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more about #valleywag more comments → Shadowlayer: Seems pincus here has sent a whole bunch of "friends" to spam the place... more » Alaska Miller: It's like telling a city bus to stop only at Burger King instead of McDonald's and expecting everyone to pay extra for free ice cream. more » Monty: What is more interesting than search engines paying for content is that this could ultimately save the news media business. Ignoring the concern to J... more » Magister: What happens when you look for a foreign or local story? I assume the Fox O&Os will be part of the equation, as will their Australian and UK paper... more » sweetpickles: Yes. You'll find the same news at other sites by searching through Google. This isn't only about Murdoch walling off his sites, though. This is about ... more » Hello Mister Walrus: I think this is really audience-specific. I work for a bank, so if I had to choose between Google + no WSJ and some other search engine that is 97% as... more » Gabriel Snyder: And notice in that first search that while News Corp. is saying it can live without Google, it's also buying up ad keywords like "lieberman public opt... more » manchops: but have you tried googling: "Andrea Peyser + sex goddess?" I mean, hello? more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Perfect. And if they take even one step in the direction of "You can't quote our stories" they will drive themselves so far into irrelevancy ... more » SanFranLefty: Publisher of our local fish wrap/Sharon Stone's ex piles on Mayor McDreamy and his demands to dictate all press interviews: [www.sfgate.com] more » Aatom: "if people want to enjoy a fundamental baseline of serious news media in this country, they will have to pay for it, somehow." I agree with this, but... more » drunkexpatwriter: But.... unless I'm missing something, while the original links won't turn up on Google, any story of any real interest will be linked to by a host of ... more » marcsiry: This marks the day that "branding" was officially rebranded as "wanking." more » Shadowlayer: First one to send me a book with his/her tweet farts gets a bullet between the eyes... Kidding, you'll get a golf ball (NRA took my gun, said I was "... more » Shadowlayer: BTW, Chow if you're reading this, your book is on teh torrentz now more » -
#marissamayer
The Google Princess' Fairy Tale Wedding
Marissa Mayer, Google's data-driven planner extraordinaire, has gone to work on her personal life: Friends of the VP are showing off the fancy wedding invites she just sent out — and talking about the three-day nuptials she's planning.
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#rolemodels
The Time Marissa Mayer Invented Google
Another month, another glossy fashion magazine spread for Marissa Mayer, this time in Glamour. We get it, already: the Google veep is a computer scientist in Oscar de la Renta; a nerd invited to prom. Why embellish her achievements? More » -
#valleywag
A Top Googler's Ominous Radio Fight
Google is trying to break into the music business. But the squeaky-clean company is aiming at a very grungy market, as Oscar de la Renta-wearing VP Marissa Mayer discovered during a recent — ultimately contentious — radio appearance. More » -
#mediawars
Marissa Mayer, Temptress of Google
It was a shocking clash of old and new media culture at a San Francisco Web summit, and Business Insider captured it on video: The editor of the Wall Street Journal calling a Google executive a media pimp. More » -
#feuds
Bing Heats Google Ice Queen
It's been ten years since Microsoft decisively buried Netscape, and Silicon Valley is still frightened of the monster in Redmond, Washington. Even giant Google is paranoid; the company is increasingly said to be chasing Microsoft's tail lights. More » -
#geniuses
Google Patents World's Simplest Home Page
After a five-and-a-half-year fight, Google and its attorneys have managed to convince federal bureaucrats to bestow a patent on the company's iconic home page. We always thought the page was brain-dead simple, but apparently it's an innovative "graphical user interface." More » -
#twitterati
Squirrel Porn, Rappers Dot Twitterati Wish List
Jennifer 8. Lee sought a "20something architect... construction worker... rapper," presumably for her Village People tribute band ; Elliot Holt ran into two squirrels and snapped a money shot; and Marissa Mayer mulled literature. The Twitterati were definitely seeking something. More » -
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#google
In Twitter Space, No One Can Hear Marissa Mayer Laugh
Look who's joined Twitter: Google's head of search products, Marissa Mayer. Apparently she finally got around to listening to her ex-boyfriend. More » -
#trendwatch
The Workaholic Google Couple That Will Crush Your Spirit
We learn this week in Vogue that Google executive Marissa Mayer and her husband fiancé are insanely addicted to work. Like Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner before them, their manic overachieving can and will put you to shame. More » -
#housekeeping
Valleywag: An Instruction Manual
Dear Ryan:
As I head to NBC to run its Bay Area site, I'm leaving you one Silicon Valley gossip blog, used but in good condition. A few thoughts on how to keep it that way. More » -
#hubris
Marissa Mayer Is Right 80 Percent of the Time
Continuing her unstoppable PR rampage, Google executive Marissa Mayer took to NBC's Press:Here, a Silicon Valley interview show. The cupcake princess of search defended her by-the-numbers approach to Google's design. More » -
#mistakesweremade
New Google Design Features AIG
The Googleplex is a place apart. But are the brainiacs of Mountain View, Calif. so cloistered that they haven't heard of AIG's woes? Apparently so, judging by new graphics VP Marissa Mayer unveiled Wednesday. More » -
#nerdfight
The Unflinching Stare of Marissa Mayer
Is Marissa Mayer, Google's cupcake princess, driving away talent with her icy indifference and utter lack of management skills? One ex-Googler says yes. Here's Anne Halsall's tale of getting dissed by Mayer at a meeting: More » -
#discrimination
Guess Which One Is the Google Executive?
Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president of search products, experiences the unfamiliar at a recent visit with First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House. (Photo by AP) -
#valleywag
Google's Data Fetish Drives Away Its Top Designer
As we reported last week, Doug Bowman, Google's top designer, has confirmed that he's leaving (we hear to Twitter). Bowman's reasons for quitting are fascinating — and they show why Google's losing its cool. More » -
#cupcakeprincess
Lesley Stahl Investigates Marissa Mayer's Matchless Fashion Sense
After having her image frosted by the New York Times and Charlie Rose, Google VP Marissa Mayer, the cupcake princess of search, is hungry for more press. Luckily, Lesley Stahl arrived to spread more on! More » -
#hires
Twitter Claims Valley Crown by Poaching Google's Top Designer
Twitter, the twee San Francisco messing startup, is all hope, no revenues. That makes it irresistable to Silicon Valley's best and brightest — like Google's top designer, Doug Bowman, whom we hear Twitter just hired. More » -
#clips
Google's Marissa Mayer Pities Yahoo
Why is Marissa Mayer, Google's athletically inept cupcake princess, going on such a publicity tour of late? She was in the Times Sunday. Last night, she hit Charlie Rose to make excuses for not innovating. More » -
#nerdfight
Bill Gates's Wife Outruns Marissa Mayer
Google executive Marissa Mayer, best known for her ballgowns, cupcakes, and whimsical designs, feels that the media has ignored her athletic achievements. But how does she compare to rivals like Mrs. Bill Gates?
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