It’s done! Google has finally realised that this is the No.1 page for Bevan Clark on the internet, rather than the old page on the Australian Computer Society website with the atrocious photo. How long does it take for your homepage to be reach the top spot? It took me about 3 months. However, I […]
Thanks to Martin English for sending me the work he has done using the Google Maps APIs. If you go to http://www.martin-english.com/maps you will see that he has overlayed a google map of New South Wales and Victoria with up to date temperatures from the Bureau of Meterology for many larger towns and citys in […]
It was originally discussed in google base is on the way and now it has been released. The Age has some interesting non-Australia related information, basically cut and paste from The New York Times. But what does it mean to Australia?
Only time will tell, it seems that a search for anything near to […]
Who can explain the workings of the group mind? Below are the most popular searches on google by Australians in September 2005. Im a little suprised at a few of them -
Do people really care what Paris Hilton is doing at the moment - A Simple Life isnt even on TV at the moment and […]
Google has once again slapped me over the head with a wet fish! Metaphorically speaking of course. The release of a free website analytics engine - has just blown me away. I have signed up and will give you an idea of what its like as soon as my stats start coming through in 12 […]
Maybe i have judged google a little harshly. In the unaustralism of google article i wrote that i was frustrated that google didnt support the adding of Melbourne to the weather on the google personalised homepage. Obviously, i have a lot of sway over what happens at google because no sooner had i mentioned this […]
….and my mangled use of the English language. I’ve always been pretty partial to google, and im not the greatest fan of Microsoft. However google does need to be wary of competitors, who are lagging behind, doing what google do, just better…..and more tailored to an international audience. I have complained about google personalized search […]
I really quite like the Google personalised search but i dont understand why they havent done a few small things to tailor it for Australians. Its out of Beta as far as i know but not finished. The main thing im missing is my “pages from Australia” button. Does anyone know of a way to […]
Some very interesting news about googles next steps. “Google Base is Google’s database into which you can add all types of content. We’ll host your content and make it searchable online for free.” Free? Are you sure? There is a payment heading on one of the screenshots available from here - http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2005-10-25-n57.html
Here are some of […]