Sometimes first impressions are better than they appear on a more measured look. Technorati is down right now and was for quite a while. UPDATE: It’s back up now. Why am I writing this? I don’t remember that Google’s Blogsearch EVER having been down (I use both quite often).
Open Source Expert: Google Not A Team Player
Google makes rare books available for free, protects the environment, and gives grants to many non-profit organizations. But in at least one respect, the company may not be so generous; General Public License (GPL) author Eben Moglen feels Google should contribute more to the open source community.
Google Adds Cross-Language Search To Translate
Google latest tweak to its Translate service may prove to be one of the more useful offerings the company has put out for a while, especially for those traveling abroad.
Google, Yahoo, Microsoft & Cookies
Wednesday there was an article on ZDNET blog about how Google/Doublelclick, Yahoo/RightMedia and Microsoft/aQuantive deals are about cookies more than anything else.
Healthy Thoughts From Google
Health care information should be readily available from the health care system, with an emphasis on relevance and personalization. Preferably without too much government involvement.
Feedburner Fears After Google’s Grab
Things change when a large, publicly traded company acquires a smaller firm. Google’s $100 million pickup of Feedburner has elicited some negative speculation.
Google Pilots AdSense To Video
A closed pilot program for video ads on AdSense will launch this week; it’s a limited test that give online video publishers control of the ad displays.
Google Ad Policy Cracks Down On Plagiarism
Advertisements for weapons, drugs, and prostitutes have been banned from Google. All right, fair enough. But now advertisements for essay-writing services will also be forbidden, and while more than a few people have raised their eyebrows, others have cheered.
Google Gets Turned Down – Twice
Everybody makes mistakes, but it’s surprising to see large companies like Google commit these goofs, and it’s even more unexpected when foul-ups in the recruiting-and-hiring process. These things do happen, though, as Jeff Barr, who turned down a job with Google, recently found out.
If Technorati Can Beat Google…
…Why not Microsoft or Google?
The newly-relaunched Technorati exposes a weakness in Google’s armor. I just tried a bunch of searches. Technorati does “Live” search MUCH MUCH better than Microsoft and even better than Google’s Blog Search.