Hurricane Katrina Updates
Wednesday August 31, 2005
Here's another round-up of Web resources you can use to keep track of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, as well as a list of charities you can contact to ... Read More
Pandora - The Music Genome Project
Wednesday August 31, 2005
Recently I had the opportunity to participate in the Music Genome Project, where teams of labcoat-wearing scientists with various frightening looking vials and needles attempted to discover the genetic structure ... Read More
Yahoo Mail Getting A Facelift...Maybe A Few Implants
Tuesday August 30, 2005
Via Yahoo Search Blog:
"As our mailboxes have grown, so has our need to quickly find the information stored in them. That’s why Yahoo! Mail is launching all new search features ... Read More
Ad-Free Version of Opera - Today Only
Tuesday August 30, 2005
Just got a heads-up from our About.com Graphics Software Guide Sue Chastain that Opera is offering an ad-free version of its' browser, today only, at Download.com. Here's more information from ... Read More
Lost in Translation?
Tuesday August 30, 2005
Want to read something in the original language? Or maybe you just feel like impressing your friends with your knowledge of Klingon, Elvish, or Pig Latin. Well, then these translation ... Read More
What are Search Engine Spiders?
Tuesday August 30, 2005
Spiders, bots and crawlers? Sounds like the latest Hollywood scare-movie, but in the context of search engine optimization, spiders can be a webmaster's best friend. Spiders, also known ... Read More
Designing for Usability: An SEO Essential
Tuesday August 30, 2005
All the bells and whistles in the world might make your site fun and clever, but if the search engines can't find it because of poor design and lack of ... Read More
Is there a magical keyword formula?
Tuesday August 30, 2005
When it comes to search engine optimization, keywords and their importance can NOT be overrated. They are the very foundation of what your site needs to get noticed by ... Read More
Hurricane Katrina Web Resources
Sunday August 28, 2005
For those of you who are keeping track of the massive storm hovering off the Gulf coast about to swoop in on New Orleans, Louisiana, here are a few good ... Read More
Interview with Eurekster CEO Steven Marder
Sunday August 28, 2005
Read my interview with Steven Marder, CEO of Eurekster, a vertical search engine that is doing a lot to make the search experience even more personalized for the user.
It's Just So Freeeeaaakkkking...Small?
Saturday August 27, 2005
Via Robert Scoble, I just learned that there is now a parody on the Big Ad campaign put together by Carlton Draught. Wonder if this one will be purely word ... Read More
A Zabasearch Blog In The Works?
Saturday August 27, 2005
This via CNet:
"A Web site that concerns privacy advocates because it makes it ultra easy for anyone to find anyone else's address and phone number is about to get even ... Read More
Change Internet Explorer's Default Search Engine Setting
Friday August 26, 2005
Customize your Internet Explorer browser experience by personalizing your search settings. It's simple, and you will have a better browsing experience the more that you personalize what your browser ... Read More
New Version of MSN Messenger Released
Thursday August 25, 2005
This via InternetWeek:
"The same day that rival Google rolled out a beta of its instant messaging, Microsoft Corp. released a new version of MSN Messenger, the Redmond, Wash.-based developer's ... Read More
Yahoo Bulk Submit
Thursday August 25, 2005
This via SearchEngineWatch's Danny Sullivan:
"Gary wrote earlier that part of the new Yahoo Site Explorer (placeholder page for now) service to come is a new bulk submit option for Yahoo. ... Read More
AOL Gets Fined For "Retentive Customer Care"
Thursday August 25, 2005
Anyone had this experience with AOL? You take advantage of the whatever-free-hours they're offering, and then decide you want to cancel at the end of the thirty days, and you ... Read More
Turn Any RSS Feed Into A Podcast With Audiolicious
Thursday August 25, 2005
From Threadwatch, I just learned about Audiolicious, with which you can turn any RSS feed into a podcast. From the site, this program "uses text-to-speech to convert the feed's ... Read More
Gmail Open To The Public - Finally
Thursday August 25, 2005
Just checked the Google Blog and here's what I found:
"For the last 16 months, a lot of people have been asking us how they can sign up for Gmail, and ... Read More
Useful Site of the Day - IT Conversations
Thursday August 25, 2005
I wanted to let you all know about a great site I found recently, and that is IT Conversations.Here's what it is:
"Listener-supported audio programs,
interviews and important events."
What this is ... Read More
Initial Reactions to Google Talk
Wednesday August 24, 2005
Here's a few of my first thoughts about the new Google Talk IM client:
Can't send files. So this would not work for business folks that need to regularly swap files, ... Read More
Google Talk is Up and Running
Wednesday August 24, 2005
New Blowsearch Interview
Wednesday August 24, 2005
Read my interview with Blowsearch partner Marcelo Fuenzalida, and hear how Blowsearch is planning on dealing with click fraud.
Related:
Just in case you missed it last week, I posted a few ... Read More
Amazon.com and Shutterfly
Tuesday August 23, 2005
This via InternetWeek:
"Amazon.com on Monday said it has agreed to market and provide on its website online proto services from Shutterfly Inc.
The Seattle-based online retailer launched a co-branded website ... Read More
Google Rumored to Have Instant Messaging-Possibly Wednesday?
Tuesday August 23, 2005
According to ComputerWorld, Google might be rolling out their very own instant messaging service, and it might be unveiled Wednesday (that's tomorrow for those of us who have gone around ... Read More
New Google Identification Badges-"It Hurts, Man."
Monday August 22, 2005
Hi. My name is (erased for security purposes). Today was a big day for Google since we unveiled Google Desktop improvements. But after the release party, we were all herded ... Read More
New Google Sidebar and Desktop Search Improvements
Monday August 22, 2005
Google today has released an updated version of their always useful Desktop Search that comes with a function-packed sidebar or the option to have a floating DeskBar.
First of all, ... Read More
Make Your Own Magazine Cover
Monday August 22, 2005
It's Monday morning...back to work after a (hopefully) fantabulous weekend, and maybe you're having a bit of trouble getting into the swing of things?
Well, this likely won't help you get ... Read More
Site Submission: The Basics of Submitting Your Site To Search Engines and Directories
Monday August 22, 2005
Submitting your site to search engines and directories does not guarantee instant success. It's just part of the search engine optimization process. In fact, nowadays, it's not considered absolutely ... Read More
High End Product, Low End Design
Saturday August 20, 2005
I loved particletree's post this week titled "Prestigious Design Gone Wrong", in which he spotlighted a few name-brand sites such as Gucci, Dolce and Gabbana, and Fendi. Interestingly enough, most ... Read More
Real-time Reports on News Consumption Around the World
Saturday August 20, 2005
Via New Media Musings, a blog written by JD Lasica, I learned about Akamai's Net Usage Index-News. More info from ZDNet:
"Akamai has created a way for measuring where web surfers ... Read More
Multimedia Offerings
Saturday August 20, 2005
(cue weepy violin music)
While most normal people on a sunny August day are out enjoying themselves, I've been slaving away on some articles that will enable you to find audio, ... Read More
Yahoo Unveils "Huge" Music Download Service
Friday August 19, 2005
In my oh-so-timely ClicksToday newsletter that arrived hot and fresh with newsy Webbiness just now, I learned that Yahoo has just unveiled a great music download service along the same ... Read More
Splogs Are Taking Over
Thursday August 18, 2005
From eWeek:
"The production of spam blogs as well as the onslaught of spam in the comment sections of blogs—also known as "splog"—is particularly irksome because it dilutes the usefulness of ... Read More
Web Design Roundup
Thursday August 18, 2005
I've been twiddling with some site design stuff lately and wanted to give you a few of my current favorites. All of these sites are extremely useful and will help ... Read More
SimplyFired - Updates
Thursday August 18, 2005
Some of you might remember that I featured SimplyFired a few weeks ago. I received an update about how the site is doing and in a word, it's doing great. ... Read More
Yahoo Local Gets Really Local
Wednesday August 17, 2005
Just got this from SearchNewz, that Yahoo's Local search is in every city...or at least claims to be in every city. More from SearchNewz:
"The search engine and portal company has ... Read More
Guess the Google
Wednesday August 17, 2005
Via geeked, I have found my Timewaster O' The Day site, and that is Guess the Google.
Here's how it works:
"After creating Montage-a-google, several people wrote to me suggesting I make ... Read More
Useful Sites of the Day
Wednesday August 17, 2005
I was wandering 'round the Web going to my usual lineup of daily must-have's and suddenly realized, this would be a great blog post. The whole "kill two birds with ... Read More
Yahoo and Flickr Merge Passwords
Wednesday August 17, 2005
In the "thank God for small favors" department, I learned today from the FlickrBlog that if you have a Yahoo user name and password, it's going to get you in ... Read More
The Mob Has Spoken, and They Want Their iBooks
Wednesday August 17, 2005
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch:
"Mayhem ruled at the Richmond Raceway Complex this morning. Henrico County sold 1,000 used laptop computers for $50 each on a first-come, first-served basis, and demand far ... Read More
Yahoo and Alibaba.com
Tuesday August 16, 2005
There's a great article in the New York Times about Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba.com, whose company just signed a sweet deal with Yahoo. Here's a few details from ... Read More
AOL Opens Up Mobile Storefronts
Tuesday August 16, 2005
From InternetWeek, I just read AOL is launching a mobile phone storefront capability. Mobile phone customers will be able to "get product news on mobile phones, compare prices and features, ... Read More
New and Improved Internet Explorer Logo - Now With Extra Added Browsing Goodness
Tuesday August 16, 2005
From IEBlog, the official Microsoft Internet Explorer weblog. The new logo looks pretty spiffy if you ask me; a rugged foray into the wild denim yonder, with just a naughty ... Read More
Firefox Helping Out HBO With Promotion
Tuesday August 16, 2005
Via CNet:
"Television cable channel HBO, via its interactive agency, has designed a downloadable "skin" for the Firefox Web browser in the custom theme of its upcoming series "Rome"--an 11-episode drama ... Read More
Google and Apple iTunes?
Tuesday August 16, 2005
From Slashdot:
"The Street suggests in a recent article that Apple is about to announce a deal with Google to offer Apple's iTunes Music service through Google's site. The rumored deal ... Read More
So Apple and Microsoft Walk Into The Patent Office...
Monday August 15, 2005
Well, well. Look what I found at The Independent:
"Apple Computer may be forced to pay royalties to Microsoft for every iPod it sells after it emerged that Bill Gates's software ... Read More
Firefox slips a bit in July
Monday August 15, 2005
From InternetWeek.com:
"Firefox's share of the web browser market slipped a bit in July, while Internet Explorer gained by an equal amount, a website analysis firm said Friday.
Market share for the ... Read More
More Than Half of Web Users Get to Your Site Using a Search Engine
Monday August 15, 2005
This via Search Engine Lowdown:
"56% of Burst Media's 13,000 web using respondents use search engines to reach their web destinations.
Given the global online population of 1.07 billion in 2005, that ... Read More
Google SightSeeing Redux
Monday August 15, 2005
Okay, I've featured this site before, but Google Sightseeing is just so cool and they've got so many interesting pictures right now that I thought I would focus on it ... Read More
New Photo Gallery: Search Engine Strategies San Jose 2005
Sunday August 14, 2005
Check out some of my pics from Search Engine Strategies; I've also included pictures from my Yahoo campus tour in there.
We Need More Booty..Business Booty, That Is
Saturday August 13, 2005
Apparently, while there's a lot of teenage folks using social networking services, there's not a lot of teenage folks making these same social networking services profitable. Darn whippersnapping freeloaders. This ... Read More
Teacher Tools and Templates
Saturday August 13, 2005
With back to school looming just around the corner, I present to you Education World, a site chock full of FREE teacher tools and templates. Various templates include awards, organizers, ... Read More
We Pause Now For Copyright-Infringement Identification
Saturday August 13, 2005
This via CNet:
"Google will temporarily stop scanning copyright-protected books from libraries into its database, the company said late Thursday.
The company's library project, launched in December, involves the scanning of out-of-print ... Read More
Most Spam Comes From The Undead
Friday August 12, 2005
Who knew? According to InternetWeek.com, "most of the spam sent across the Internet originated on zombie machines, hijacked computers remotely controlled by spammers." Zombies, people! The Walking Undead!!
There's more:
"According ... Read More
Yahoo and Google Dance Off - Who's Bad?
Friday August 12, 2005
"You know I'm bad
I'm bad - you know it!
You know I'm bad
I'm bad - come on
And the whole world has to answer right now
Just to tell you once again who's ... Read More
LookSmart Opens Up New Education Channels
Thursday August 11, 2005
Just in time for school, LookSmart has unveiled a nice new cluster of vertical search education sites; ten sites in all. Here are just a few:
LookSmartUSA: Top articles and ... Read More
Google and CNet: An Uneasy, Embarassing Standoff
Thursday August 11, 2005
A little background first. Last week, a CNet reporter apparently used Google to dig up some semi-personal information on Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google. Google didn't like this and ... Read More
The Trump and The Blog
Thursday August 11, 2005
You knew it was coming. Just found out via Steve Rubel that the Donald is blogging. With comments enabled!! I just visited and sure 'nough, we've got our ... Read More
Recap of Search Engine Strategies Consumer Generated Content Session
Thursday August 11, 2005
Vox Populi: Understanding the Role of Consumer Generated Content was a great, interesting session; lots of audience participation and really incisive questions.
Related:
Learn more about consumer generated media. You'll probably ... Read More
And Speaking of News...
Wednesday August 10, 2005
This via WebsiteContentStrategy: To reach your audience you have to know where they get their news. Here are the latest figures from Nielsen/Net Ratings for the top online news sites:
Yahoo! ... Read More
Google News and RSS
Wednesday August 10, 2005
This from PCWorld.com:
"Google News has added RSS (and Atom) feeds to Google News, letting you snare headlines--from both its overview page and subsections such as Sci/Tech and Entertainment--using your RSS ... Read More
Recap of Search Engine Strategies Session- Personalized Search and Search History
Tuesday August 9, 2005
Read my recap of this Search Engine Strategies session, Personalized Search and Search History. We had panelists from A9, Ask Jeeves, Eurekster, Google, and Yahoo.
Day One of Search Engine Strategies Recap
Monday August 8, 2005
All I can say is, Phew. What a long day. My brain is fried enough to sit through an entire episode of Friends right now.
Here's my recap of the ... Read More
Search Engine Strategies, Day One
Monday August 8, 2005
Here are the sessions I'll be attending today:
Introduction to Search Engine Marketing: I really want to start the conference out right by listening to Danny Sullivan; I've never had the ... Read More
Search Engine Strategies, San Jose, California
Sunday August 7, 2005
Hey! I'll be in sunny San Jose this week, covering the Search Engine Strategies conference. I'm so excited - the sessions all sound so good that it's difficult for me ... Read More
Vertical Search - What is it?
Saturday August 6, 2005
I'm getting ready for some of my interviews I'm doing at Search Engine Strategies next week, and decided to do some research on vertical search engines.
Basically, vertical search is ... Read More
Saturday Morning Cartoon Party
Saturday August 6, 2005
If you were anything like me and my brother growing up, every Saturday morning you were up at the crack of dawn watching cartoons. Smurfs, Land of the Lost, H.R. ... Read More
Site of the Day - Vox Delicii
Friday August 5, 2005
The site of the day is a beautifully designed Flash organizer for del.icio.us bookmarks called Vox Delicii:
"This is an adaptation of In The News, a project that heat-mapped Google News ... Read More
S'Wonderful, S'Delightful, S'Interestingness
Friday August 5, 2005
Flickr is doing some pretty cool stuff lately. Here's the shcoop (and I did mean to shpell it that way) from Stewart Butterfield, Flickr creator:
"First up is clustering, a ... Read More
Mozilla Forming a Corporate For-Profit Entity
Friday August 5, 2005
This from eWeek.com:
"The company's announcement this week that it is creating a for-profit addition to the company, in order to bring in cash from the successful Firefox browser, seemed like ... Read More
Are You A Technology Optimist?
Friday August 5, 2005
Do you:
watch less than 11 hours of television a week?
have had Internet access for at least five years?
own a laptop?
believe technology makes your life more enjoyable?
If you answered "yes" to ... Read More
College Libraries Will Soon Be Empty
Friday August 5, 2005
of paper books, that is, and only for subjects that really would adapt well to being purely online (topics such as engineering or programming, that are frequently updated). This ... Read More
Yahoo Audio Search Beta
Thursday August 4, 2005
Okay, don't know if you've noticed, but Yahoo has been quite the busy little bee this week. It's becoming difficult to keep up with...can't..take...the...pressure....I'm...only...one...person.....
Now that my little psychotic episode is ... Read More
A Nifty Del.icio.us Project
Thursday August 4, 2005
This via Steve Rubel; the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia is implementing a research project named CollaborativeRank, which they are calling a "del.icio.us search engine." Well, as ... Read More
Yahoo Comes to the Ad Network Party
Wednesday August 3, 2005
This from Blogma:
"Yahoo announced a beta test Wednesday of an ad network that would allow small publishers to place contextually relevant text ads on their web sites.
The move puts Yahoo ... Read More
My Christmas List is Complete
Wednesday August 3, 2005
Oh. My. Word.
Seriously, if I was to receive this for a Christmas present, I could die and go to heaven. Via BoingBoing:
"Amazon.com is selling the Penguin Classics Library, all ... Read More
Site(s) of the Day
Wednesday August 3, 2005
Thanks to Sean O'Rourke for tipping me to his very useful site, OrganizedShopping.com, an incredibly useful site for anything to do with shopping and search. It's a one-stop shopping site ... Read More
Search Engine Watch and ClickZ Sold For A Whole Lotta Dough
Wednesday August 3, 2005
This from Search Engine Watch:
"Just announced, our parent company Jupitermedia is selling its ClickZ network -- of which Search Engine Watch is part of -- and the Search Engine Strategies ... Read More
Surgery No Longer Hands On
Wednesday August 3, 2005
I won't necessarily be signing up for this with my next surgery, but it's still cool. Via Gizmodo:
"This thing, called the RoboLase, allows you to cut into human flesh from ... Read More
Yahoo Releases New Shopping API
Wednesday August 3, 2005
What's up with Yahoo and shopping developments? Check it out::
"You can use Yahoo! Shopping Web Services to search our database of millions of product offers and thousands of merchants. The ... Read More
More Improvements to Yahoo's Toolbar
Tuesday August 2, 2005
This from the My Web 2.0 Blog:
"The My Web button on Yahoo! Toolbar has been an easy and convenient way to save pages to My Web. Now there's an easy ... Read More
State of the Blogosphere - Stats from Technorati
Tuesday August 2, 2005
Think blogs are just a fad? Think again. According to the latest stats out from Dave Sifry of Technorati, the amount of bloggers out there have doubled in size ... Read More
Claria, er, um, Gator - An Infamous PR Problem
Tuesday August 2, 2005
There is an excellent article on InternetWeek.com all about spyware and popup maker extraordinaire Claria's bid to remake themselves into something a bit less smarmy. Here's a few highlights:
"Seven-year-old Claria ... Read More
American South - Digitized Collections Online
Tuesday August 2, 2005
Via Educational Technology, I found an utterly captivating site from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - First Person Narratives of the American South.
""First-Person Narratives of the ... Read More
August Scavenger Hunt
Tuesday August 2, 2005
Test your knowledge of camping, vacation spots, and vaction trivia with August's Scavenger Hunt.
And while you're at it, you can try out the May Scavenger Hunt, the June Scavenger Hunt, ... Read More
SimplyFired.com
Monday August 1, 2005
Sure to be a huge hit, SimplyFired.com is set to go live today. What is it, exactly?
"Amidst the sea of corporate layoffs announced recently, Simply Hired (www.SimplyHired.com), the world’s largest ... Read More
Free Movie Downloads Updated
Monday August 1, 2005
I've updated the free movie downloads article to include some pretty cool sites; in addition, I've added a Funny Movies category that includes free movies, shorts, animated films, and Flash ... Read More
Zabasearch.com
Monday August 1, 2005
Find people with Zabasearch.com, a free people search engine. You can search by what is available in the public domain for free public access.
Note: The only information that Zabasearch is ... Read More