A Google Talk chatback badge will let visitors to your web page chat with you. They’ll be able to chat with you whenever you’re signed in to Google Talk

Initially this concept was started up by skype who introduced the badge or buttons to be placed on your webpage, or myspace page and people can click to either call you or add you to there skype account, now gtalk have started the gtalk chatback badge.

Pro’s of Google gTalk Chat back Badge

• Any one can simple click on it and have chat with you if you are online
• No need for any software like gtalk etc for the end user the chat starts in a pop up window
• Easy to implement on your website, mySpace page or your blog, you can chit chat with people visiting your site or profile at mySpace
• Can open up a new channel of communication something like MyBlogLogs
• Difficult to customize to the style of your site…

Con’s of Google gTalk Chat back Badge

• You don’t know who you are talking to cause there is no option for end user to add his information like e-mail or even name
• Its a bit slow for end user, and in my experience people click on it and wait and then close it and leave
• There is no record or history maintained for the chat …

How it can be improved

• Add customization of the widget so as we can design to our requirements
• Add Ajax kind of a window for a quick chat rather then a pop up
• Allow end user to add his Name at least and optional e-mail address
• If widgets owner is off line make it an off line leave message center

To get your badge for gTalk visit : Create Google Chat back Badge

In the January 2008 analysis of the Top 50 properties worldwide where search activity is observed, Google Sites led with 7.7 billion searches. Yahoo! Sites ranked second with nearly 2.5 billion searches, followed by Microsoft Sites (1.1 billion), and AOL LLC (903 million).

Google Sites marginally extended its share of core searches to 58.5 percent. Yahoo! Sites ranked second with 22.2 percent, followed by Microsoft Sites (9.8 percent), AOL LLC (4.9 percent), and Ask Network (4.5 percent).

Every year google misses some of the words from “Google” in its logo to share the love of valentines …

Google Valentines Logo 2008

Google Valentines Logo 2007

Previously Yahoo after a week of it initial statement gave clean statements that it would reject Microsoft’s Offer and set up an alliance with Google. According to tech crunch Yahoo board met secretly on Friday to discuss and made a decision on the Microsoft Offer. According to latest releases Yahoo have decided to reject Microsoft’s offer this has been verified by a publication by Wall Street Journal, According to wall street Journal Yahoo will be sending a formal letter to Microsoft declining there offer by Monday.

The reason for rejection is simple Yahoo considers that Microsoft has undervalued Yahoo assets and have placed a bid that is lower then that expected by Yahoo, in simple terms Yahoo have decided to accepted the offer by Microsoft if the value of bid is increased 12 billion to 56.6 billion dollars i.e. $40 a share.

Now the balls are in the court of Microsoft if they can jump up 12 more billion into this accusation they would gain control of Yet another powerful heritage of the Web.

I predict the accusation will take place and Yahoo will be accquired by Microsoft, Microsoft CEO ‘Steve Ballmer’ has also
mentioned that if the accusation of Yahoo takes place the brand of Yahoo will live only powered by Microsoft. Some predict that Microsoft will shut down MSN or Hotmail and merge them to Yahoo but i have my doubts as Microsoft will keep them both alive and in competition with each other…. and with Google.

Sunday Feb 3rd 2008
Yahoo Inc would consider a business alliance with Google Inc as one way to rebuff a $44.6 billion takeover proposal by Microsoft, a source familiar with Yahoo’s strategy said on Sunday. Yahoo management is considering revisiting talks it held with Google several months ago on an alliance as an alternative to Microsoft’s bid, that source said. At $31 a share, Yahoo believes the bid undervalues the company, two sources said.
Source : Yahoo News

This statement by Yahoo Inc. clearly represents that they just give a big fat finger to Microsoft Up Yours! Apart from that Yahoo is also considering offers by Apple Computer to come in for the rescue. I still can’t accept the idea that Yahoo would become a part of Microsoft. Its devastating, since ages Yahoo has become a legend of internet, no doubt the company is suffering and is planning to layoff 1000′s of employees but since the old ages there was one site we all knew about and used it as well. Yahoo is the legend of internet, its not the best search engine and neither it has the best Mail servers but still Yahoo is something that reminds us of internet.

Worst case scenario if Microsoft acquires Yahoo what would be left of it, will Microsoft shutdown MSN.com and support Yahoo, will it close its MSN messenger and go for Yahoo Messenger, will msn live be replaced by MyYahoo, i dont think so all the services of Yahoo will be gradulay absorbed inside MSN and the legend of Yahoo will be dead.

The famous Generous Big by Microsoft to acquire Yahoo for 46.5 billion dollars is taking yet another exciting turn, so far the big amount is way beyond its limit which is putting serious concerns on the intentions of Microsoft. The most worried company on this accusation deal is Google as previously Google had two competitors Yahoo & Microsoft when combined together there will be one competition to Google. Today Google released a press statement on which Microsoft responded immediately seems more like a corporate war going open in press check it out below what they have to say.

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Web2.0 in some terms was a hoax, or a terminology used to define the evolution of web, but the web3.0 is the future of web also known as Semantic Web. Unfortunately Semantic Web or web3.0 its self is under developments, the concepts and ideas are evolving and the the direction of web will be headed to words Semantic Agents that will analyze data, understand data and share it across different mediums.

The Semantic Web is an evolving extension of the World Wide Web in which web content can be expressed not only in natural language, but also in a format that can be read and used by software agents, thus permitting them to find, share and integrate information more easily.[1] It derives from W3C director Tim Berners-Lee’s vision of the Web as a universal medium for data, information, and knowledge exchange.

So far semantic applications have not yet popped up, and in my personal view Google will be the first one to put a claim for a semantic application, reason being availability of massive amount of user data collected organized and capable of sharing it across different applications. (Google Api’s, different google services interacting and sharing information).

Recently i happen to review lumifi’s interactive research platform, though they haven’t yet claimed to be semantic application, but some how it might be close to what we can imagine of the future web. There interactive platform is build for academic and  research communities to socially interact and share and search informations.

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Google won the title for the best company to work by the Fortune Magzine. Google continued to mint millionaires as the stock cracked $700. The company gives stock options to 99% of employees.

Headquarters: Mountain View, CA
2006 revenue ($ millions): 10,605
Website: www.google.com

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