OpenOffice.org 2.0 Released by Sun Microsystems OpenOffice.org, the open source alternative to Microsoft Office which is gathering steam after Sun Microsystem’s announcement of a Google partnership and multiple governments swapping Windows licensing fees for the free OpenOffice.org, has just released its OpenOffice.org 2.0. Personally, I’ve used OpenOffice.org on my personal PC for over 3 years [...]

Hurricane Wilma Blog Coverage Hurricane Wilma is easing up the Mexican Coast and on its way to Florida in a year which has been a major blow to the southern United States Gulf area. In the wake of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina, Wilma’s path and hopefully minimal wrath is being documented on multiple blogs. BlogHerald’s [...]

Google Earnings Show Search Business is Stronger Than Ever Google shares shot up about $30 today as Google released its earnings numbers from Q3 which blew away industry and Wall Street expectations. The earnings amounts even shocked one of the top Googlers. “We surprised ourselves this quarter,” Google CEO Eric Schmidt said during a Thursday [...]

Ask Jeeves Integrates Recipes into Smart Answers Ask Jeeves is calling them tasty cheats, because not only can Ask tell you Final Fantasy PS2 Cheats but also tell you some turkey recipes for one of my favorite holidays. We’ve partnered with AllRecipes.com in order to provide a powerful Smart Search experience that serves up some [...]

Search Marketing Pumps Yahoo Earnings Well, its the end of a quarter again and time to hear how much money all the big industry leaders have pulled in over the past 3 months. Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and Ask will all be spilling their guts on how much search marketing and advertising drove their profits through [...]

Froogle Updates Layout, Looks Like Comparison Engine As one industry insider stated in an email, Froogle’s new layout is “very comparison engine-esque!” Froogle quietly updated its site yesterday. There are a number of changes, but here are the basics: 1) The sponsored links (Google AdWords) are no longer flooding the right side of the page [...]

Get Your Future Google PageRank Update The latest Google PageRank update is on its way and web publishers from all over the world are reporting changes in Google rankings and the Google algorithm. Along with the update will also be new Google PageRank for some sites and backlinks indexed by Google. If you’re site’s PageRank [...]