What Do Google and Craigslist Have in Common?
What Do Google and Craigslist Have in Common? While we were away at ILM:05 there was an interesting thread on...
Local News Sites and Search Threaten Newspapers
Local News Sites and Search Threaten Newspapers MediaPost (reg req’d) writes about a new Borrell report about the potential rise...
Craigslist the King of Classifieds
Craigslist the King of Classifieds While Craig Newmark would undoubtedly bristle at that characterization, the network of sites that bears...
TiVo to Permit Commercial Ad Searching (Not Just Skipping)
TiVo to Permit Commercial Ad Searching (Not Just Skipping) Here’s another movement in the transformation of TV (from reach to...
Windows Live Classifieds Coming Soon
Windows Live Classifieds Coming Soon Everyone has been speculating about whether Google Base is Google’s entry into online classifieds. I...
Google’s Froogle Local Merchant Search
Google’s Froogle Local Merchant Search I got a release of sorts from Google this a.m. explaining in more detail the...
Local Search Engines : Digging Deeper
Local Search Engines : Digging Deeper In addition to the data jointly put out by Pew and comScore about the...
Search Engines Gain in Daily Usage
Search Engines Gain in Daily Usage Search continues to show big gains among US users. comScore data comparing September 2004...
Google Base All About Local
Google Base All About Local There are a bunch of people out there who believe The Kelsey Group overhypes local....
TrueLocal Local Search Engine Goes Live
TrueLocal Local Search Engine Goes Live TrueLocal is a consumer-facing local search engine that has been operating “under the radar”...
Enter the Yahoo Shoposphere
Enter the Yahoo Shoposphere Building on its “social search” template, Yahoo! has revamped shopping and added in a range of...
Amazon Patents Consumer Reviews? Absurd!
Amazon Patents Consumer Reviews? Absurd! I was never a patent attorney, but I think that the USPTO is going too...
Google Maps & Local on Phones
Google Maps & Local on Phones Preparing for a day when there is meaningful usage of wireless devices as local...
Yahoo & Google : Man vs. Machine
Yahoo & Google : Man vs. Machine Here’s an interesting article from Sunday’s NY Times about Yahoo! and its long...
Local Matters Acquires AreaGuides
Local Matters Acquires AreaGuides Local content aggregator and affiliate network AreaGuides.net has been acquired by Denver-based Local Matters. This is...
Google the Agency, Google the Network
Google the Agency, Google the Network Here’s a fairly comprehensive piece from the NY Times’ Saul Hansell, reviewing Google’s model,...
LookSmart Goes Deep Vertical
LookSmart Goes Deep Vertical In a very interesting bid to revive its fortunes and its consumer brand, LookSmart has launched...
AT&T-Yahoo! DSL?
AT&T-Yahoo! DSL? Here’s a piece in the NYTimes that says SBC will take the venerable name AT&T once the acquisition...
Internet Advertising On Local Sites Increases
Internet Advertising On Local Sites Increases Deutsche Bank conducted a survey of 87 media executives in conjunction with MediaPost about...
Craigslist Blocking Oodle : Destination vs.Aggregation
Craigslist Blocking Oodle : Destination vs.Aggregation Craigslist has been the proverbial poster child for friendliness, openness and online cooperation. However,...