AN ULTIMATE PORTAL TO GOOGLE’S SUCCESS BY: BENJAMIN NGUYEN & BRITTANY HAHN

Video Sharing Website Alexa ranks YouTube as the third most visited website on the Internet, behind Google and Fa cebook Allows for easy posting search interphase and networking information Fun Video on Youtube: h?v=_OBlgSz8sSM YOUTUBE

bought Youtube for 1.65 Billion in November 2006 Searching Youtube video results first Promotes Youtube in addition to providing better and more relevant results because of youtube’s strong user base.

ALTERNATIVE SEARCH ENGINES YAHOO Homepage: Intricate with many links and activity going on BING Homepage: Special Backgrounds, organized tabs g_vs_google_vs_yahoo_feature_smackdown. html

ALTERNATIVE SEARCH ENGINES YAHOO Pop Culture Search Primary result Twitter, Videos, Albums BING Pop Culture Search: Social Media Songs Videos Pictures g_vs_google_vs_yahoo_feature_smackdown. html

ALTERNATIVE SEARCH ENGINES YAHOO Video Primarily shows the video in the search location. Video Takes you to the webpage Preview when you roll over the video thumbnail g_vs_google_vs_yahoo_feature_smackdown. html

relevant image ads at the top of an image results page. Adds an Infinite Scroll Feature "Similar Images" search. Similar Color JAN – GOOGLE POLISHES ITS IMAGE SEARCH

2 years ago, Google filed a patent for “recognizing text in images.” Text in buildings and streets  more precise driving direction as seen in Google StreetView. Store Aisles  Product Indexes. Meaningful search products through text recognition technology would require far deeper and more precise imagery. THE FUTURE OF GOOGLE SEARCH: PHOTOS OF TEXT

BEGINNING MODEL OF A TREND FOR IMAGES: GOOGLE GOGGLES ANDROID APPLICATION SEARCH THE WEB WITH PICTURES INSTEAD OF WORDS. ! fz0zPmH4&feature=player_embedded #!

GOOGLE TV Television  Laptop  Television Not cable or Satellite “Transforms both television viewing and the television industry by tightly knitting online social networking with the TV experience, predicts media trends” Brings together all the information, programs, internet, and media surrounding whatever you search for. google/ /What-is-Google- TV.html ARTICLE/6797/ html

It will be integrated into Sony television systems. Service is Free More than Apple, you aren’t limited to browsing or being guided. THE FUTURE OF TELEVISION AND SOCIAL MEDIA oogle-tv-facts/

WHAT CAN GOOGLE TV DO? Search your TV & Browse the Web Integration of Apps Connect phone to TV Blending Online Movies and Shows to the TV Perfecting Youtube for the TV Watch and Social Network At once A DVR and Recording System Play Music Ultimate Picture Frame le/ /What-is-Google-TV.html

ALL THESE SOCIAL NETWORKS. WHERE’S PRIVACY? Youtube, records your usage: channels,,groups, favorites, communications, things you watch,etc. If you are logged in, this info is associated with your account “Any personal information or video content that you voluntarily disclose online (e.g., video comments, your profile page) may be collected and used by others.” I

IS IT SAFE FOR US TO USE IF THE “WHITE HOUSE SAYS NO TO YOUTUBE?” Cnet’s Chris Soghoian speculates it may have something to do with Youtube’s privacy policy If you embed a video on your site, Google gets information about this, even if you don’t actually view the video. However, Google eventually changed this privacy policy so that no “non-session cookies” were set. No real Privacy anymore

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