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Smalltown : Local Search with Flash Smalltown, a new local-search destination with a snappy, flash-based interface announced that it had received $3 million in funding...

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Google YouTube Conference Call Here are some random snippets from the call (comments not in order). These are very close to verbatim quotes: Google CEO...

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Google Wins Keyword Trademark Ruling Barry Schwartz at Search Engine Watch posts on a legal victory for Google (I totally missed it) that basically allows...

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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...

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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...

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Soapbox Video : MSNTube MSN is making its bid to get in on the YouTube phenomenon with its new “Soapbox Video.” The product launches in...

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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...

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MapQuest Audio Directions on Sprint-Nextel Network Like InfoSpace, MapQuest is also launching voice (text to speech) turn-by-turn directions on the Sprint-Nextel network. Here’s today’s MapQuest...

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Windows Live Search Replacing MSN Search By Thursday, MSN Search will be no more. Windows Live Search will replace it around the globe. Microsoft is...

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Search Engine Market Data from Enquisite Traffic is controversial. With so much riding on market share and momentum, web traffic has become highly politicized. One...

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Smart Phones & Mobile Local (Mo-Lo) Search The WSJ (sub req’d) reports that Palm announced it wouldn’t hit its numbers “amid lower-than-expected retail sales of...

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Google Mobile AdWords Launching Barry Schwartz at SEW reports on Google launching mobile ads in the US, UK and Germany (this was previously tested in...

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YouTube Video & Usage Facts There’s an interesting article in the WSJ (sub req’d) on YouTube, with some data and metrics, by Lee Gomes today:...

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Google Checkout & Customer Ownership Brian Smith at ComparisonEngines has an interesting post (citing research from Piper Jaffray’s Safa Rashtchy) on retailer fear surrounding Google’s...

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No SEO Without SEM, And Vice Versa Today’s MediaPost (reg. req’d) reports on new data from SEM firm 360i, which essentially points out the complex...

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AOL Launching ‘On Demand’ Video Portal As is being widely reported, AOL plans to launch a comprehensive video entertainment destination later this week. Here’s the...

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Tune In to Google Radio Advertising Elinor Mills at CNET has written a long pieceon the coming of Googe/dMarc advertising on local radio stations (many...

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