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Archive for July 2008
A trillion channels and nothing on?
Amid what Google describes as a potentially infinite web, the search engine has identified a landmark trillion meaningful URLs (unique URLs). This is quite some figure when you consider that they passed the billion mark only back in 2000. The mind-boggling figure illustrates the challenge for search engines in trying to judge value among so … Continue reading
More Tours de France
As an update to my previous post, Google has announced the details on their blog and provided more details on the Lat Long blog, complete with some rather cloudy stills. Note to Google: wait for a sunnier day, as it looks like there’s a stage in England after all…
Google enters the Tour de France
Google’s Street View has crossed the pond and is winding its way down France’s streets. Although the coverage is far from universal, they have taken the inspired decision to start withthe Tour de France route, including sections of Paris, Saint-Étienne and Brest. It certainly opens up the possibility of some excellent mashups of live Tour … Continue reading
