Will Google buy Ordnance Survey of UK Government

With google increasing the use of Google Maps, Google Earth, Google Streetview and the  recently launced Google Sat Nav how long will it be before we see Google buy Odnance Survey and start integrating definitive maps in to their maps?

Imagine Google Maps accurately showing all public footpaths and rights of way, surely it is only a matter of time and the sooner the better.

Google Sat Nav

Google Maps Sat Nav Navigation can be accessed via car dock mode on Android 2.0 phones.

Google Music Search Feature

Google music search feature makes it easy to find music. Just search for an artist, album, song or even a few lyrics to get song previews from Google partners.

All your O are belong to us – Google Doodle

The explanation for todays Doodle on Google?

Google not using Alt attributes on homepage Doodle

Google.co.uk today had a logo on their homepage with a flying saucer sucking up the 2nd O

As we know they quite often have logos for special ocassions, special days, famous peoples birthdays etc.

Usually I just hover over the image to see what it is about, did that today, but no joy, the image had no Alt attribute ot tool tip title.

The image itself is linking to a search for unexplained phenomenon which noone seems to know is about yet!

Maybe the unesplained phenomenon is Why aren’t Google using Alt attributes on their Doodles‎?

Google safesearch too strict

For the past week I had been bafled by the fact some of the pages on A hen is for Christmas have been appearing in the SERPs for other people, for me when using Opera or Firefox, but not for me when using IE.

I suddenly realised why tonight. I had Google Safesearch set up on IE, and because of just one word on the pages safesearch was blocking them from being displayed.

This is something that needs to be taken in to consideration when building pages, and I for one will be testing out a few more pages using Safesearch and editing them accordingly.

Google Searchmash no longer using Snap

I did a quick check of the flash version of Google Searchmash to discover they are no longer using snap.com to supply snap shots. Have they something else up their sleeves?