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Google drives innovation home in December

As we fly on into December we've found that the online world is speeding along in a blur of fast-paced news too. What with Google fattening up for the winter months with a slew of new innovations and other big net names seemingly hunkering down for hibernation, the landscape is as dynamic and fascinating as ever.

Net gargantuan Google got us all in the mood last week with the annual Google Zeitgeist, which revealed that celebrities were a hot topic with searchers all year round. However, the Mountain View giant did some soul searching of its own this December as it decided to allow news publishers to limit free access as a response to News Corp mogul Rupert Murdoch.

But two revelations in one week were not enough for the search seraph, and the last seven days have also seen Google announce real time search at last and real-world Google Maps QR Code applications that will make it easier for travellers to discover additional information about landmarks.

Google wasn't the only company making waves this week though, Yahoo! and Facebook announced an extended partnership designed to allow users to combine their activity streams while Affiliate Window released a dynamic search widget to help people find the products they want online.

MySpace Music also continued its attempts to become the music supplier de rigeur with the UK release of MP3 streams and downloads while BT Tradespace hopes to give small businesses a social boost with the release of version 2.0 for its network. The bigmouthmedia team also showed its social side this week with the launch of our Really Useful Guide to Social Media.

Not all news was good news this week though; Craiglist and eBay look set for a courtroom battle to try and resolve disputes and Google-challenger Bing had an embarrassing offline outage caused by configuration changes.

Keep abreast with the changes that rock the online world with the ever-vigilant bigmouthmedia newsletter - we keep a finger on the digital pulse all year round.

Google launches barcodes in Favourite Places
100,000 barcode stickers are being sent out to businesses in the United States, to provide detailed information for users with code reader applications.

BT Tradespace introduces video ads
BT has updated its business networking site to offer online video ads and other tools designed to help small businesses.

Google releases Real Time Search
Google has announced the launch of its real-time search which will go fully live sometime over the next few days in the US, UK, Australia and India.

Craigslist and eBay go to court
The two major players in online classifieds begin court dispute in Delaware

Bing goes offline for 30 minutes
Microsoft's search engine suffered a power outage on December 3 that developers claim was due to configuration changes during testing.

Affiliate Window dynamic search widget becomes UK's first
Affiliate Window's new dynamic search widget has become the first of its kind in the UK, offering an innovative way to search for products online.

MySpace Music launches in UK
Over a year after its launch in the US, MySpace Music is now offering MP3 streams and downloads in the UK.

Google allows news publishers to limit free access
Google has responded to Rupert Murdoch's claim that the search engine is "stealing" news stories by allowing publishers to restrict the amount of news content that can be viewed without subscription.

Yahoo! and Facebook get a little friendlier
Yahoo! and Facebook are to announce an extended partnership that will see the social network and search engine allowing users to combine their activity streams.

Google unveils top searches for 2009
Search engine Google has revealed the top search trends of 2009 for UK users, with Stephen Gately being declared this year's 'hottest topic.'

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