Yahoo has introduced its new Search Pad feature, which allows users to organize, save and share information they find while researching information online.
Search Pad works by automatically recognizing when users are doing research and allows them to collect information and websites found in their search results. Search Pad organizes information in one integrated notepad that stays with users as they search.
Google Recognizing Non-Blogs as Blogs
A number of people have noticed that Google is viewing their websites as blogs when they are not really blogs. They are finding that Google is placing them in blog search portions of universal search results in regular Google searches.
Older Users (Sort Of) Overtake The Young On Facebook
Facebook is continuing to catch on with people who aren’t currently taking classes. Data provided by the social network indicates huge growth in the 55+ age group, and users between the ages of 35 and 54 now outnumber the 18- to 24- and 25- to 34-year-old sets.
Between January 4th and the 4th of July, there was an increase of 513.7 percent in the number of Facebook users older than 55. This means that about 5.9 million people who admitted to nearly or already being senior citizens can be found on the site.
Google Adds Real Estate to Australian Maps
Over a year ago, Google started incorporating real estate search into Google Maps in the US. Now Australia gets the feature.
YouTube Dominates Video In The U.K.
The total number of videos viewed online in the U.K. in April grew 47 percent over a year ago to 4.7 billion videos, according to a new report from comScore.
The report found that 21.8 million U.K. Internet users viewed a total of 971 million online display ads on multimedia sites during the month.
Google sites were the most popular U.K. online video property during the month with 2.4 billion videos viewed, an increase of 58 percent compared to a year ago, driven by the popularity of YouTube, which accounted for 99 percent of all videos viewed on the property.
Are Spammers Impeding Twitter Growth?
Over the weekend, Twitter found itself victim to the tomfoolery of 4chan as the online community’s members apparently launched an initiative to make "#gorillapenis" a trending topic. They were successful, but Twitter of course responded by removing it from the trending topics.
What is 4chan?
Online Advertising To Grow 10% In
Worldwide online advertising will grow 10 percent this year, accounting for 15.1 percent of global ad spending by 2011, according to a new report from ZenithOptimedia Group.
The report said online advertising has performed better than what was forecast three months ago due to its transparency, accountability and flexibility. Online advertising is the only category forecast for growth in 2009.
Marc Andreessen & Ben Horowitz Look for Investments
Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz have started a new venture capital firm called (appropriately) Andreessen Horowitz.
Andreessen serves on the boards of both eBay and Facebook, and is a chairman of the board of Ning, which he also co-founded. His biggest claim to fame was co-founding Netscape.
Google and Bing Tips for Site Architecture Issues
Google and Bing have both talked about site architecture issues lately on their blogs. Site architecture is an important part of search engine optimization, and crucial to ranking.
"You can have great content and a plethora of high quality inbound links from authority sites, but if your site’s structure is flawed or broken, then it will still not achieve the optimal page rank you desire from search engines," says Rick DeJarnette of Bing Webmaster Center.
Realty Company Sues Craigslist Over User-Generated Ads
Craigslist is reportedly being sued for trademark infringement. A real estate company in Texas called First Call Properties is saying that it began posting ads on Craigslist in March, and that after that, a competitor called AAA Apartment Locating began posting ads using phrases like "first call," "call first," and "call us first."