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Baidu’s Fortunes Go Up, Down, All Around
It’s best when an article has a clear direction and a smooth flow. Prepare for some turns and bumps, though, because Baidu…
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Ex-Googlers Launch Q&A Site
This just in: Uclue.com is a new website by a number of researchers who used to work for the (now cancelled) Google Answers program. This is cool, and I wish my former colleagues all the best! (Disclosure: I watched the site come to life from afar, though I wasn’t actively involved in it.) I’m also happy to have another way now to pose urgent questions,…
ClickTracks Releases Version 6.5
ClickTracks is ready to release version 6.5 of its Analytics software, "designed specifically for the needs of sophisticated marketers deploying high-traffic ecommerce and large-scale web sites."
Attackers on Edwards HQ Come Forward
Earlier this month, grass roots supporters of presidential hopeful John Edwards took it upon themselves to set up an unofficial headquarters for the South Carolina senator within the virtual world of Second Life. The news broke a little less than three weeks ago as supporters of the Edwards campaign heralded the move as brilliant strategy to reach out to an entirely new community of voters.
Search Tools Vaulable To Online Retailers
Out of the top online retailers, 91% have improved customer conversion rates, 60% have increased average order value and 100% report year over year increases in customer satisfaction because of their Web site search applications according to a new report "Web Site Search: Revenue in the Results", by Aberdeen.
Blogging a Parasitic Medium?
I kind of missed this one a few days ago, there being so many other things to blog about — YouTube and the BBC being the main one, I think — but Nick Carr’s latest post about bloggers and parasites sparked my interest again. I know that issues from more than two days ago are effectively ancient history as far as the blogosphere is concerned,…
