Nice! Yahoo and Microsoft must be real sick of Google right about now. 🙂 Google on Wednesday threw another bone to customers of Gmail, its free Web-based e-mail service. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company now allows people to download e-mail from any third-party account or forward their Gmail for free, or what’s called POP (Post… Continue reading Gmail Offers Free POP Access
Category: Internet
Morgan Stanley Report on Monetizing Blogs
A report by some Morgan Stanley analysts that all bloggers should read, IMHO.
Yahoo Buys Stata Labs… Going After GMail?
The news of Yahoo buying Stata Labs, the makers of Bloomba, is very interesting indeed. It certainly seems like they’re buying their technology expertise in an attempt to “get with” Google’s GMail and their desktop toolbar. Here’s the news:
BlogosphereRadio.com
Interesting: BlogosphereRadio.com is a website devoted to the intersection of blogs and Internet radio. We strive to live up to our tagline as the voice of the blogosphere. BlogosphereRadio.com is run by university students in Edmonton, AB, Canada.
More GMail Invites
I was just granted a few more GMail invitations. Holla if you want one. Update: They’re all gone now.
Google’s Engineers Must Be Star Trek Fans
Not that I’m trying to become the search engine blog, but I found this post about Google using alternating algorithms interesting: Musical Algorithms What if there were no Google algorithm to game? Or more precisely, what if there were several different algorithms all being used at the same time – so that no specific tactics… Continue reading Google’s Engineers Must Be Star Trek Fans
Improving Users’ Search Experience
Here’s an interesting look at some of the habits of users while searching for information online, complete with ideas on improving your site’s search usability. Here are a few of the things that stood out to me (my comments are in italics): Satisfaction of both casual users and the more experienced ones was reported at… Continue reading Improving Users’ Search Experience
Anil Makes it Plain to the Search Optimization Crew
Anil Dash just wrote a little something about the SEO contest he won. The best part is this quote: There’s a part of me that’s always felt that, if you’re a professional at a certain trade, and I can come in as an amateur and do better than you, then you probably suck. Generally, it’s… Continue reading Anil Makes it Plain to the Search Optimization Crew
PSA: Bloggers Protect Your Privacy!
I was recently very surprised to discover that my address and phone number were available via the WHOIS directory for domain names. I was clued in (hit over the head) first by an author who sent me a book that he wanted me to review and then by a phone call from another company that… Continue reading PSA: Bloggers Protect Your Privacy!
Anil Wins the Nigritude Ultramarine Contest
I was happy to see that Anil Dash won the second round of the SEO ‘nigritude ultramarine’ Google challenge. For some reason Goolge’s love affair with weblogs still fascinates me. It trips me out how easily my posts, especially on my other blog, can rise to the top 5 results on Google. So when I… Continue reading Anil Wins the Nigritude Ultramarine Contest