Google to Offer Embedded Maps for Webmasters
A simplified way to “embed” Google Maps is apparently coming from Google next week, according to this story, […]
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Google & Yahoo : The Saviors of Newspapers
Google has officially expanded its newspaper print advertising program to 225 newspapers, offering advertisers a potential $1,000 financial […]
eBay’s Kijiji Launches in the US, To Challenge Craigslist
Modeled on Craiglist, eBay has been operating classifieds marketplace Kijiji for some time outside the US. Now the […]
Google Now a Phone Company : Acquiring GrandCentral
TechCrunch is reporting a rumor — and it’s often correct in these — that the telephony “management” startup […]
What Should Yahoo! Do?
I and others have spoken of the need for morale boosting and a new vision/strategy at Yahoo! That’s […]
Privacy Is Search’s New Click Fraud
In this Google Blog post, Google discusses its privacy protection efforts and its response to the recent EU […]
Google Calendar and the ‘Widgetization’ of Google
Google yesterday added more calendars to its public calendar directory. This becomes another distribution channel on Google. There’s […]
Yahoo Real Estate Improves HomeValues : Zillow & Yahoo Answers
Drawing partly on its relationship with Zillow, Yahoo! is launching an improved “HomeValues” section as part of Yahoo! […]
Google Neighborhood Search
Trulia has it, Yelp has it, Ask.com has it (there may be others) and now Google has it: […]
LocalGuides.com : Local + Social + Vertical
Google has taken up so much “shelf space” with coverage recently it’s hard to get to much else […]
WPP, Not Microsoft, Grabs 24/7 Real Media
And it goes to WPP, according to the press release this morning (here’s the WSJ story). 24/7 Real […]
Trulia Real Estate Search Adds Community
Trulia has always been an impressive site to me and it continues to become more feature rich. Today […]
Google’s New ‘Lat Long’ Blog
John Hanke, Director Google Earth & Maps, announces the new blog: As web mapping (dare I say “the […]
Microsoft Acquires Equity Stake in CareerBuilder.com
In a very interesting development, Microsoft has taken a 4% equity stake in number one jobs site CareerBuilder. […]
Superpages.com Improves with Redesign
Although spotted last week, SuperPages put out a press release announcing changes and improvements on the site. Here’s […]
Will Ask.com’s Ad Campaign Be Effective?
I continue to be fascinated by Ask and its mix of innovative ideas (Ask X, Ask City) and […]
Google Buying Wall Street Journal? When Donkeys Fly!
For those that are following the thus far (and hopefully always) unsuccessful attempt by Rupert Murdoch to buy […]
Citysearch Updates & Adds Video
Today, IAC’s Citysearch becomes the first major local search consumer destination to add video on any kind of […]
AOL’s New Homepage & Social Media
Coming off the EconSM show last weekin LA, I’ve got social media on the brain. But if the […]
Growth of New Mapping Mashups
The pace of development of new mapping mashups (mostly using Google Maps) is almost impossible to follow. But […]