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How people search and interact with search engines was the subject of the session "Just Behave, A look At Searcher Behavior." (Coverage…
Various people will say that you can tell a lot about somebody by looking at their clothes, bookshelves, or DVD collections. If we're to apply the same idea to a website's user base, applications might provide that window. And for better or for worse, games tend to be extremely popular with MySpace's users.
Advertisers who use Microsoft adCenter were treated today to some tips on getting ads up faster and improving their performance. Obviously these are essential factors to the success of a campaign.
The idea behind Yahoo BOSS (Build your Own Search Service) is to let developers combine Yahoo's search index with their own applications. Now, a few tweaks should improve the process, and Yahoo has also made it more "professional" by moving away from the idea of offering everything for free.
Anyone dealing with reader commentary has probably had second thoughts about the wisdom of allowing just anybody to have a moment on their stage. Flamers, haters, idiots, bigots, and crazies—we get them all. But reader commentary on my recent editorial about A-list bloggers hanging up their jerseys was so thoughtful and passionate, I thought they deserved a brighter spotlight.
An old colleague of mine used to joke he was one of millions whose job it was to “feed the internet.” This past November, an alumnus of a prestigious writing program in Louisville, Ky. told soon-to-be-alumni his blogging career was short-lived because, like a bad girlfriend, his blog constantly needed him.
