Google watch - Google quits China and buys UK's Plink
13 May 2010
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Ever since 1982, when KITT carried out its first wheel-spin on our TV screens as David Hasselhoff's sidekick in Knight Rider, the arrival of driverless cars has been eagerly awaited.
While Google is watching you, we make sure we're watching Google.
YouTube is still known to many as the home of skateboarding dogs and breakdancing pensioners. However, the Google-owned video-sharing site is now upping the ante against its broadcast rivals by moving into live sports coverage.
- The first result links to Npower's Kevin Peake's up-to-date LinkedIn profile.
- The first result takes us to the website of Christian writer Jefferson Scott.
Google has launched a UK 'Shows' section on YouTube, featuring free full-length TV shows and clips from Channel 4, ITN, BBC Worldwide and Turner. The section, at youtube.com/shows, pulls together 5000 videos from 60 professional content partners.
- The first result takes us to the website of an Arizona-based child counsellor.
- The first two links push to the website of a photographer with the same name.
- The first two results are for Martin-Cruz's LinkedIn pages - a directory for his name and a direct link to his former profile while he was at Sony.
- The first link takes us to the profile of a US lawyer with the same name.
Welcome to the first incarnation of a new element in Campaign in which we invite experts to burrow beneath the surface of the catch-all that is "digital". Google, Isobar Mobile, JWT London, LBI and MBA share their insights on mobile.