Calling Jonathan Schwartz

adCenter Unveils Video Ad Technology

In addition to some new search/keyword technologies, Microsoft also took the lid off of some interesting new online video ad technology developed by adCenter Labs. These developments could easily expand advertising options beyond pre-roll and post-roll spots.

USA.gov Flags Down FirstGov.gov

The former name of the US Government's information portal has been mercifully replaced with the domain name USA.gov and a Spanish-language counterpart, GobiernoUSA.gov.

Is Google Losing Money Too Fast?

JP Morgan has published a report on how Google Checkout did in 2006, and their findings show that Checkout reached 6% of the 1,100 consumers they surveyed, compared to 42% for PayPal, what I call a good, but not massive, start.

Google Dominating the RSS Market?

One of the things that has been interesting to see over the course of the past year is how Google has been quietly dominating the RSS market. While this shouldn't come as too much of a surprise given Google's market clout today it's been interesting to watch it happening.