Scanning Pattern For Google Universal Search
Traditionally, we came to learn about the “Golden Triangle” or the F-shaped scanning pattern. Now, Gord Hotchkiss says that with a change to personalized search, we are seeing more of an E-Shaped pattern.
Rumor: Google Planning Giant Undersea Cable?
Grahame Lynch of CommsDay reports (my emphasis):
FeedHub the Answer to Information Overload?
I’ve been playing with mSpoke’s FeedHub, releasing today at the Demo Conference. I’ll have a video up later today demonstrating the product.
Dan Farber has a review and info up on his ZDNet blog.
Companies to Watch
Read/WriteWeb has a good preview of companies to watch at DEMOfall 2007, which starts today in San Diego, CA. Here’s the full list of all the presenters coming this week.
Digg, Pownce Have Gender Issues
A seemingly angry post on Digg by Pownce developer Leah Culver about a duplicate feature in Digg’s new profiles, and a peek at that feature, made us wonder about the fuss.
Vertical Search Market Ripe For Growth
The vertical search market could see significant growth by adding new features, improving content and forming partnerships with existing Web sites according to a new report from JupiterResearch, "Vertical Search: Learning Lessons from Shopping."
Nuts Over Google, Man Sues For $5 Billion
I know a guy, lives out on the back roads in rural Kentucky, that was declared insane by the state of Ohio, and because of his education level, gets a nice disability check. He’s a funny, interesting, crazy guy. He doesn’t have anything to do with the man in Pennsylvania that’s suing Google for $5 billion; just made me think of him for some reason.
Google & Click Forensics Face-off
A couple of weeks ago we reported Google’s Shuman Ghosemajumder had attacked Click Forensics latest click fraud report.
Rumor: Google’s Gmail Getting New Features?
This is one of two Google rumors that surfaced over the weekend. The other one is here.
Rumor: Google Planning Second Life Rival?
This is one of two Google rumors that surfaced over the weekend–the other one is here.
Apparently Arizona State University sent out invitations to students that mention a super-secret, sign-an-NDA-or-else, social networking project.