Much better than the real Google
Check out this Google knock-off. Apparently it is not an official Google site, but it is cooler in some ways. Wonder how long it will stay up. Here’s more info on the guy who is apparently behind it.
Called Google Total, it gives you a simple drop down menu, which lets you select some of Google’s services without needing to do another click and get transferred to yet another page where you have to do another click.
For example, if you’re a normal user of the real Google, and you want to map something, you’d take the extra step of typing in the special maps.google.com URL, or clicking on “More”…now you don’t have to.
Via Google Blogoscoped,
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Matt launched VentureBeat in September of 2006, with the realization that no one else was covering the entrepreneurial and tech innovation scene with the velocity or depth that he was. Prior to founding VentureBeat, he covered venture capital for the San Jose Mercury News from 2001 to 2006. In 2002, Matt was awarded "Journalist of the Year" by the Northern California Society of Professional Journalists. Prior to working at the Merc, he was a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal in Bonn, Germany from 1995 to 1998, and a writer for the Washington Post in 1994. Matt holds a PhD in Government and an MA in German and European Studies from Georgetown University. In addition to VentureBeat, Matt is also the Executive Producer of DEMO, the leading launchpad event for emerging technologies.
