The Technologyreview.com, interviewed Amit Singhal, a Google Fellow, who led development of real-time search for Google. Back in December Google announced that is was going to being to index real time search results for Twitter and Facebook entries. This is the first time I have read an account of how Google is actually going to rank and index real time searches. According to Mr. Singhal, … [Read more...]
Breaking News: Google May Pull Out Of China
According to Google's blog it may pull out of China. Google said it detected a "highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China" in mid-December and that the attack resulted in "the theft of intellectual property from Google." "These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered, combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit … [Read more...]
Do You Have Monetization Skills? Twitter’s Looking For To Hire You
All domainers are quite familiar with the concept of monetizing their assets; now Twitter is looking to hire people to do just that for them. Twitter has 26 job openings listed on its website, and 4 of them include variations on the word "monetization." "Twitter is looking for new members of our technical staff to work on cutting edge monetization projects" Monetization maybe come one of … [Read more...]
Sears Launches Sites Using These Beauties: MarketplaceAtSears.com; TVMatchMaker.com and CameraMatchMaker.com
Sears launched a couple of shopping comparison sites this week at CES, TVMatchMaker.com and CameraMatchMaker.com According to the company, these sites will help customers find their perfect TV or camera by asking them a series of compatibility questions to find their perfect match. TvMatchMaker.com users interactively answer questions about their home and viewing … [Read more...]
France: We Should Start Taxing Internet Advertising Revenue At Google, Yahoo & Facebook
The culture ministry of France said today that France should start taxing Internet advertising revenue at Google, Yahoo, Facebook Microsoft and AOL. According to the Ministry, funds raised from the levy could raise up to 20 million euros ($29 million) a year. The effort would aim to put an end to “the endless enrichment without payback,” Jacques Toubon, one of the authors of the … [Read more...]
comScore: Online Christmas Season Sales Hit $27 Billion
According to a report released by comScore today, people spent $27 billion online from November 1 through December 24, a 5% increase over last year. Here is a the detailed chart from comScore: … [Read more...]
Overnight Twitter Becomes Profitable, Thanks To Google & Bing
According to a report by Bloomberg News, Twitter will make about $25 million from search deals it announced in October, with Google Inc. and Bing. The report goes on to say that the revenue generated from Google and Bing, will be enough to push Twitter into profitability. ""An agreement that made Twitter’s messages searchable on Google’s site will generate about $15 million, said the people, … [Read more...]