Microsoft Promoting Surface with Silverlight
Just reading my feeds and noticed a post by Mark Johnston who has spotted (thanks to Sean Alexander) that Silverlight is now on Microsoft.com
“Sicko” Shows Up On YouTube, Google Video
Since misunderstandings occur so frequently between just two or three people, it’s possible to appreciate how a much larger group could get mixed up. Still, when that larger group is Google, and the mix-up involves Google Video, YouTube, and a copyrighted film that has yet to be released, somebody’s bound to get angry.
Top Web Sites For May
ComScore Media Metrix has released its latest report on U.S. consumer activity at major online properties for May 2007.
Meredith Acquires Health Search Engine Healia
The vertical search engine Healia, a health search engine that specializes in finding high-quality and personalized health information, has been acquired by Meredith Corporation.
Feeds and Search Engine Submission
There is a science behind feeding your data to the search engines. It has become a complicated specialty. As the search engines and the internet have become more and more complicated to avoid spam and clutter, the criteria for placement on the first page results of coveted search terms has become more stringent and the competition has increased.
Semantic Images & SEO
Very rarely do I come across software that makes me go “WOW”
Keep in mind that I read almost everything covering new social software.
Microsoft has a project team working on a piece of software called SeaDragon.
What is SeaDragon?
Google vs. eBay: Round 6?
Here’s the blow-by-blow so far:
2006: eBay owns PayPal. Google starts Google Checkout (June 2006). eBay bans Google Checkout (July 2006).
MySpace CEO Makes Eyes At eBay
There’s no word from eBay’s side of things, but the cofounder and CEO of MySpace says his site could – at some point – be interested in partnering with the auction giant. Such a deal would be huge for both companies, and might also be damaging to Google.
Google: From Direct Marketing to Branded Ads
Ad Relevancy & Quality Scores
Google has again and again touted the value of their targeted marketing, but most of the fortune 500 ad dollars are not spent on targeted marketing. A couple weeks ago in a WebmasterWorld thread many advertisers complained about getting killed by another quality score update.
Google Has (More) Secret Public Meetings
Google has historically been pretty secretive about what the company is working on – that’s typical in the corporate world as it keeps competitors in the dark. But more interesting than that are Google’s Not-So-Secret-Secret-Meetings with hundreds of attendees agreeing not say anything about what they heard.