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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
CitySearch bails out InsiderPages: What's the deal?: IAC is taking the struggling InsiderPages local reviews site off of the hands of its founder Idealab and investors Sequoia capital and Softbank Capital.Bill Gross, Idealab CEO, at the Idealab homepage:We began Idealab with the dream of creating ground-breaking companies whose products and services would change the way people think,...; Tags: Social Software, Search Advertising, Metrics, Social Media, Social Networking, Marketing, Social Web, Amateur Content, Yellow Pages, User-Generated Content, Google, Culture, Search, Advertising, Local, Web 2.0, Business Models; Blog posts 2007-03-01
Idealab chief stakes out new direction in search: Idealab chief stakes out new direction in searchSorta Kinda Like Tempcity tm?Insider Pages looks like a low-rent, "unfocused" knock-off of my Tempcity tm site. For Los Angeles specific temp agencies, to compare with the five (5) currently listed on Insider Pages, see http://www.tempcity.com/usa/discus/messages/8/8.html; Tags: Insider Pages, Idealab; Discussion threads 2004-10-04

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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
Roomba rival looks to clean up: Roomba rival looks to clean upKindof left us hanging ZDnet[i]Evolution grew out of Idealab, the incubator set up b[/i]Umm... I hope they finish this article some day.roombaif they want to create a more popular robot vacuum, it should do stairs. Watching it navigate around and bump into things is...; Tags: Robots, iRobot Roomba, Skynet; Discussion threads 2006-10-20

Web 2.0 conference highlights: At the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco today, Google board member and mega VC John Doerr says there are no plans for a Google brower, Amazon's Jeff Bezos praises Web services, and Idealab founder Bill Gross shows off Snap, a new Web search venture that he claims will revolutionize Internet navigation...; Tags: Web, Web 2.0; Blog posts 2004-10-05