ShareThis, creator of the ShareThis widget that allows for the easy sharing of content via your favorite social networks, has announced a new version of the widget with some added features. I just chatted with CEO Tim Schigel about it.
Google’s Cutts Apologizes For Paid Post Snafu
Jaws dropped last week upon the news Google penalized its own Japanese site in Google search results after discovering Google Japan participated in a pay-per-post blogging scheme. Murdok Video caught up with Google’s anti-spam-team captain, Matt Cutts, who offers his apologies.
Yahoo Celebrates Five Years Of In-House Search
Google became Yahoo’s default search results provider on June 26th, 2000. On February 18th, 2004, Yahoo ended the deal. Now, the Sunnyvale-based company is celebrating the five-year anniversary of its decision to tackle search technology on its own.
eBay, eTrade, Priceline Bottom Of Customer Satisfaction Heap
For the first time in three years, overall customer satisfaction with e-commerce has fallen, ending steady growth over the same period, according ForeSee Results’ annual American Customer Satisfaction Index. At the bottom of the customer satisfaction barrel: eTrade, eBay, and Priceline.
Searchers Pick Gokey, Grace As American Idol Finalists
It’s that time of year again when we watch a band of histrionic hopefuls vie for America’s new sweetheart on American Idol. If search behavior is any indication (and it often is, except when involving political candidates), we’ll see Danny Gokey, Alexis Grace, and either Ricky Braddy, Tatiana Del Toro, or Ann Marie Boskovitch slide through to the final twelve.
Street View Lawsuit Dismissed
Privacy advocates who oppose Google Street View have suffered a rather significant defeat. Yesterday, a United States Magistrate Judge thoroughly dismissed a lawsuit brought against Google by Aaron and Christine Boring.
President’s Antitrust Chief Nomination Known to Criticize Google
President Obama’s nomination for Antitrust Chief, Christine A. Varney, has a history of criticizing Google on the topic of antitrust. Current concern appears to be focused on Google’s efforts in the cloud computing world.
More Results Visualized on Google Maps
When you search for local businesses on Google Maps, you will now see more than just ten results at a time plotted on the map. While the initial ten will still be plotted by pins and letters as before, you will see dots representing many more search results.
Facebook’s Terms Of Service
Yielding to pressure from it seems like just about everyone, Facebook is saying that it will make changes to the recent changes in its Terms of Service (TOS) (in other words going back to how it was). The WSJ covers the ‘event’ in their online edition.
Facebook Changes Its Terms Back
Facebook recently changed its terms of service and sparked a bit of controversy.