This WEEK in GOOGLE 12

This WEEK in GOOGLE Episode 12

This WEEK in GOOGLE 12: The Big Butt at the End of the Long Tail

This week's guest, Siva Vaidhyanathan, deconstructs the Google book deal, it's the end of page rank as we know it, and the miracle of free bandwidth explained. Sort of.

Panel

• Leo Laporte (@leolaporte • friendfeed.com/leolaporte)
  • Leoville.com
• Gina Trapani (@ginatrapani • friendfeed.com/ginatrapani)
  • Smarterware.org
• Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis • friendfeed.com/jeffjarvis)
  • Buzzmachine.com
• Siva Vaidhyanathan
  • GooglizationOfEverything.com

Topics

• Google, Authors and Publishers Get a Month to Fix Settlement
• Is Google PageRank No Longer Important?
  • Link to Derek Powazek post referenced
• YouTube’s Bandwidth Bill Is Zero. Welcome to the New Net
• Eric Schmidt: Princeton Receives $25M From Google CEO For Tech Fund

Segments

"We Do A Little Thing At The End"

• Gina's tip of the week:
  • Google Docs preview in Gmail

• Jeff's stats of the week:
  • $512 - where Jeff bought shares in Google
  • 10,664 - the number of language pairs Google Translator Toolbox can translate between

• Leo's tool of the week:
  • Face recognition added to Picasa Web

Wish List (What the panelists wish Google would do)

• Leo:
• Gina:
• Jeff:

External Links

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Sponsors

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Production Information

• Edited by: Erik
• Notes: Removed Skype dropout at 00:32:59;11

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