GOOGLE vs. SECOND LIFE

It has been rumored by the Times Online that Google will sponsor its own version of an Internet community. This community will rival that of the already popular second life. Although Google itself has not confirmed this rumor most experts can think of no one else who would take on such a venture. According to the times Arizona State university, which has strong ties with Google, announced that its students are to be given the opportunity to test a new product "that will be publicly launched later this year" and that would involve 3d gaming and modeling. The University also said that the project was being developed by a major Internet company, which has of course led many people to speculate about google's involvement. The speculation about google's involvement was fuelled by a blog post this year from Michael Eisenberg, a partner at Benchmark Capital, the technology-focused venture capital group, who said he had heard Google is working on turning Google Earth into a virtual universe of its own. For those of you who don't know, Google Earth is a virtual model of the globe using satellite imagery. Mr Eisenberg added: “After hearing this, I was struck by the language on the Google Earth website: 'One more step to creating a lifelike 3-D model of the whole planet'.” Google's involvement would not surprise me in the least, I think we should expect an official announcement at some time in the next few months. What do you guys think?

Google Dollars

According to http://mediabiz.blogs.cnnmoney.com/2007/09/20/google-at-600-a-share-yes-heres-why/?source=yahoo_quote google stocks have enjoyed an impressive rise this past month. Stocks are noe at$555 dollars per share. Google in now on track to surpass its all time high and reach $600.00 a share. Research done by Nielsen//NetRatings and comsScore (SCOR) , two leading web tracking firms shows that google searches have far surpassed that of its rival yahoo. Jefferies and Co. analyst Youssef Squali recently stated that googles search dominance will greatly impact its third quarter numbers which will be released in october. Google seems to be on the fast track to even greater success.
“Google remains our top pick and should continue to benefit from strong momentum in its core search business in 3Q, given gains in its search market share in both July and August, and continued strength in search queries in both months,” Squali said in his statement.

As you may or may not knowGoogle's numbers were not as good this past second quarter as they have been in the past. In fact many experts predicted a continuance in google's second quarter decline. They were all wrong and google is showing no signs of slowing down ensuring that we will have a lot to talk about in the coming months.

Brain Fuel Indeed!!...A General Overview

The advent of search engines changed the internet experience and the communication among people, or businesses. It created easy access knowledge and paved the way for many big corporations for online advertising. Google is considered to be one of these search engines that specializes in these fields and indeed created a revolution. For example, it enabled business establishments, promoting website hosting and advertising. A scenario involves someone typing in a huge corporation's name such as "Macy*s" in the search bar, that inturns promote the marketing and public relations of Macy*s. It carries out valuable information about people, places, ideas, food, events, location, politics, media and history.

Google has a number of competitors such as Ask Jeeves, MSN, AOL. However it is rated one the highest search engines on the web according to the website http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_38/b3951149.htm. In addition, google offers a number of services that captures convenience and easy access during desperate times. For example, It also goes beyond the internet configuration and opted for a better advancement. This includes mobil technology; where people can recieve information such as directions, weather, and horoscope by text via the google corporation.

This phenomenal revolution impacted our lives on many levels. It encourages media persuasion, a monumental amount of knowledge and highlights, the growth of major or minor corporations, retail and various website management.