There's a strong trend in the online world of publishing companies buying vertical search engines. NBC Universal invested recently in Healthline, which searches on medical information. Meredith added Helia, which also covers medical topics, to its line-up to bring more user activity to its roster of online titles. Blog network Glam just launched their own … Continue reading Vertical search power
Constantin’s custom search now on Open The Dialogue
Constatin Basturea has created a Custom Google Search that contains the 500+ blogs on his PR and Communications Blog List. It's such a fantastic idea - exactly along the lines of something I've been looking for for some time now - that I've added it to the sidebar here on OTD. Many thanks to Constantin … Continue reading Constantin’s custom search now on Open The Dialogue
Quick Takes: 2/28/06
A few things that I just don't have the time to get into further but want to clear out of Bloglines: Edmunds.com, the car information site, gets into social media with the launch of CarSpace.com. Unfortuntely they get docked two points for an unoriginal title but more than make up for it with effort. Richard … Continue reading Quick Takes: 2/28/06
Google Pages falls short
So I was lucky enough yesterday morning to get in and create a Google homepage before they shut off access. You can see the results here, but keep in mind I haven't had more than about five minutes to play with it. I'm not going to repeat what others have said about this being an … Continue reading Google Pages falls short
Yahoo throws in the towel – sort of
Yahoo has announced that it has given up the quest to be the dominant search engine on the internet. Instead of being in a "who can one up the other" contest with Google. While this may have rankled Steve Rubel a bit it's not quite as bad as all that and no reason to give … Continue reading Yahoo throws in the towel – sort of
AOL’s future
Right now all the players vying for AOL, aside from current owner Time-Warner, are primarily online portals in some sense of the word. Both Microsoft and Google are interested in AOL because of the potential for ad revenue generated through search. Improving AOLs search - or at least bringing the company in-house - if vitally … Continue reading AOL’s future
Quick Takes: 10/6/05
Get a quick PR 101 course from Robert A. Kelly here.One of the problems I consistantly run into is when someone asks me how a company can measure the success of a blog in a quantifiable manner. Apparently (and thankfully) I'm not the only one wondering about that.Web 2.0 and The Long Tail: Parts One … Continue reading Quick Takes: 10/6/05
Why I now get Technorati
Everyone is probably familiar with Technorati. If not a quick primer: Technorati is a blog-specific search engine who has carved out a niche by selling people on the concept of "tracking the conversation." For instance, if you search Technorati for "Skype" you would find all blogs talking about Skype and be able to track the … Continue reading Why I now get Technorati
Technorati bashing
Jason Calacanis, publisher of the Weblogs, Inc. network (which owns AdJab and others I write for) says he's had it with Technorati. Old data in results, lack of focus and other problems are why he's looking to replace the blog-search links on the WIN blogs with IceRocket.--Chris