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Yelp

YelpCitysearch has...CitySearch.com has been doing this for years. Add to that, they got way too heavy on the sponsored results that showed up when you were searching for specific items. Search for one type of restaurant, the first 2-3 results were for some completely different cuisine! At...

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Discussion threads 2009-02-20

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Barry Diller: The Internet 'Absolutely' Will Become a 'Paid System'. Time Projection: Within 5 Years

The days of the free Internet will draw to a close over the next five years, according to the chairman and chief executive of IAC, the interactive services company which operates a collection of more than 30 Internet sites which produce $1.5 billion a year in revenue. ...

Tags: Billing, IAC/InterActive Corp., Billing System, Internet, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-06-10

Julius Genachowski & The FCC: A Failure to Communicate?

So Julius Genachowski is to be Barack Obama's choice to head the Federal Communications Commission. Genachowski and president-elect Obama were classmates at the Harvard Law School. And Obama was his boss back then, too, at the Harvard Law Review. GigaOm...

Tags: FCC, Barack Obama, Broadband, Ticketmaster Corp., Interactive Corp., Wireless, Federal Government, Internet, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Wireless And Mobility, Government, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-01-13

Google (o)ogles solar

Courtesy: esolar From the Internet to solar energy is not a usual expansion of corporate ownership. But Google is now playing with the Big Boys, like General Electric that builds wind turbines, nuclear plant parts and owns numerous content websites. Through their investment...

Tags: Google Inc., Idealab, Esolar, Venture Capital, Telecom & Utilities, Internet, Web Site Development, Finance, Financing Startups, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-04-22

Jack of All Widgets 2.3.5 (Mac)

Jack of All Widgets is a multi-website search tool. It provides quick access to dozens of commonly used web searches. You simply type in some search terms, choose which sites to search and hit return. The widget activates Safari and executes the searches. It has over two dozen searches built...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Package, U.S. Postal Service, Redwork, Widget, Productivity, Search, Wiki, Product Marketing, Financial Accounting, Online Communications, Marketing, Finance

Software downloads 2007-12-02

How smart can a link be?

After my trial implementation of AdaptiveBlue's Smartlink technology on my blog, I was contacted by Director of Business Development, Fraser Kelton, who agreed to a Questions and Answers session about Adaptive Blue's new technology. For a quick introduction, I have been trying out AdaptiveBlue's Blue Organiser for a few weeks...

Tags: Web, Page, Stock, Link, Blog, Amazon.com Inc., Information, Semantics, Semantic Web, Smartlink, SmartLink Widgets, Blogging, Channel Management, Investment, Internet, Marketing, Finance, zbeauvais

Blog posts 2007-11-21

IAC: If at first you don't succeed, spin off the weak stuff

Wanted: Shareholders for four of Barry Diller's castoffs. Requirements: A high tolerance for pain and an affinity for businesses--a struggling TV-based retailer, an online mortgage referral business, an under siege ticket vendor and a company the hawks condos and vacations--that require a long-term view. IAC delivered a strong message...

Tags: IAC/InterActive Corp., Retail, Asset Management, Financial Accounting, Balance Sheets, Mortgages, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance, Financial Statements, Capital Structures, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-11-05

Boopsie for Blackberry V4.2 (Mobile)

Boopsie - Why search when you can FIND!NOTE: Please download the matching version of Boopsie for your Blackberry version. For example, if you have a Pearl, download version 4.2, not 4.0 or 4.02. The pearl devices like the 8830, 8820, etc. are much faster when using the correct version of...

Tags: Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Boopsie Inc., Wiki, Handhelds, Online Communications, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-08-21

Boopsie for Blackberry V4.02 (Mobile)

Boopsie - Why search when you can FIND!NOTE: Please download the matching version of Boopsie for your Blackberry version. For example, if you have a Pearl, download version 4.2, not 4.0 or 4.02. The pearl devices like the 8830, 8820, etc. are much faster when using the correct version of...

Tags: Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Boopsie Inc., Wiki, Handhelds, Online Communications, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-08-21

Can video make reading sexy? CBS to launch book channel online

“Video killed the radio star”? So sings The Buggles.CBS Corporation’s Simon & Schuster, however, is singing the praises of video to make books stars and is creating a new “book-centric” Internet video channel aimed at doing just that: BookVideos.tv!Slated for a June launch, BookVideos.tv will “humanize authors,” Sue Fleming, Vice...

Tags: Culture, Marketing, The Real Deal, TV, Video, Web 2.0, YouTube

Blog posts 2007-05-10

Google showdown: Can Barry Diller win IAC search advertising war?

Push Google off its search advertising throne? Not so FAST! I said earlier this week.Barry Diller, King of the IAC search and advertising empire, does have royal designs of his own, nevertheless.CEO Diller has set in motion a series of initiatives within his integrated conglomerate of Web properties fueling an...

Tags: Search Advertising, Search, Google Ads, Google, Advertising

Blog posts 2007-05-03

Who will buy Twitter? You may be surprised at the answer

Before you snicker, I have to tell you that this comes from the same guy who predicted Google as a likely acquirer of YouTube.I think it likely that all-the-rage, super hot and hip mobile messaging platform Twitter will be acquired. This will take place by the end of this year,...

Tags: Predictions and Observations, General

Blog posts 2007-04-30

Google Local squeezes Yellow Pages, Online Directories

The $39 billion worth of Yellow Pages and Local Search and Directories advertising forecast for 2011 is a big part of Google’s growth forecast, and it is a very Google-centric part.The Kelsey “Drilling Down on Local” Conference this week in Santa Clara was just a local stone‘s throw from Google...

Tags: SEARCH, Google Inc., Google Local, Yellow Pages

Blog posts 2007-03-24

Google: Sergey Brin on ad revenue knob

Robert Scoble reports from the cocktail field that he “noticed that Google is putting fewer advertisements on each page than its competitor.”He cites “Google internal research” discussed by a “nameless” Google employee while mingling at an “awesome” Jeff Pulver party in support of his assertions that Google is “brilliant” and...

Tags: Google Inc., advertisement, local listing, Google Local

Blog posts 2007-03-24

The future of Local Search: Report from the field

What is the future of local search?Number one search engine Google wants to determine the local search future, just like it aims to lead all the myriad forms of search and advertising it is setting its eyes on.Several hundred local search and advertising executives have convened in Santa Clara for...

Tags: SEARCH, local search

Blog posts 2007-03-20

IAC, Dow Jones team for personal finance online community

Barry Diller, CEO, IAC/Interactive, is fond of saying flagship search engine Ask.com is the “glue” for IAC’s integrated conglomerate of Internet properties, even though Ask.com CEO Jim Lanzone prefers to see himself as a head “chef.”(SEE Jim Lanzone’s vision for Ask.com: Exclusive Interview)Be it by “glue” or a “mixing of...

Tags: team, Ask.com, finance, personal finance, IAC, Dow Jones & Company Inc., Barry Diller

Blog posts 2007-03-11

Boopsie for Blackberry V4.0 (Mobile)

Boopsie - Why search when you can FIND!NOTE: Please download the matching version of Boopsie for your Blackberry version. For example, if you have a Pearl, download version 4.2, not 4.0. The pearl devices like the 8830, 8820, etc. are much faster when using the correct version of Boopsie. You...

Tags: Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Boopsie Inc., Wiki, Handhelds, Online Communications, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-03-03

Google Local Search: $31 billion risky business

Last month I underscored the local advertising opportunity is currently wide open, putting forth “Google: $31 billion local dilemma”: High-profile, venture capital backed, locally-focused, online start-ups that launched with much fanfare and support are in critical condition—Judy’s Book, Backfence, InsiderPages—, unable to gain sufficient traction within local communities or...

Tags: Search Advertising, Metrics, ROI, Google Software Applications, ecommerce, Amateur Content, Venture Capital, VC, Google, Yellow Pages, Search, Local

Blog posts 2007-02-23

Google Personals vs. Match.com: Get a date at Google!

Is this Valentine’s Day inspiring you to seek “hot & sexy dating with singles in your area”?Google presumably hopes so. If you click on that number one AdWords “Sponsored Link” from Passion.com in a search for “mobile dating,” Google gets paid for a click. Google entices "mobile dating" searchers...

Tags: Web 2.0, Search, Culture, Google, Social Web, ecommerce, Google Software Applications, Social Networking, Social Media, ROI, Search Advertising, User Generated Politics, Social Capital

Blog posts 2007-02-14

Google Local at Google.com

Google is keen on the $31 billion local advertising opportunity, as I discuss in ““Google: $31 billion local winner?” Most Google searches for local businesses are initiated at the general search box at Google.com, despite Google’s best efforts to drive users to start their local searches at Google Maps....

Tags: SEARCH, Google Local, Google Inc., local listing, local search, local business

Blog posts 2007-01-29