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IPL on Youtube
By Will Friday, last week, 3 Comments »
Anyone else able to access the Indian Premier League on Youtube? Seems to be broken for me:
Indian Premier League live on Youtube
By Will 2 months ago, 3 Comments »
This caught everyone by surprise. The IPL will be streamed live on YouTube, a feat which could revolutionise the way sport is broadcast and consumed. If that’s too bold a statement, it will certainly have TV executives shifting uncomfortably in their leather-upholstered swivel chairs. Google are game-changers, and so is Lalit Modi – like him or loath him – so it’s a fascinating partnership. As a fan, I am over the moon and excited by the impact it could have on TV’s monopoly. This could open up the industry, certainly for live sporting events.
The only question which remains is whether they’ll run pre-roll ads or rely on Google Adsense.
3 Comments »Cricinfo’s Google Chrome extension
By Will 2 months ago, No Comments; be the first!
Me and Deepak Gulati (in fact, I’ve done next to nothing other than instigate it. Deepak’s the genius) have been working on an extension for Google Chrome for Cricinfo which has been live for a couple of weeks. It’s really neat, as is Google Chrome (obviously).
It’s hot out of the oven, so grab it now.
No Comments »Sehwag sets the trend
By Will 2 years ago, at the end of March, No Comments; be the first!
Google has transformed the way we use the internet, and has been an invaluable (irreplaceable?) tool for journalists. Gone are the days when every hack shuffled into the press box armed with a briefcase of brick-heavy Wisdens. Who needs it when you have Cricinfo at your beck and call?
But anyway. Google do clever things and make all the geeky stuff easier for us slightly less geeky people. After Virender Sehwag’s 309 today, his is the most frequently searched term on Google India…but just look at the top 14: nine of them relate to the current match. Granted, not everyone in India has an internet connection, but that’s still a huge number of people who are getting online and looking for stuff on Sehwag. Extraordinary really.
No Comments »Mercy: cricket more popular than Paris Hilton
By Will 3 years ago, mid-December, 2 Comments »
I think this might be interesting (haven’t made my mind up yet). Google produce an annual zeitgeist to list the most popular keywords, themes and topics the world have been searching for in the past year. Amazingly, 2007’s world cup was the fourth most wanted – behind Britney Spears but ahead of things like the iPhone, Anna Nicole Smith (who?) and Paris Hilton.
Fair enough, it’s not exactly Trevor but noteworthy nonetheless.
2 Comments »Google join World Cup fever
By Will 3 years ago, mid-March, 8 Comments »
Their latest logo:
KP not about cricket
By Will 4 years ago, mid-April, 2 Comments »
If you search for Kevin Pietersen on Google, the fourth or fifth link takes you to the that post where dozens of adoring female fans claim their love for him.
» The Kevin Pietersen factor » The Corridor Of Uncertainty (a …
On the boundary-edge of the corridor of uncertainty. It’s about Cricket.
www.cricket.mailliw.com/archives/2005/01/29/the-kevin-pietersen-factor/ – Similar pages
Ironic, then, that on Google it comes up as “On the boundary-edge of the corridor of uncertainty. It’s about Cricket.” when all the comments have absolutely nothing to do with his cricket whatsoever! All gone very quiet over there…fickle lot
2 Comments »Craving news of Trescothick
By Will 4 years ago, at the start of April, 4 Comments »
It’s remarkable. Marcus Trescothick is still the most searched-for keyword on this site, and the biggest referrer from Google; people are gagging to hear of his personal life. People type in all sorts of crap into google. “Where is Marcus Trescothick?” “Marcus Trescothick wife marriage.” “trescothick breakdown” etc. It’s this lust for news of fallen heroes…he’s just a normal bloke who plays cricket, yet people are far more interested in his personal life!
4 Comments »Sir Donald Bread Man
By Will 4 years ago, at the start of April, 5 Comments »
I know it’s April 1, but I promise this is true – if you look at my stats you can see what people type into Google when they arrive here. And someone from Pakistan typed Donald Bread Man! Ahhh, that’s made my week.
Easily amused from London town…
5 Comments »Google search box
By Will 4 years ago, at the start of March, No Comments; be the first!
I’ve added a Google search box at the bottom of each page, as the site’s search thing doesn’t really work, and Google know a thing or two about searching for stuff. So there you go.
No Comments »Advertise on this blog
By Will 4 years ago, mid-January, No Comments; be the first!
Apparently, you can advertise directly on this blog via Google Adsense. Which is nice.
No Comments »Wot shd i get my girlfreinds 4 xmas?
By Will 5 years ago, mid-October, 12 Comments »
I hope you’re impressed with my title: Wot shuld i get my girlfreinds 4 xmas? That’s my attempt at the language of the new world. If you’re gagging for more – and by that, I meant the language (innit), you dirty, filthy-minded individual – try and decipher the Kevin Pietersen Post. And yes, I’ve capitalised Post for this reason alone: over 1200 comments have been left by his “fans,” whose admirable delusions of hope hold no boundaries. Or fours. Or even sixes. And apologies for that last pun.
Anyway, the reason for this post – the last for a while I should imagine – is that someone arrived to this blog by searching the following phrase in Google: “brilliant christmas presents for girlfreinds”
Quite aside from the fact they arrived, rather disappointingly for them, at a cricket blog – not to mention the misspooooling – I find it equally hilarious that anyone should be looking for “brilliant” xmas presents for their “girlfreinds” on the internet…
T’ra for now.
12 Comments »Oddities – and “four to zero”
By Will 5 years ago, mid-October, 4 Comments »
Received an email from “John Smith” (he wishes to remain anonymous!) showing me this link to Google Video, in which someone (I guess from Google News) mentions England’s Ashes victory. It’s right at the end of the clip, to save you listening all the way through it. The only remarkable thing was listening to the American say “Australia, who were four to zero (4-0) at the close”, which raised a smile.
It’s all very odd.
4 Comments »How did you find this blog?
By Will 5 years ago, at the start of September, 33 Comments »
OK, question: how did you find this blog? I know I was featured on the BBC, along with every other cricket blog, and the Guardian have also ‘found’ us…but nearly 1500 people have come here today, and I haven’t even blogged anything [much]. How is this happening? Who are you, and where do you come from? EXPLAIN YOURSELVES! (seriously…I’d quite like to know, out of curiosity. Did you come from Google, or another search engine, or a blog, or where?)
Ta all, and “hello” to all the new readers.
33 Comments »Google’s Indian googly
By Will 5 years ago, at the end of March, No Comments; be the first!
From the Google blog:
No Comments » « Previous EntriesWho says things never leave beta at Google? Our Hyderabad office is formally opening today after a mere nine months. This is where we help AdWords clients run their campaigns. We also have a QA team to ensure Google product quality, and run all of the support functions for our operations throughout India. Like any other Google office, lava lamps and colored balls abound; unlike other offices, we have Indian food for lunch every day. Perhaps most important, we have launched the first chapter of the International Google Cricket Club, where the preferred delivery is, naturally, a googly. If you’re in the area, we’re always looking for more smart Googlers.
