NowPublic’s News Network Secures $10.6 Million

Backfence.com folded about a month ago, and many onlookers interpreted that as a death knell for hyperlocal news sites.  The “participatory news network” of NowPublic is doing just fine, however - the company has received $10.6 million in funding.

Google: All The Other Companies Are Doing It

A pretty large commotion was made over Google buying DoubleClick a few months back, especially from Microsoft, who filed against Google with the feds, flinging antitrust concerns. On Friday, Google responded with: Everybody else is doing it!

Amazon Partners With National Archives

The National Archives and Records Administration has entered into an agreement with Amazon.com's CustomFlix Labs to make historic films from the National Archives available for purchase on Amazon.

$100 a Year for Google Site Search

I have been travelling so it took me a little while to write about Google Custom Search Business Edition. The name is a mouthful (sounds like the name of one of IBM's products) but the price won't give you indigestion—just $100 annually for up to 5,000 pages. So what should a Web site owner think about this offering?