http://www.frozengrape.co.uk/blog web design and search engine news Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:32:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This week saw the launch of a much publicised and some might say over-hyped search engine called Cuil (Gaelic for knowledge and hazel).  It has been developed by 3 ex-Google senior employees who started the venture in 2005.  This should be a major advantage as they have the inside knowledge ... http://www.frozengrape.co.uk/blog/cuil-a-search-engine-to-rival-google This week Google have launched a new online 3D world called Lively.  It's basically a chat application where you can customise your avatar and 3D environment (room) to meet your friends or invite newcomers. Lively represents Google's answer to a 5-year-old site, Second Life, where people deploy animated alter egos known ... http://www.frozengrape.co.uk/blog/google-lively-a-new-virtual-world The founder of the internet, Tim Berners-Lee has revealed his thoughts on the future of web technology. He thinks that the internet domineering mogul Google could be superseded by a new company that will harness the power of the new technology. The search giant had developed an extremely effective way ... http://www.frozengrape.co.uk/blog/the-next-generation-of-web-technology The BBC have launched their new styled homepage (bbc.co.uk). In keeping with current 'Web 2.0' trends they have introduced a 'drag and drop' interface that enables you to customise the homepage to suit your needs. Comparing it to the old design, the new homepage comes across much more sleek and ... http://www.frozengrape.co.uk/blog/bbc-launches-new-homepage Three ex-Google employees launched their own streaming video site today, www.howcast.com. They envisage the site becoming the YouTube for instructional videos. Whilst employed at Google the three founders worked on the YouTube technology and also the Google Video platform. The site has launched with professional instructional videos along the ... http://www.frozengrape.co.uk/blog/howcast-the-youtube-of-instructional-videos UK residents with an eye for a good video could earn a little extra with YouTube's partner programme. Originally launched in the U.S. and Canada last December, YouTube described the programme as "our way of enabling some of the most popular and prolific original content creators within the YouTube community to ... http://www.frozengrape.co.uk/blog/youtube-now-shares-revenue-with-video-creators Yes you heard it right, you can now download over 35 million songs (compared to iTunes' 6 million) for free and LEGALLY! Qtrax - a new startup has collaborated with 4 major record companies (EMI, SonyBMG, Universal and Warner) to allow users to download song's from their catalogues.  There is ... http://www.frozengrape.co.uk/blog/free-and-legal-music-downloads Last year Google began a service 'Print Ads' to enable advertisers in the US to place advertisements in hundreds of US newspapers, via the Google AdWords system. Google is currently in negotiations with several UK publications to scale out the service out here. Google takes a percentage of the advertising ... http://www.frozengrape.co.uk/blog/google-may-sell-advertising-in-uk-newspapers There is much speculation and gossip residing around the web about a possible bid to buy Yell from Google Inc. For those who have not heard of Yell, they are the publisher and distributor of the UKs largest business phone directory (both online and hard copy). During the time of the take ... http://www.frozengrape.co.uk/blog/will-google-buy-yell