I just noticed Google promoting the lube coverage of the cricket in the mobile YouTube app.
As more of content gets streamed YouTube displace the iPlayer as the mobile TV platform of choice?
Live YouTube being promoted on mobile
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Searching on Google TV
I’ve been thinking about the launch of Google TV, later this year in the UK, and one thing that jumped out at me is the challenge of interacting with a connected TV, especially when searching.
The proposed design for the Sony/Google TV remote (below) looks great, but surely this is the time for voice commands to really come into play? It’s definitely got my playing around with voice search more on my phone and laptop.
Sony Google TV Remote for the UK Market
Google’s Q4 UK revenues stay above the $1bn dollar mark
Another great set of results were unveiled by Google last night. Here are my quick takeaways on the UK element of that:
- While this looks like the slowest QoQ growth for over a year it’s likely to have been impacted by USD/GBP exchange rates in the period.
- Overall search traffic growth is being masked by lower CPCs, dropping 8% across all territories (there isn’t any breakout for UK data). This is the second quarter in a row that CPCs have declined. There’s a great article on SearchEngineLand from Andy Atkins Kruger that looks at why this might have happened.
- The UK held it place as the second largest country for search spend at 10% of total revenues.
Google+ gets a little more like Facebook, thanks to Cadbury’s
Today, Cadbury’s launched a rather Facebook-esque campaign on Google+, clearly aimed at garnering advocated and increases shares of their business page.
This is the first time I’ve seen something specifically tempting the Google+ audience and reminded me of the emotion-inspiring posts, regularly placed on the Walt Disney page.
While the tens of comments posted on the Google+ page hardly compares to the thousands on the Facebook, it really feels like the start of something big for Google+
Are you ready to take Google+ seriously yet?
Google Wallet in the UK?
There is still no confirmed launch date for Google Wallet in the UK, but the recent blending of Google Checkout into Google Wallet is a welcome move to simplify Google’s transaction platform.
What’s even more significant is the potential to better track the value of your customers as they purchase both on- and off-line. Think of all the additional analytics data that can be gathered as you identify which customers prefer in-store shopping vs. mobile or desktop?
But how long before PayPal launch their next innovation?
Will The Muppets be the catalyst for Google+ growth?
This week saw the launch of Pages for Google+, which has been well covered in the industry, and has resulted in a race by companies to set out there, pretty basic, stall on the platform.
What really intrigues me was not just the buzz around companies, such as Intel and Pepsi, adopting the platform, but celebrities such as The Muppets!
At first it seems like a joke, that the Muppet’s kicked off their Google+ launch with a live hangout. However, Google know that the key to Google+’s success will come from greater consumer adoption as much as advertiser awareness.
This was a pretty cool move.
Google listens to users – the Google+ Android widget is back!
Return of the Google+ widget
Following the complaints after Google removed the Android widget in the last Google+ app update, it seems they’ve taken the feedback on board and re-introduced it.
This is great news and shows they’re listening to user feedback.
TIP – if you moved Google+ to your SD card following the last update, you’ll need to move it back to the phone memory in order to enable the widget.
Google updates Android Google+ app…badly
Missing my Google+ widget
I’m a big fan of both Google+ and android, but the recent update to the Google+ app has left me, and quite a few other users, disappointed.
While the User Interface looks to have been tweaked and improved, and the tool now supports Google Apps users, the home page widget has been removed.
Surely this is an oversight? If you’re trying to increase usage of a service don’t remove an element that makes updating easier.
Films now available to rent in the Android Market
Films in Android Market
Hot on the heels of books becoming available in the Android Market, an update has just made film rentals available too.
Rental is quite straight forward if you have a Google Checkout account and enough storage space on your phone.
Surely it can’t be long before Google Music is rolled out in the UK too?
Google Reading Club?
Two interesting things that Google did this week got me thinking.
Firstly, they finally launched their Books service in the UK.
G+ Hangouts with extras
Secondly, they’re extending the functionality of G+ Hangouts with extras that allow for more collaborative video chats, including docs and screen sharing.
Given you can already watch YouTube videos with friends, how long before we seeing books shared in the same way?
Google Book Club anybody?