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Louis Gray snapped a photo of a Tesla at the GooglePlex, main Google offices. The license plate is SKYPE. Yep - the company Microsoft owns. What was it doing there? I have no idea.He posted this on Twitter and said "Meanwhile, this SKYPE license plate at one of our Google buildings has got to be some kind of elaborate troll."This post is part of our daily Search Photo of the Day column, where we find fun and interesting photos related to the search industry and share them with our readers. … [Read more...] about Spotted At GooglePlex: A SKYPE License Plate On Tesla

At one of the new Google buildings at the GooglePlex campus in Mountain View, California, they have a new section where they hang license plates from various US states. I am not sure why? Maybe it is near the Google Maps street view stuff? Anyway, this was posted on Instagram.This post is part of our daily Search Photo of the Day column, where we find fun and interesting photos related to the search industry and share them with our readers. … [Read more...] about Google Building License Plate Art

Forget it, Las Vegas Strip. Move over Area 51. Perhaps cruising up the Extraterrestrial Highway will be Nevada’s latest tourist attraction, Google auto-driving cars sporting new autonomous vehicle license plates. Google has been working to get official approval to test its self-driving cars in several US states. They’ve operated in California, where so far they’ve been deemed legal by existing laws. But Nevada just became the first state to give official sanction to testing such vehicles. Approval To Test, Supervision Still Required This doesn’t mean that the cars will be out there driving themselves without controlled supervision by an actual driver. As this AP story notes, Nevada requires there be two operators in the car, one behind the wheel. In California, the cars have routinely run with only one driver behind the wheel. Recently, the driver was even allowed to be in the passenger side, as Steve Mahas — who is blind — was behind the wheel as … [Read more...] about Nevada Approves Google Auto-Driving Cars, Issues “AU” Plates With Infinity Symbol

Yesterday was the first day of trading for the “new” AOL, an independent company with a market cap of $2.5 billion dollars. When AOL “bought” TimeWarner a decade ago in an all-stock transaction worth $182 billion there was a near consensus that the combined company represented the future of media and publishing. It made a lot of sense — conceptually. But the marriage never worked out and AOL saw its fortunes decline literally and figuratively as newer companies ascended over the last 10 years. Now, with former Googler Tim Armstrong at the helm, the company’s independent strategy is focused on “premium content,” local information, advertising and “communications” (IM, etc.). AOL will continue to manage the decline of its ISP business over time. The positioning of the company makes it quite analogous to Yahoo, which is fighting for the same types of consumer usage and display ad dollars. The company’s new mission statement … [Read more...] about AOL Returns As Independent Company, Search Decision Looms

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: For Social Success, Post To Twitter & Facebook In Early Afternoons, Tumblr In Evenings When’s the best time to post to social media platforms to ensure your content is most seen? URL shortening service Bitly has crunched some new numbers. Success on Twitter and Facebook means posting in the early afternoons, while Tumbr likes the night life. Bitly looked at the amount of clicks that links posted through its […] Google+ Invades Gmail: New Google+ Notifications Hit The Inbox Today on the official Gmail Blog a new feature was announced, Google+ notifications in Gmail. Basically this change brings Google+ interactions directly into a user’s inbox. If a user opts in to have Google+ notifications delivered to their inbox, they can respond, +1 and more. Here’s an example from Google’s post which … [Read more...] about Marketing Day: May 8, 2012