SAP Admits To Inappropriate Downloads
SAP subsidiary TommorowNow is in trouble. A lot of it. In a late-night announcement, seemingly designed to be lost among the boom of Independence Day fireworks, SAP admitted TN had inappropriately downloaded files from its competitor Oracle.
Virtual Sex Bed Caper Leads To Avatar Lawsuit
Just try to read this without feeling like you’re sitting in the back of the classroom, snickering with your buddies at the slightest hint of double entendre – you know, she said jacket, heh heh.
Google Public Policy Blog Touches On Carhenge
Google’s Public Policy Blog has been home to discussions about censorship, net neutrality, and national security. Now it’s promoting Carhenge, Nebraska’s “whimsical recreation” of England’s famous stone ruins. Ah, well. “All work and no play . . .”
Fast Search Acquires AgentArts
Fast Search & Transfer has worked with AOL, Dell, and Vodafone, and calls itself “the leading global provider of search technologies.” And now Fast Search & Transfer has acquired AgentArts, which is a self-described “leading provider of recommendation and personalization solutions for music, video, games and mobile entertainment.”
Shocker: Writing Quality Important To Blog Readers
People have debated whether content is really king for some time, and for content producers, it seems a no-brainer: create quality content and the audience will come. That’s the way it’s always been, that’s how it will remain. A survey about blog readership conducted by Vizu confirms that mantra, and reinforces the importance of good writing.
Yahoo Commences Pinoy Connect
Yahoo Philippines has launched a new community site, and it’s announced the site’s presence with a hearty, “Mabuhay, Pinoys!” The goal: to allow “Filipinos across the globe to connect to their communities and the world’s knowledge.”
Elsevier Has No Fear Of Google Scholar
Publishing power Reed Elsevier will have its scholarly journals crawled and indexed by Google, under the terms of the Google Scholar program.
Wikipedia Does Well In Global Warming Searches
According to some people, global warming may have catastrophic effects on the world around us. But in the meantime, it’s doing Wikipedia a lot of good – the site is receiving tons of traffic from that term.
How Do Doorway and Startpages Differ?
There’ve been some fine lines walked lately by Google’s Webspam team. Not too long ago, it was paid links reporting, and now the line is between startpages and doorway pages. The definitions are quite similar, but Google says it’s all about intent, which makes the argument reminiscent of the art versus indecency squabbles of the past.
Baidu Seals Deal With Rock Music Group
There are a number of reasons that Baidu has beaten Google (in terms of Chinese market share), but one of them involves entertainment-related queries; the Chinese company’s MP3 search function is wildly popular. And that function will soon get better, as Baidu has announced a partnership with Rock Music Group.