Big Woods Finds Big Woodpecker
Reports of the death of the ivory-billed woodpecker were premature. The rare woodpecker, listed as “presumed extinct” on the Audubon Society website has been spotted in the Big Woods region of eastern Arkansas.
Search All Of Google With Xtra-Google
How would you like the ability to search all of Google from a single static page? Does the idea of using Google to do a keyword search while it’s associated with a popular term and/or site appeal to you…
Is it Search or Advertising?
Yahoo, unsurprisingly, is taking steps towards being a banner ad-serving company via its network of content publisher partners.
How Frequently Should You Post?
There is a great podcast over at View from the Isle – The Inaugral Business Blog Roundtable – on the topic of how frequently should you post’ on your blog.
Collaborative Working With Wikis
The Financial Times has an excellent report on why wikis are an effective collaborative tool for the workplace, quoting examples from three prominent companies …
Best Buy Announces Expansion Plans
Best Buy has plans for expanding its stores by 20% with new stand-alone “Geek Squad” stores and open lab stores in China.
SCORE and Register.com Team Up To Offer Entrepreneurs Guidance
At this week’s Small Business Administration’s SBA Expo ’05, Register.com, Inc., a leading provider of global domain registration and Internet services, announced that it has formed an alliance with Washington, DC-based SCORE Association, an SBA-funded organization of more than 10,500 volunteers who provide free, confidential small business counseling to entrepreneurs.
Inventories Swell and Oil Prices Drop
The U.S. Energy Information Administration said oil inventories swelled 5.5 million barrels and crude prices descended $1.10 to $53.10 a barrel in the process. Brent crude also saw a big drop of $1.06 a barrel to $53.08 a barrel.
AdSense Ads Appearing In RSS Feeds
There have been a number of reports concerning the appearance of Google AdSense ads in an RSS feed of note. While this particular service appears to only be in a testing phase, it does demonstrate Google is finally embracing RSS, at least in an advertising sense.
Stop Defining Blogs
I’m a big fan of Doc Searls. Not just the Cluetrain Manifesto, but his blog, his input on the late, lamented Gillmor Gang, his keynotes, his other writing.