IBM, Yahoo Update Free Enterprise Search
The IBM Omnifind Yahoo Edition enterprise search product received some tweaks and improvements to its functionality.
Thanksgiving Huge for Wal-Mart
U.S. traffic on Thanksgiving Day in 2007 increased 20 percent compared to Thanksgiving 2006, Hitwise reported today.
How To Look Your Best In Search Results
Mom always said, "Put your best foot forward." It’s valuable advice, because often how you appear on a first meeting sends subtle signals about you and can influence what happens next. We should also be concerned the same way with how we appear, what information is presented about us, in the search results.
EPA Maps Air Pollution With Google Earth
Just about everybody uses Google, and the statistics that prove this are always impressive. It’s especially interesting to see government agencies tied to the search giant, though, and in the latest example of this, the EPA is working with Google Earth.
AdSense Publishers Hurt By Currency Problems
One of the nice things about not having much money is not having to worry about what might happen to it. Sliding stock markets, a poor exchange rate – who cares? Unless, of course, you have something tied up in investments, or are an AdSense publisher who doesn’t live in America.
The Problem with Facebook’s “Beacon”
It’s the holiday’s right? A time for merrily buying Christmas gifts, Hanukkah gifts, Kwanzaa gifts (and, if you’re wondering, time for buying MY birthday present–the 29th of December, write it down…).
What Better Relevancy Can Google Come up With?
Google, already has a near infinite number of data points to compute relevancy for the active parts of the web, and is looking to gather even more user data information. The WSJ has background on the story:
Google GDrive A Smidge Closer To Launch
Google’s online storage service will enter a competitive field of similar offerings from Microsoft, whenever it enters the field, that is.
Privacy Backlash Hits Social Networking
Aggressive advertising, unwanted friends, and employer-snooping into social networking profiles may dull the edge of being on sites like Facebook and MySpace.
Yahoo Merchants Toasted By Monday Outage
Customers with credit cards to burn found some of Yahoo’s merchants unable to process orders due to problems with the underlying technology.