MySpace.com & Yahoo : More TV Shows Showtime is going to stream shows on Yahoo! to promote them and attract subscribers, according to this AdWeek article. Meahwhile, Fox will stream new shows on its affiliates’ websites and on MySpace, says Reuters and MediaPost (reg. req’d). This effort is part of the larger, “Fox on Demand” …
Amazon’s A9 Search Drops Block View & Yellow Pages Amazon-owned A9 never had much consumer usage but it was one of the most innovative and interesting search engines, with many distinctive features. Two of those features — Maps/Block View and Yellow Pages — are now gone. Udi Manber, the professor-cum-CEO of A9, left for Google …
What Exactly is Web 2.0? What is Web 2.0? This is a discussion that now may seem tired – and was vigorously kicked around months and months ago – but I continue to have formal and informal conversations about it. I don’t claim to have any definitive definition but one of Web 2.0’s fundamental tenets …
Domains, Branding & Web 2.0 If you’re a traditional (offline) company you can create a domain name that doesn’t identically match your company name. For example, if you are “Widgets R Us” you could be WidgetsRUSonline.com or GetWidgets.com, and so on. Your offline brand and online presence don’t need to match 100%, although it’s desirable …
InsiderPages Chooses FAST to Improve Site Search InsiderPages, which just had its Web 2.0 makeover, has chosen FAST to improve its site search. I also received comScore data with the press release, which shows the following metrics (a limited audience of local sites). comScore August uniques (000): ServiceMagic – 2,233 InsiderPages – 1,150 Yelp – …
Wallop Social Network (Microsoft Spin-Off) Launches Wallop has been waiting a long time to get going. Finally it has launched in beta (or limited beta). Microsoft spun it off and it’s now VC-backed. According to Michael Arrington it will rely on a consumer-pays model and have no ads. According to Rafe Needleman at CNET it’s …
Microsoft’s Digital Advertising Solutions At Advertising Week this week, Miscrosoft is announcing the launch of “Digital Advertising Solutions†and a media campaign to go with it. It’s an effort to bring together Microsoft’s various properties into a unified platform that gives advertisers ways to buy reach and audiences efficiently: Xbox, mobile, PCs and, maybe, TV. …
Soapbox Video : MSNTube MSN is making its bid to get in on the YouTube phenomenon with its new “Soapbox Video.” The product launches in an “invitation only beta” today. Here’s the WSJ’s (sub required) coverage. From the Microsoft press release: Soapbox on MSN Video utilizes powerful Web 2.0 technologies to provide a dynamic, fun …
Web Hosting by Google? Gary Price points to a new Google domain (”Googlehostedservices.com”) and speculates about whether Google will become a webhosting company. He also points to “Google Apps for Your Domain” as further evidence of this possibility. (This is the point in the post where the analyst says: “See how smart I am, I …
Yahoo Mail : The New MyYahoo I’ve long thought that MyYahoo! was a strategic product that wasn’t being fully leveraged by Yahoo! — a kind of potential Internet “dashboard” that would help users organize their content, calendars, etc. While some people do use it that way, I don’t think it has lived up to this …
