:
It’s clear to us that we do not want to be in the search engine marketing business. Maintaining objectivity in both search and advertising is paramount to Google’s mission and core to the trust we ask from our users. For this reason, we plan to sell the Performics search marketing business to a third party. We believe this will allow us to maintain objectivity and the search marketing business to continue to grow and innovate and serve its customers.
Google went on further to say it has not yet found a buyer for the Performic.
Google PR Update 29 February 2008
March 2, 2008
Just as dust was settling on last Google PR update (11/01/2008), another PR update happened on the 29th of February 2008, 1 month and 18 days or so apart, this keeps the Google PR update unpredictability alive and well. The update before that of 11/012008 took well over 3 months to happen.
There was nothing spectacular about the February 08 update, other than to reinforce the widely know Google’s policy of punishing sites that sell or buy text link especially web directories, most sub pages from web directories have PR removed from them so that they cannot pass PR to sites listed in them.
Google Site for Google Apps announced
February 29, 2008
Google announce the released of Google Sites, an add on to Google Apps, which allows and individual or an entire team to build websites that incorporates a variety of information in one place, including videos, calendars, presentations, attachments, and gadgets.
Once the website is built, you can easily share it for viewing or editing with a small group, your entire organisation, or the whole world.
This new Google Apps add on is available to both free and premium users. The new service was spawned from the Google-acquired JotSpot suite. Some demo Google Sites follows:
* Company intranet — http://sites.google.com/a
* Team project — http://sites.google.com/a
* Employee profile — http://sites.google.com/a
* Classroom — http://sites.google.com/a
* Student club — http://sites.google.com/a
