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Microsoft looking to Fast for scale, Web search help

Microsoft looking to Fast for scale, Web search helpValue Add?The perceived dichotomy between 'financial problems' and Microsoft's buying FAST is balanced by a sound architecture, a solid foreign presence and a growing adoption curve.At some point, a solid offering can struggle with growth and/or broadening a core competency. In such...

Tags: SEARCH, Convera, Fast Search, Microsoft Corp., Internet search, Web

Discussion threads 2008-01-08

YouTube to expose video upload API

YouTube to expose video upload APIWill Social Networks and Vertical Search combine to challenge Google?Publishers and advertising agencies have a very difficult challenge ahead as traditional "horizontal" media like newspapers, TV channels and magazines see their traditional demographics and advertising revenue streams fragmented by the increasing preference of consumers for...

Tags: Channel management, Web technology, Advertising & Promotion, API, YouTube Inc., video, Google Inc., professional community, Convera, advertisement, Web

Discussion threads 2007-03-19

Google vs. Yahoo: homepage vertical search usability

Google vs. Yahoo: homepage vertical search usabilityone click or two?well, speaking for most boomers, one click works - two means, "leave it and go somewhere else where one click works"! In the end it all comes down to user friendliness - will the most innocent of the innocents...

Tags: Channel management, Advertising & Promotion, SEARCH, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., professional community, advertisement, Convera, Web

Discussion threads 2006-07-27

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Robert Scoble's applecart

'Google doesn't understand social behavior' is the premise upon which Robert Scoble developed his ideas about how Mahalo, Facebook and Techmeme will trounce Google over time. I'm no more convinced than most of those who are cited on Techmeme except in one area I regard as a green field...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Wisdom, Robert Scoble, Techmeme, rnrnBusiness, Hakia, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2007-08-28

Google CEO on Education: Google Search is key

Google CEO on Education: Google Search is keyGoogle barred from my brainI don't want the perverse Google anywhere near my brain. I just want it (and AllTheWeb and DogPile and Ask...) to do the Boolean search I tell it. Don't include things I tell it not to include....

Tags: Google Inc., database, Google Search

Discussion threads 2007-05-22