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The Easiest Way for Google to Improve Search

Posted on November 24, 2006August 19, 2008 By Bob Caswell 1 Comment on The Easiest Way for Google to Improve Search

Googleblogsearchlogo_1The tech blogosphere is excited by the findings of Andy Boyd. He has a screen shot of a Google search that shows the search results giving up space for a separate section of blog results (see picture below). Among others, Techcrunch and Google Blogoscoped have their own take on what this means and where it could go.

Here’s my question: Why hasn’t Google done this already? And not only for blog searches but perhaps even for news, pictures, and/or video. The big three, for me at least, would be regular search results, blog posts, and news. I’d say that over half of my searches I do three times. Why not put in my search query once and get the top 10 results from each category on the same page?

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Google, Internet, Microsoft, Tech News, Web 2.0, Yahoo

The Economist.com on People “Quitting Their Day Jobs to Blog for a Living”

Posted on November 17, 2006August 19, 2008 By Bob Caswell No Comments on The Economist.com on People “Quitting Their Day Jobs to Blog for a Living”

Economist_1The well respected Economist.com (subscription required) released an article today called Going Pro with a subtitle of More people are quitting their day jobs to blog for a living. The article claims that there used to be only two types of blogs: personal diaries with tiny audiences (and no interest in advertising) and niche magazines explicitly run as businesses, quoting Jason Calacanis (the Engadget / Weblogs Inc. guy) claiming such blogs are “the most profitable media business today.” But the Economist explains that a third category is on the rise: “mom-and-pop” blogs.

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Internet, Tech News, Web 2.0

Paid Blogging Revisted: ReviewMe

Posted on November 11, 2006August 19, 2008 By Bob Caswell 11 Comments on Paid Blogging Revisted: ReviewMe

Reviewmelogo_1ReviewMe is a new online service that is in the business of paying bloggers (like myself) to review products or services. The company is owned by Text Links Ads, which was recently acquired by MediaWhiz. I only mention this because both companies are fairly well respected and give the automatically-labeled-as-controversial new business ReviewMe some much needed support.

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Internet, Tech News, Tech Reviews, Web 2.0

Hell.com Fails to Sell During Live Auction

Posted on October 28, 2006August 19, 2008 By Bob Caswell No Comments on Hell.com Fails to Sell During Live Auction

Not surprisingly, Hell.com failed to have any bids placed above the $2.3 million reserve set by the seller at a live auction on Friday. Bids were apparently above $500,000 but still a far cry from the $2.3 million minimum. Personally, I would have taken the $500,000, especially considering the site is only getting around 5,000 hits a day with whatever hell-driven community is there (which would translate to significantly less than $500,000 in ad revenue by practically any calculation). But some other names did sell:

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Internet, Tech News

Google Buys YouTube for $1.65 Billion

Posted on October 9, 2006August 19, 2008 By Bob Caswell 1 Comment on Google Buys YouTube for $1.65 Billion

Google agreed to buy closely-held YouTube in an all-stock deal worth about $1.65 billion, its largest acquisition to date. The terms state that YouTube will initially retain a significant measure of independence, keeping its current brand, offices, and employees. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter.

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Google, Media, Microsoft, Tech News

YouTube Stats Revealed, Total Viewing Time: 9,305 Years!

Posted on August 30, 2006August 19, 2008 By Bob Caswell 48 Comments on YouTube Stats Revealed, Total Viewing Time: 9,305 Years!

Logo_tagline_sm_2The extremely popular video sharing site YouTube doesn’t make a point of revealing its size, user activity, or demographics. But Lee Gomes of the Wall Street Journal pieced together much of that information by “scraping” YouTube for data. Here are the main stats uncovered:

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Google, Internet, Media, Tech News, Web 2.0

eBay Revises Seller Policy, Excludes Google Checkout, Google Responds Defensively

Posted on July 6, 2006August 19, 2008 By Bob Caswell No Comments on eBay Revises Seller Policy, Excludes Google Checkout, Google Responds Defensively

eBay is making it nearly impossible for sellers to request payment through Google Checkout. The online auction giant updated and renamed its Safe Payments policy (now called “Accepted Payment Policy”) this week in an effort to add Google’s new payment service, Google Checkout, to its list of online payment methods not permitted. The reason?

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Google, Internet, Shopping, Tech News

Amazon Now Sells Groceries

Posted on June 15, 2006August 19, 2008 By Bob Caswell 4 Comments on Amazon Now Sells Groceries

Amazon has decided that selling everything but food isn’t good enough. Thus, nonperishable food items will now be available at Amazon’s Grocery beta site (is it just me, or is “beta” rather a cliche phrase nowadays?). Check out the site here. Your favorite staples ranging from popcorn to organic granola? are available. Explained in a…

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Amazon, Internet, Shopping, Tech News, Web 2.0

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