Zooomr Hits Upon People Search

There are just sixteen days left until Yahoo Photos shuts down, and as users look for another service, they might consider using Flickr, which is also owned by Yahoo.  Or they could consider Zooomr, which just added a people search feature.

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BT Publicizes Search Marketing Service

BT Web Clicks, a newly announced search marketing service, aims to help small British businesses by putting sponsored links on search engines.  What’s more, the service offers “guaranteed results*.”

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Using Facebook To Reach Readers

(This is a story I wrote for the Globe that ran in the Review section of Tuesday’s newspaper. I’m posting it here for anyone who might be interested but doesn’t read the newspaper). Necessity is the mother of invention, the old saying goes. But boredom and the desire to experiment are powerful forces too, says Canadian author Michael Winter. That’s how he came up with…

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Google Announces New Language Developments

I’ve taken classes in Latin, Spanish, and French, and it would be bad for all of us if we had to rely on my understanding of those languages.  But those of you who are better with languages - and who are also familiar with some less common ones - should know that Google’s looking for volunteer translators.

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