“After 6 interviews and an assignment, I finally was informed that I got the job – I’ll be a Googler!” 🙂 This was back in May 2006, after which I finished up my Masters in Consumer Psychology Research, and within the next week moved from Wales to Dublin and was assigned my new desk. Along […]
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Google to launch ‘Google Me’ social network “very soon”
The evidence is mounting that Google intends to launch a social network to rival Facebook. Speculation on the subject began with Digg founder Kevin Rose when he used his Twitter account to declare that ‘Google Me’ is launching very soon, alluding to a “very credible source”. The tweet was later removed, but not before it made its way across […]
Google UK Property Search on Maps
This week, Google Maps launched a new house-hunting service in the UK: ‘Google Property Search’. By clicking on the ‘More’ button within Google Maps,  users can choose to check the availability of hundreds of thousands of properties for sale or rent across the world. Google has teamed up with some of the UK’s largest estate […]
Where did Search Scientist come from?
Looking back on this first blog post, I hope to later think – boy oh boy, what started off as a wee idea really became something great. What I’d especially be proud of is making a difference to local businesses, getting them a better ROI and more attention from consumers and not have them taken […]