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New Google Contest - Online Marketing Challenge

Looks like Google is having a contest to ask students across the world to help local business’ become more optimized in the Google SERPs:  Register your class for the Google Online Marketing Challenge

Google's Online Marketing Challenge

Google needs a Google contest page to track their list of contests both past and present all in one place. They use contests in different ways (to get work for free, to train future employees, and to expose more people to their products).

Open Source vs. Walled Gardens

Open vs. Walled - let the best win. Recently in Boston, Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, was pushing a theme that is dear to many of us. The Mobile Web should grow with open standards. The Walled Garden approach should be abandoned.

Google's Online Marketing Challenge For Students

Google Inc has announced the Google Online Marketing Challenge. This will be held in March or May next year.

Google Flashes $10M At Android Developers

Google isn't looking for the next Commander Data, but mobile applications for the free, open platform they recently announced.

Microsoft Issues Free Enterprise Search Challenge

Search Server 2008 Express arrived as a free download from Microsoft, which launched the release candidate during a California conference.

Mobile Market a Challenge for Google

While Google already sells ads on cell phones the company wants to expand it search service to more mobile devices.

New Yahoo Search Marketing Features

Following last week's announcement of how Google finally has a real challenge, the official Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog announced updates for YSM.

Zoho Offering Could Challenge Google Apps

It’s only in private beta at the moment, but some day, Zoho Apps may try to stand up to Google itself.  Google Apps, anyway, and like that bundle, Zoho Apps will offer a number of “productivity applications and services.”

Japanese Search Project Could Challenge Google

Google’s search dominance has reached legendary proportions, and the term “Google killer” has become something of a joke.  But there’s word that a number of powerful companies, along with the Japanese government, will work together to challenge the search giant.