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POPSGoogle Helps GTalk Users Go Global As I was reading this TechCrunch post about Google's new translation service, I thought about my Skype account. Nearly 90% of my network on Skype is based internationally. So many people, like myself, seem to be using the Skype platform as an affordable means of communicating with people oversees. This kind of translation service would be a natural extension of its current offering. Imagine the implications for small business looking to expand to international markets. With a diverse workforce and client roster, the ability to have low cost communications and a low cost translation service could cut down the barrier to entry in the global marketplace.
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POPSAdam Broitman on "Facebook Gets Googley/ Google Starts to Feed" Social Media maven, Adam Broitman serves up a great post on the developing relationship between Facebook and Google. Is there love in the air or are these two Internet darlings headed for bitter divorce? Broitman says, "My feeling is that we will begin to see a lot more rivalry between these two companies."
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POPS"Google News Gets Comments- With a Big Twist" I am surprised that a company leading in the Web 2.0 world would set up a system of commenting on the news that really lacks openness and direct interaction among readers. I clipped this from one of my favorite blogs, Mashable, that invites readers to instantly express their views on every story. Some of the most engaging interaction happens as a result and some of the most interesting insights and perspective comes from this open editorial style. As a news reader on Google, this system makes the price of engagement pretty high; I would have consider whether going through the motions of sending an email and going through an editorial review is worth the time and energy. I would much rather head to my favorite blogs that have picked up the story and comment directly on the post. What are your thoughts?
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POPSThe Yahoo! Heard 'Round Madison Ave. 
I have followed and worked with Yahoo and Google’s advertising model for a while. Although it is quite hard these days to find fault with Google, there are key issues that have yet to be resolved with its AdWords program. The largest issue is that any publisher using AdWords will see ads on its site that routinely feature its direct competitors because Google places ads based on the relevancy of ad content with sites' content. A publisher can ban direct competitors by imputing their URLs into Google's account management-- However, to categorically ban all competitors would result in few ads left to appear on the site. In addition, publishers can't actually view, approve and/or ban ads before they are published on a site. This means publishers must show all ads, find URLs manually when they appear and then ban later after a host of web users have already seen the ad published on its site. How can such an advanced company have such big holes in an integral part of its business?
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