Post-Wikipedia Hotspots

AOL TV Poll Says Oprah Best Interviewer

A new poll by the AOL Television Web site found that viewers favorite daytime TV host was Ellen Degeneres who received 46 percent of the vote beating out Oprah Winfrey who pulled in 19 percent of the vote.

Google Gives Advice On Universal Search

Google had posted 'recommendations on how to take advantage of universal search' last year, in an effort to let the webmasters receive more relevant search traffic. In spite of this previous post, at the SMX West conference last month 'universal' and 'personalized' search remained the core of the conference topics.

Do Google Snippets Need Improving?

A surprising number of people, and indeed some surprising people, are now using Twitter to give status reports on what is happening in their corner of the universe. The strict imposition of no more than 140 characters and spaces seems to concentrate the mind most effectively. Tweats are of course produced by human writers. Twitter can certainly be rated a success.

Google Director Finds His Way To Facebook

Somewhere in California, a printer of business cards is grateful to Ethan Beard.  Beard is transitioning from Google (where he worked as the director of social media) to Facebook (to serve as the director of business development).

UK Traffic To Online Video Sites Soaring

If the line representing online video's growth were a hill, even a Hummer might have trouble navigating it.  According to new Hitwise stats, UK traffic to video sites increased 178 percent between the two most recent Februarys.