Yahoo Messenger Hits The Web
Ubiquity and interoperability are the key features in the newly launched, web-based Yahoo Messenger client: it runs on multiple web browsers (including Opera, yay!) and can chat with Windows Live Messenger users.
Google Mentioned As Dow Jones Suitor
News Corp’s hostile $5 billion offer for publisher Dow Jones may spur a bidding war, and Google’s name has been invoked alongside other potential bidders.
Searchers Up For Wild Knitting Nights
You see, as a man, not to be chauvinist, or sexist, or to not allow for exceptions to the rule, my interest in knitting is about as intense as my interest in, say, what shoes somebody’s wearing (unless they’re those killer liquor compartment sandals). So imagine my surprise when I found out knitting is all the rage these days, and the people they be a-searchin’ for information about it.
Searchers Up For Wild Knitting Nights
Silverlight Makes A Splash
A number of press releases use words like “amazing” or “revolutionary.” Then, as you read on, you find that the corresponding product or service is duller than dust. With Microsoft’s new Silverlight, the opposite appears to be true – a relatively modest press release accompanied this new “cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in,” and rave reviews ensued.
Web 2.0 Sites See Strong Growth
Web 2.0 Web sites accounted for 12 percent of all U.S. online traffic for the week ending April 7, 2007 according to a new study from Hitwise. That number represents an increase of two percent compared to two years ago.
U.S. Army Declares War On Soldiers’ Blogs
“Service before self,” says the U.S. Air Force, and the unofficial Navy motto, “Not self but country,” follows a similar line of thought. But it’s members of the Army who are being asked something new in regards to their “selves”: Soldiers must now “consult with their immediate supervisor and their OPSEC [Operations Security] Officer” before sending e-mails or posting on blogs.
LonelyGirl, Flickr Take Webby Honors
This year’s Webby Award winners were announced with the usual Oscaresque fanfare, names you’ll recognize and names you may not. But you’ll also notice who’s not on the list.
LonelyGirl, Flickr Take Webby Honors
Google’s Love Affair with Wikipedia
Much has been said about Google algorithmic favoritism for Wikipedia. I was working on a project this weekend about celebrities, and wikipedia’s dominance in the SERP’s was nothing less than astounding.
Yahoo Looks Into Keyword Effectiveness
Yahoo Search Marketing has been working with one of its travel advertisers, Pleasant Holidays, on an analysis of multi-channel keyword effectiveness.
Digg & DMCA Take downs
Digg over the last couple of days has found itself the center of controversy by complying with a DMCA sponsored take down notice and the posting of the AACS hex format key string (which we won’t post here as no one really wants a takedown notice).