According to a survey by Brandchannel.com, Google leads the pack as the most influential global brand, notes Macworld UK. “Over the past five years, Apple has won the title twice, in 2001 and 2004, while Google has won the rest of the time. Google Earth, Google Mini, Desktop Search and its popular stock all helped Google win the award in 2005,” notes the story.
Read MoreGoogle Earth has now been officially released for Mac OS X, as noted by MacUpdate. Google Earth 3.1.0527.0 “puts a planet’s worth of imagery and other geographic information right on your desktop. View exotic locales like Maui and Paris as well as points of interest such as local restaurants, hospitals, schools, and more.” The software combines satellite imagery, maps and Google Search to make this happen. Google Earth is free and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
Read MoreSoftware4free.org has announced that while waiting for the Mac version of Google Earth, Macintosh users can now at least take part in the fast growing new technology of building overlays & mashups. The company is offering a step by step description of how to build a Google Earth overlay on a Mac, using the web application CommunityWalk.
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Rage Software Releases First Google Sitemap Creation Tool for The Mac
Toronto, Ontario (September 19, 2005) — Rage Software announced today the
immediate availability of Google Sitemap Automator 1.0, a new software
package to automate the process of generating Google Sitemaps. Google
Sitemap Automator helps search engines which utilize Google Sitemaps to
locate and index important documents on a website.
Google Sitemaps are a way of telling search engines, namely Google, about a
website.
LinkScan 11.5 — Generates Google Sitemaps and other enhancements
San Jose, CA, July 19, 2005. Electronic Software Publishing Corp. (Elsop)
introduces LinkScan 11.5.
LinkScan delivers powerful test automation and website management
capabilities to content developers and corporate management. It is highly
accurate and offers exceptional performance and scalability to large
enterprises. Advanced customization features permit webmasters and quality
assurance engineers to create completely automated test suites.