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- Miniblogging:8 Pownce Rivals Compared - 2007-07-03 06:40:28-04
Pownce isn’t the only site offering to share snippets of text with friends. Miniblogging sites let you write extremely short entries via the web and cellphones, and some let you share media too. We tested 9 of them: Jaiku, Twitter, Tumblr, Moodmill, Pownce, Hictu, Facebook’s status updates and the spin-offs from Bebo and [...]
- How Will Google Use GrandCentral? - 2007-07-03 08:44:52-04
I am sure many of you know by now that Google has confirmed that they have acquired GrandCentral - www.grandcentral.com . What is GrandCentral? GrandCentral offers many features that complement the phone services you already use. If you have multiple phone numbers (e.g., home, work, cell), you get one phone number that you can set to ring all, some, or none of your phones, based on who's callin...
- Google Acquisitions by Year, 2001-2007 - 2007-07-03 09:21:58-04
Google has just acquired yet another company, telephony service GrandCentral, leading me to the conclusion that they’re on an acquisition spree. The hastily-made graph above is an attempt to represent that - although it’s extremely hard to get good data on Google acquisitions, it’s still a startling reminder that Google has bought more companies [...]
- It's eBay Vs. Craiglist Now - 2007-07-03 11:14:24-04
Here everybody thought Craigslist was safe from an ever-expanding eBay by virtue of the latter's 25% stake in the popular classified-ad service. No dice. Today, eBay quietly launched its heretofore international classifieds service Kijiji in 220 cities in the U.S....
- The Declaration Of Dependence - 2007-07-03 12:01:00-04
A doctrine of search engine inequality can be best expressed as the Declaration of Dependence, whereby the masses grow increasingly dependent on Google to provide answers for every query imaginable. It's against this backdrop that a new movement is arising from various search industry pundits to stand up for the little guys -- even when the most prominent little guys (Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL, and...
- iPhone shatters AT&T record, dwarfs RAZR [u] - 2007-07-03 12:35:00-04
Apple over the weekend sold more than 700,000 iPhones to rocket past analyst predictions and shatter AT&T's record by selling more iPhones in three days than Motorola's RAZR did in its first month. Apple's supply of iPhones depleted at more than half of its retail stores less than a week after the cellular handset hit shelves at 6:00 p.m. ET last F...
- I'm Feeling Lijit Today - 2007-07-03 13:04:00-04
Last week Lijit announced that they had raised a $3.3 million financing. If you aren't familiar with Lijit, it's the search box on the top right of my blog. Now that Google owns FeedBurner, I miss my friends there (ok - we still talk - a lot – but I still miss them.) Think of Lijit as "my next investment like FeedBurner." While Lijit is a totally ...
- Comments on Thomas Claburn's piece - 2007-07-03 13:26:52-04
Thomas Claburn over at InformationWeek just wrote an article entitled “Is Google’s Spam Fight a Sham?†I had a bunch of spam-related work to do this morning, so I just dashed out a 15 minute reply. Of course, InformationWeek’s comment system wouldn’t let me post the comment, saying The comment was rejected by the system. Please [...]
- Tuesday Morning Vid-Biz Headlines - 2007-07-03 13:41:32-04
Goodnight Burbank Rip-off on Fox? Reader Jeff notes the similarity between new Fox show Back to You (preview above) and everyone’s favorite newsroom parody, Goodnight Burbank. Sped-up Ads Still Effective, with biometric monitoring showing that DVR users who fast forward through ads still respond physiologically. (NY Times) NBBC Will Shut Down, and be rolled into NewCo operations [...]
- Google Image Search Spamming in Action : Hawaii Pictures - 2007-07-03 13:44:39-04
Received an email today via a private discussion group about some hotlinking and Google Image spamming for the term “hawaii pictures.†If you search for the term on Google, you’ll see that Google is serving three image results above its normal web results. A mouseover on the images results in some fishy target URL’s (truncated for [...]
- Thoof: A New Social News Startup - 2007-07-03 14:55:48-04
Yesterday Richard opined that Digg could use some editors so that if someone submits a story with a nonsensical description or lame title it could be fixed instead of seeing a good story get buried. Thoof, which is a new link sharing and social news site, allows anyone to do just that: edit link titles and descriptions (or add new tags). Thoof is a very new site, having only come out of a two...
- Would Your Outsource Your Social Networking? - 2007-07-03 15:00:03-04
We’ve written before (and had a lively debate about) the benefits of outsourcing the nonessential activities in your life - housekeeping, lawn care, project management, bookkeeping, and so on. Now comes the news, via a BBC reporter, that some people are actually making real money blogging and networking on behalf of others. Actively social web [...]
- Flickr, GrandCentral, Phish, PPA, Gs, Flash, Yahoo, LG, URLs, Belgium, EU, FeedBurner, adExcellence - 2007-07-03 15:06:54-04
I wrote about traffic building with Flickr. Google bought GrandCentral. AdWords phishing attempts are spreading. Don't click on your own PPA ads. Flash SEO with SOFA. Google accounts mix up. Yahoo cache page title issue. LG to make mobile YouTube device. Google URL parameters were documented. Google appeals Belgium case. EU consumer group jumps on Google DoubleClick deal. FeedBurner...
- Daily Search Engine Roundtable Link Finds: July 3, 2007 - 2007-07-03 15:10:46-04
This is the July 3rd issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for lin...
- eBay Open Classifieds Site Kijiji in U.S. - 2007-07-03 17:55:05-04
eBay has quietly launched in international classified site Kijiji in U.S., in an attempt to compete against Craigslist and others, reports WSJ. Kijiji was launched overseas in February 2005, and until now, was available in certain countries in Europe and Asia, as well as in Canada, but not in the U.S. The look and feel of the site is similar to Craigslist, and even the categories in there. Fo...
- Google Launches Official Gmail Blog - 2007-07-03 19:04:23-04
Google launched a new official communications blog for Gmail at: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/ The first post went live this morning with a welcome message, so there is not much to look at yet, but if it follows the path of other official Google blogs, it will be used for product enhancement announcements, tips, and other notifications. And, if you check the right column there is a section...
- Is It Copyright Infringement To Embed An Infringing YouTube Video On Your Blog? - 2007-07-03 19:58:27-04
While there has been a great deal of discussion (and a few lawsuits) concerning the legality of YouTube hosting infringing videos, one question where we haven't seen very much discussion is the legal liability for people who embed infringing YouTube videos on their sites. One of the great features of YouTube was that each video provided a line of HTML that would allow you to embed the video d...
- eBay To Craigslist: Game On With US Version Of Kijiji - 2007-07-03 22:41:03-04
eBay has opened a US version of its classifieds site Kijiji. Kijiji has previously been available in Canada as well as parts of Europe and Asia, and is a direct competitor to Craigslist. The Wall Street Journal reports that Kijiji is immediately available in 220 cities in all 50 US states. Like Craigslist, advertising is free with [...]
- Advertising Struggles With Accountability & Speed - 2007-07-04 09:49:22-04
Our offices are closed so expect lite posting today. However, Engaging at Any Speed? Commercials Put to the Test in the New York Times is a worthwhile read. Mr Maltby takes the prize for defining a great new metric.
advertising, biometrics, new york timesIn time, he said, he hopes to shift NBC away from discussing advertisements based on eyeball counts to something incorporating physiological measures and engagement. But advertising executives said they plan to go only so far.
"I would say I'm not ready to jump on cost per perspiration," said Mr. Maltby of MindShare.
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- eBay's Kijiji is More About Newspapers, Less about Craigslist - 2007-07-04 10:09:13-04
The prevailing wisdom is that by bringing internationally-focused Kijiji to the US, eBay is taking on Craigslist. That’s not the case. Craigslist is growing too fast to give a damn, frankly. And, as everyone has mentioned by now, eBay is 25% owner of Craigslist, they also have a board seat. While Craig Newmark might not say [...]
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