Digg This: Ask Opens BigNews
A joint project by Ask and Digg led to the opening of BigNews, a service for tracking important and widely discussed news stories.
Social Media Architects and Developers
[I wanted to post some quick thoughts here which I think put today’s Voce news in some additional context…] So in my previous post, I touched on an observation, a belief really, that there’s a widening gap within this bubbling ecosystem of social media practitioners.
A Look at Visitor Stats for Microsoft and Yahoo
Hitwise has a look at the visitor statistics for Yahoo and Microsoft’s websites, showing just how much market share in the United States the combined company would have. Total market share for all Yahoo is 13.2% of all of U.S. internet traffic, with MSN having just 2.4% and Google 7.7% Combined, they would have 15.6%, over twice as much as Google.
Companies Using Universal Search Internally
If you use Google to search, then you have probably seen their universal search, which shows more than just html documents in the search results. Major companies are now seeing the benefits of using universal search to search their internal resources. Professional services firms, especially law firms, are using universal search tools to instantly locate content, wherever it’s located.
Bango Analyzes The Mobile World
Measuring the mobile web, and doing it better than Google’s AdWords conversion tracking, will be a big claim to live up to, but Bango thinks its new analytics service will deliver.
CBS, Loopt Go GPS For Mobile Ads
Through location-based advertising, CBS and Loopt believe they can hit the sweet spot of mobile website ad delivery.
Big Numbers Named In Dell Typosquatting Suit
If you make less than $2 million per month, and can deal with doing something that is illegal and perhaps "morally annoying," have we got a career for you: typosquatter. As a development in a Dell lawsuit shows, it’s an extremely profitable position.
Salesgenie Criticized Over Super Bowl Ads
In the history of Super Bowl ads, there were those that got forgotten as soon as the game resumed. There were those that got mentioned around the water cooler. And then there were those that got a company called racist. For examples of this last group, you can look to Salesgenie.com.
Verizon may have knocked out Google spectrum bid
Through several side bids for pieces of spectrum, Verizon may have outbid the top bid for the desired 700MHz C block auction and pushed it into a new scenario.
China To Crackdown On Podcasting, Web Video
The Chinese government says it is cracking down on Internet-based audio-visual programming like podcast and video-sharing sites to ensure content doesn’t pollute the spiritual and cultural ideals of the country. And yeah, that includes pirates, too. That the expanded measures against user-generated media come just months before the Beijing Olympics is just a coincidence.Right?