Expect Google Webmaster Tools Makeover
The official Google Webmaster Central Blog says within 6 weeks, an overall overhauled Webmaster central – both its Content and Organization will be unveiled.
The Growth Of Online Video
Daily usage of online video increased by 56 percent over the past year according to an online Magid Media Futures survey.
GSK & JNJ Join the Corporate Blogosphere
Two of the world’s major pharmaceutical companies have launched public blogs that are intended to be channels to engage with US consumers on specific issues.
AdWatcher Seeking Advertisers For Fair Isaac
The entry of Fair Isaac into the click fraud venue spurred a lot of debate with the arrival of their preliminary report. Fair Isaac will try expanding the data with the help of click fraud detection firm AdWatcher.
YouTube Goes To Nine New Nations
From our perspective, it’s going international. From theirs, it’s becoming local. But either way you look at it, YouTube is launching targeted sites for Ireland, the UK, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Japan, Brazil, and France.
Why Decker isn’t the CEO of Yahoo…
So, just before interviewing Sun Microsystems’ DTrace team today (that’s a photo of them) I got a call from a source. He said “Semel is out. Yang is taking over.”
Design Flaws in Facebook, Jaiku & Twitter
Oh, how I hate when social networking software tries to be my parent.
Jon Udell touches on this in his post about Facebook: “how do I know this person?”
See, the developers who make this software really want to make it hard for you to add more friends. And what the hell is up with calling everyone a “friend” anyway.
The Wisdom of Wikis
Julian distinguishes between Wisdom of Crowds and what you could call the Wisdom of Wikis:
Google Develops Fleet Of Fuel-Efficient Cars
Want to improve your car’s efficiency? Maybe you should hand the keys over to Google; in conjunction with Hymotion/A123Systems, the search engine giant has developed “a small fleet of plug-in hybrids,” and the vehicles have demonstrated a striking ability to slurp less gas.
Semel Resigns as CEO of Yahoo
[Disclaimer: I’m CEO of Zooomr]
Wow. Those words "Yahoo Says Terry Semel Resigns as CEO" just ran across my Bloomberg terminal 10 minutes ago. Apparently Jerry Yang is going to step in as CEO and Sue Decker’s stepping in as President. The stock’s up 5% in the after market.