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Scripps Purchases Recipezaar
Scripps Networks has purchased Recipezaar, a user- generated recipe community site with more than 230,000 recipes.
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Yahoo Publisher Network Experiences Problems
The Yahoo Publisher Network is having problems, and in an online world where things often resolve themselves in a matter of minutes, Yahoo has said, “We are actively addressing the issue and expect improvements by next week.” Hey, Sunday morning’s only 80 or so hours away!
Young Favor Internet Over TV
More than three-quarters of people ages 16 to 29 prefer the Internet over TV according to a study from New Paradigm "Global Net Generation Survey."
Firefox Kicking Microsoft Tail In Europe
Though Firefox usage has reached only 18 percent of the US market (quite the rise, actually), the browser is gaining much more ground in Europe, and the latest version is outpacing Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7.
Will AOL Charge More Now?
Nielsen/Netratings has just started ranking Web brands. It does this by measuring “engagement” by total minutes spent with the brand and unique audience. Brands that had a large unique audience spending a long time engaged had the highest score. AOL came in first, followed by Yahoo!, then MSN/Windows Live, with Google coming in fifth.
Google Goofs Up “Bourne,” Threadless Contests?
Google’s “Bourne Ultimatum” and Threadless t-shirt contests both looked like fun - and potentially rewarding - activities, but they’ve (so far) failed to impress. The Bourne site is suffering from a number of technical problems; the Threadless competition appears to have outlawed a perfectly natural course of action.
