2006 January

Definitely some interesting thoughts on how the Internet is affecting newspapers and book publishers. But the real question is how they are going to work with the changing technology?

I agree when it comes down to price and seller rating. Otherwise, eh…not so much. It really depends on the product or service be sought after.

Uh oh, could this be the writing on the wall? Nah, it just means that their shares at Google are going through a rough patch.

Finally, someone out there has come up with a way to navigate through all of the mess otherwise known as Television. Take a look at TVEyes, it’s pretty cool.

Likely to become a powerful data mining tool, SMEs are going to love getting their hands on this intelligent Web search engine so they can begin doing some serious comparison shopping.

After seeing Google’s success, when we hear about search engines being created as ‘college projects’ it pays to watch their progress…

Not matter what the intentions of the Federal Government may have been in their desire to see what we are searching, it is going to cost them a lot a grief as some folks just are not taking the news so well.

OK, this is sort of funny and mean at the same time. It seems that Mazda has made sure that when someone Google’s ‘Pontiac and Pontiac Solstice’, they will be seeing Mazda cars…

There has been some talk for a while, but the rumor has resurfaced that Yahoo! may buy Digg for nearly $30M.  In case you haven’t heard of Digg, it’s a technology news site that uses peer-approval for editing posts. Digg has grown incredibly fast in the past 4 months, and they may need some help […]

All and all, this is some pretty good advice. Obviously the following is not going to guarantee better ranking, but it sure is a good start.

With the localized options coming about with Google and others, local online marketing does make a lot of sense.

OK, perhaps the popularity of today’ search engines are not really in question. But you have to admit that it is pretty cool to spot the trends beginning to show themselves from the start.

Bingo, anonymizing software is certainly one solution to the privacy concerns. And just so long as it does not become an item considered to be illegal by the powers that be, we are in good shape…

Hey, here is an idea: A safe search engine just for kids! Beats having to wonder if the filtered results are on or off, huh?

In addition to filtering results in China, Google is also blocking blogging and Web mail as well.

Oh ya, with the fear of lost privacy looming in the search engine realm, Web anonymity will be purchased at a premium.

Wow, what a concept! Instead of offering a financial bounty for usage, one search engine gives traffic. Um, Ok…wow?

Apple, say it isn’t so! I am disappointed to hear this from the folks at the big A. Then again, was their something allowing for this in their TOS? Read on…

Sometimes data mining must happen with the help from the analog world - human beings. In the case of one lawsuit, this appears to be an inescapable reality.

This is an interesting look at what Web 2.0 means to the user outside of the tech realm. From the looks of things though, it does not seem all that different from what we already know back within the tech community…