Superpages Adds More User-Generated Content
About a week ago, Idearc announced that Superpages.com had introduced more user-content features.
Extra Security Makes Online Bankers Nervous
In an effort to protect customers against fraud like phishing, banks have added extra security features for people who bank online.
Google and BizRate.com Break Up
Google Checkout Makes Shopping Sites Undesirable
As Google Checkout ramps up, many thin arbitrage / shopping aggregator sites are going to see a significant love loss from Google. In September Andrew Goodman wrote a piece on how paid search and organic search quality criteria may play off each other, after coming across a post on Inside AdWords where Google stated that some types of sites are likely to merit a low quality score:
Google Helping the Autistic with Project Spectrum
Take a look at this video, where Google explains Project Spectrum, an effort by Google to help those with autism take advantage of their gifts for working and expressing themselves visually using Google SketchUp, its free 3D modeling software:
Bebo – Trying to Help TV Get Social
As several sites are reporting — including PaidContent’s UK division and Mashable — Bebo has launched a social-media platform with a pile of traditional TV and media partners including the BBC. Bebo often gets forgotten when people are writing about social networking, because the majority of coverage focuses on Facebook and MySpace.
UK Very Attuned to Social Networks
The UK has the most social networkers in Europe, with almost a fifth of all internet users regularly visiting sites like Bebo, Hi5, Facebook and MySpace.
MSNBC Adopts Adaptable Homepage
A proper news site is mostly about function; people want information, not artwork. But appearances play a major role in a site’s appeal and accessibility, and an interesting approach to an MSNBC redesign aims to take all these things into account.
An Expansive Social Media Tool
Social media optimization is a big right now. There are a lot of sites that want to be featured on Digg, Del.icio.us, Facebook or one of the many other social networks.
Jango and “Social Radio”
Does the “social radio” market — which features well-established players like Pandora and Last.fm — need another entrant?
Europeans Choose The Internet Over TV
More than half (57%) of Europeans now regularly go online each week according to the European Interactive Advertising Association.