Avatar Seeks Semantic Search
Researchers at IBM Almaden have been developing a semantic search process that can delve into unstructured text to retrieve structured information.
Yahoo’s Conversion Tips
Yahoo’s Search marketing blog has 9 tips compiled by the team on how to improve conversion rates while also optimizing landing pages.
Best ways to optimize your landing pages:
IBM Sets Virtual World Rules for Employees
IBM’s guidelines for employee bloggers are fairly well known among people who pay attention to such things. Now, IBM has become (as far as I know) the first company to establish a policy for employees who venture into Second Life and other virtual words.
Yahoo’s Board Of Directors Gets Fresh Face
Following the Semel-Yang switcheroo, many of us wondered if there would be a lot more changeups among Yahoo’s leaders. There weren’t. But Maggie Wilderotter, formerly a senior vice president of Microsoft, has now joined the Yahoo Board of Directors.
Abbreviated Guide To Google Earth Sightseeing
If you ever wondered what the Earth looks like to extraterrestrials, whom we know are passive observers in the vein of Jane Goodall, Google Earth has provided us this insight.
CNN, YouTube and Not Asking The Right Question
America’s great experiment with citizen journalism may have been an historic moment, even a fine harbinger of the future, and most certainly the most populist step forward the country has taken, but critics are saying that CNN, once itself a pivotal media development, failed to push the envelope in the YouTube Debates.
DailyMotion Makes Deal With RDF USA
DailyMotion just sealed a deal with RDF USA, and although you might not be familiar with either of these companies, they’re both pretty big in their own way – DailyMotion received 37.6 million unique visitors in June, and RDF, well . . . RDF produces “Shaq’s Big Challenge.”
MySpace Partners With Dark Horse Comics
MySpace and Dark Horse Comics have partnered to launch a new online comic book, "MySpace Dark Horse Presents."
Google, Microsoft Are Among “Best Global Brands”
According to a new report from Interbrand, Google is not one of the ten “Best Global Brands 2007”; that, from Mountain View’s perspective, is the bad news. The good news: at number 20, it’s not too far behind the leaders, and Google’s “brand value” actually increased by 44 percent in the last year.
Cringely Calls Google 700MHz Bid A Feint
Google doesn’t want to pay what could end up a $10 billion price tag for the 700MHz wireless spectrum. They just want to include conditions that benefit them for free.