Google and Its Off News Day Announcements
November 20, 2010
I have been dealing with government types without an Internet connection. Imagine my surprise a few minutes ago (about 8 pm Eastern on November 18, 2010) when I saw in my newsreader these hot stories:
- 10 Times More Android Apps. This is a Google story, and I find the order of magnitude interesting. I don’t use apps on any platform so the announcement strikes me as PR. What’s Apple got in the app department? Too many and I can’t locate much on any of the mobile app stores. At age 66, apps are not part of my equipment for living.
- FIOS and Google TV Ads. The point of this Google story is “big”. I don’t know if I want any vendors’ Web TV because I don’t care about TV. Even the Web is a little yesterday for me. And Google TV? Too complex by a half.
- Google Sky Map and Time Travel. Sorry. Don’t care about this either. Maps are okay but the time travel thing is not for me. Maybe some day, but I am not a sci-fi guy.
I may be tired. DC does that to me. But these are trivial announcements. What’s the Google trying to do?
A meaningful item can get lost in the trivial. The item I noted is that Google Apps get their teeth straightened. Click here for info.
Get a better PageRank for its own content. News like this reminds me of the charlatans who practice the search engine optimization barnyard. Surprising. How about some bug fixes for the Google Search Appliance? How about tweaking the performance of the gratuitous page displays? How about objective search results? Just some questions from the airport. Thin gruel for this information goose.
Stephen E Arnold, November 20, 2010
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