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People Search: Google Pack
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People are looking for more photos and pictures, with usage climbing at all the image search engines. Google, again the giant, handles 71.9 % of image searches; Yahoo has 19.1% and Ask, 3.5%. Broadband access and the popularity of places like Flickr contribute to the increase.
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Since its launch at Web 2.0 Summit, November 9, 2006 as the first people search engine for social profiles and online identity, Wink has maintained its leadership with over 250 million people listed in its search engine. Many of the popular social networks that have joined the OpenSocial effort are already searchable via Wink, including MySpace, Hi5, Bebo and Friendster all supporters of Google's OpenSocial API.
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Google Pack: A bundle of free software, Pandia (Jan 1) - Google has developed a bundle of free software that people running Windows XP can download. Several Google applications, along with Adobe, Norton Anti-Virus and the Firefox browser are included. Why? Could be very appealing to new users and build even more loyality.
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[U]sing visitor tracking you can see if the people reaching you by Google are close to the percentage of people that use Google compared to MSN or AOL. If the industry shows that overall 25% of searchers are using MSN and 5% Lycos, your results should be similar. If they're not, it's a sign that some modifications might be in order.
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Until Google and other SaaS vendors really stand-up and walk-the-talk (by putting their money and resources where their marketing is), people should continue to think in terms of a hybrid model. Use "the cloud" when the cloud makes sense. Don't use it when the risk cannot be managed in a way that satisfied enterprise stakeholders.
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