Women In Search
Like most tech niches, search tends to be male dominated, so it’s nice to see some profiling of women in search. Here’s a couple of interviews, one with Dana Todd, and one with my good friend Sophie Wegat, who I’ve shared a drink or two with in the past, hence the reference.
Google Record Another Rise….zzzzzzzz
Ok, I admit Google profit announcements are no longer news. Â ”Google Inc., owner of the most-used Internet search engine, said first-quarter profit rose 69 percent as it increased advertising sales worldwide and took more market share from Yahoo! Inc“ We kinda look forward to the day when Google fails to post record profits, just to give us something new to …
MySpace Branches Out
Myspace is going to: Get into the news business (not surprising, considering who owns Myspace) Get into the erm….Digg business Myspace will let readers vote on stories, thus ensuring the most popular, facile, childish news stories rise to the top. Where have we seen that before? And if Google can aggregate news, so too can Myspace. It remains to be …
Google Launch Web History
You’ll recall Google launched a search history feature back in February. Now they’re changed the service to Web History, which records sites you visit. That’s either a bit creepy, or really rather useful. Perhaps both. I guess it saves having to bookmark pages and it’s certainly interesting to see your personal web trends. Danny has a good overview. With enough …
Aarons Had Enough Of SEO
Aaron Wall, author of the popular SEOBook, is wondering if he should change his business model: “As the field of SEO has grown and my share of voice has grown I have attracted far too many wankers….“ More specifically: Â “The people buying PPC stuff are already looking to spend money, but many of the people who are attracted to …
PayPal Fires Back At Google Checkout
You remember how, in an effort to get you to take up their services, Google Checkout offered free processing? And how they feature that little shopping cart icon on their ads? In a totally unrelated move, PayPal are now offering free “PayPal Express Checkout processing” thru 12/31/2007. They all feature a little shopping trolley icon. On Yahoo. You also get …
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