I expect by now most people have heard about Google’s launch of its new web browser Google Chrome yesterday. Rather than talk about Google Chrome itself (as it has been very well covered already), I’ve taken a look at how Google are promoting this to encourage users to download and try out the new browser.

Google.com & Google.co.uk
Both Google.co.uk and Google.com have download messages on their homepages.

Google AdWords keyword bidding
Google Chrome is the top sponsored link listing for queries on both “Browser” and “Web browser”.

Google Organic SERPs
www.google.com/chrome is currently ranking at #70 for “Web Browser”, although this is currently outside the top 100 for “browser”. Both searches feature several articles about yesterday’s launch and interestingly Internet Explorer does not rank in the top 100 for either term!

Promotion Google Content
Google already has a large amount of content indexed which is relevant to or mentions Google Chrome:
site:google.com google chrome = 99,200 Results
site:google.co.uk google chrome = 299 Results
site:google.com download “google chrome” = 882 Results

Google Universal Search
Several Google Chrome news articles are also appearing as a universal search result for relevant queries, such as browser, web browser, Google and Google Chrome. With just the 2349 related articles so far, told you it was well covered!

Google News
Not promoted directly, but the launch of Google Chrome is currently a story featured on the homepage of Google News.

Google Video
Again, this is indirectly promoted but a Google Chrome video (from YouTube, top-right) is currently active on the homepage of Google Video.

Have you seen this promoted anywhere else? I would assume this is something Google have big plans to continue pushing, looking to obtain additional users from services such as GMail, Google Documents, Google AdWords/AdSense/Analytics etc.

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Katherine Heigl looks like some sort of a freak-show.

 I feel bad for this puppy. I think it’s trying to escape Katherine’s grip of death. Or it’s about to take a shit on that dude behind it. ( Which would be pretty damn funny)

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”Gossip Girl” star Leighton Meester’s mother was in prison when she was born.

The brunette beauty – who plays “Park Lane princess” Blair Waldorf in the hit US TV show – was welcomed into the world while her mother was serving a federal prison sentence in Texas, according to America’s Star magazine.

Leighton’s mother, who gave birth to the actress in April 1986, was permitted to stay in a halfway house for the labor and birth.

She was then forced to return to prison to complete her sentence for her role in a major drug-running ring on the same day Leighton turned three months old.

Leighton was raised by a relative while her mother finished her sentence.

The 22-year-old actress’ father, grandfather and aunt have also reportedly spent time behind bars on charges of drug dealing.

Leighton shot to fame playing bad girl Blair on the TV show, which has been a worldwide hit, and loves starring as such a “conflicted” character.

She said recently: “The show needs to have conflict. If everyone was happy then it would suck. So we have a lot of conflict, believe me. And their conflict is very interesting, because it’s very internal.”

“There are no real outward obstacles. It’s a lot of their own minds colliding with each other.”

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Capcom, in a Q&A conference call for their Q1 financial results, expressed confidence in the PS3. When asked about whether they felt the PS3 install base was large enough to support big-budget titles like Resident Evil 5, Capcom responded with the following: “We believe that PS3 has finally reached full swing after looking at the success of Metal Gear Solid 4, as well as future large-scale title lineups. In addition, some reduction in the PS3’s price was announced at the 2008 E3, and we can expect its spread to increase by next March when our Resident Evil 5 for PS3 will be released.”

However, they haven’t become Sony fanboys or anything. “We are not only focusing on PS3, we would also like to spread our supply of software evenly between Wii and Xbox 360 while their markets in the world increase in a similar manner to PS3.” Either way, publisher after publisher have no choice but to see the newest sales figures and acknowledge the PS3’s success.

[Via MaxConsole]

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Finally President Pratibha Patil gave away the 54th National Film Awards for the year 2006 after a long delay owing to a legal issues involving allegations of partiality in the awards. The Supreme Court later resolved the matter in favour of the government.
As far as Bollywood was concerned, Sanjay Dutt got the Best Popular […]

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Details on this one are remarkably skimpy, but here are the facts as we know them. A fire caused around $30,000 worth of damage to a mobile home in Delaware this past week, but thankfully, the Millsboro and Indian River firefighters found no one home at the time of the incident. The culprit? A “malfunctioning cellphone charger that ignited the wall covering in a bedroom.” That’s it, folks — no manufacturer, no brand name, nothing. In other words, unplug your chargers when you leave the house… or store your home in a fireproof safe, either one. [From: Delaware Online]

[Thanks, Carl]

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A pair of women were caught a few days ago crossing the street without using the crosswalk. When a police officer approached and began writing them a ticket, they became very upset.

So, one of them decided to do the only logical thing and started to moon passing traffic.

Witnesses say it looked nothing like this

The woman was, of course, arrested for her indecency. So let this be a lesson to you reader: when a traffic cop frustrates you, just say no to crack.

But the best part of the story is this: “The officer noted in his report that the woman used the crosswalks while crossing the street to expose herself.” Lesson learned!

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There’s an interesting trend going on in film right now — everyone is grabbing up classic characters of pulp and adventure literature right and left. We’ve got Conan, Sherlock Holmes, John Carter, and now Tarzan. There’s a sociological study in here for an aspiring student.

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