Calling Europe: Holland, July 2009

Tue 4 August 2009 11:00, Roy Huiskes

Bas van den Beld tuned in again with Roy Huiskes and Eduard Blacqueire to discuss the status of search in Holland in the last month.

Again three subjects were talked about: Streetview, Google indexing Twitter and off course the Microsoft / Yahoo search deal.

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SHOWNOTES
We discussed the following topics concerning search in Holland:

Now the Dutch get to vote for Streetview:
Google is asking Dutch searchers to vote for Streetview.
Links: http://www.searchcowboys.com/google/784

Google IS a real time searchengine?:
An interesting development: Google seems to be indexing tweets within minutes. Is this a one-time occurance or is it more?
Links: http://www.searchcowboys.com/google/840

The Microsoft - Yahoo deal
What does it mean for us Dutchies? Will we notice it? What's the impact of the deal on how people will be looking at MS/Yahoo? Is this a good thing?

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