Browsing Tag »Google«

BBC goes web 2.0

December 16, 2007

Personalization. Customization. Localization. The British Broadcasting Company has launched a beta version of their new homepage. BBC – Homepage You get to drag and drop content modules as you wish. Sounds familiar. The homepage cites as its sources of inspiration, Netvibes and iGoogle. It is another piece of evidence that traditional media companies are taking more cues [...]

Baidu vs Google: Chinese vs English Internet Users

December 14, 2007

What we search for online might well reveal our deepest desires. In fact, one can attempt to construct a hierarchy of values based on the most frequently searched keywords and questions. If so, this China Digital Times story, contrasting the top ten most searched questions on Baidu, China’s top search engine and Google, is sobering. Top Ten Lists: [...]