AOL Purchases Tacoda

AOL has acquired Tacoda, an online behavioral targeting network. Tacoda will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL.

Google Australia Asks For Doodles

If you want to win a Macbook Pro, or get some artwork on the front page of Google Australia, a new contest will give you that chance.  There’s only one catch: to qualify, you must be an Australian child.

iRazoo Search Offers Rewards

There are search engines (Google), there are human-powered search engines (Mahalo), and now there’s the “world’s first people powered, points driven, search engine”: iRazoo.  I’m starting to dread the future; every company will use at least 30 words to define itself.

Hearst Acquires UGO

Hearst Corporation has purchased UGO Networks, an online entertainment company that targets men.

Cutts: Google Honors The Underscore Now

Another tweak to Google's algorithm will allow the search engine to properly recognize an underscore as a word separator, making life much easier for WordPress and Movable Type bloggers.