Experiment with GOOG-411

Google recently released their new Voice Local Search in beta, also known as “GOOG-411″, and I thought I’d kick the tires a bit. They also mentioned it on their new Google Lat Long Blog.

Google Defeats Technorati in Uptime

Sometimes first impressions are better than they appear on a more measured look. Technorati is down right now and was for quite a while. UPDATE: It’s back up now. Why am I writing this? I don’t remember that Google’s Blogsearch EVER having been down (I use both quite often).

Lies, Damn Lies & Click Fraud Stats

Fair Isaac Corporation (FIC), a company with years of experience detecting fraud, recently turned their sights on click fraud.  FIC, who in the past has dealt with credit and insurance fraud, issued a press release with some early findings.  They report click fraud rates in the range of 10 to 15 percent.  But wait, it gets better...