advertisement Yahoo! has announced the extension of its My Yahoo RSS (Really Simple Syndication) services with the addition of RSS feeds in the new beta version of Yahoo! Mail (available by invite only). This will essentially allow users of Yahoo! Mail to easily integrate selected RSS feeds with e-mail use (see screen shot below): This is a great strategy, and [...]
Continue reading...29. November 2005
advertisement Word on the street is Microsoft is expected to jump into the game of online classifieds soon via their new Windows Live solution. From someone who has seen screenshots of the new service, the solution is pretty straight forward and encompasses the traditional classified advertising categories (jobs included, I’m sure). One twist is that it incorporates [...]
Continue reading...29. November 2005
advertisement According to a recent Pew Internet and American Life Project based on data gathered by comScore Media Metrix, Craigslist is the undisputed, Grand Poobah of Classifieds. In the report, as featured in The New York Times titled "Great for Craigslist but Not for Newspapers" (free registration), Craigslist is said to have seen a 165 percent increase [...]
Continue reading...29. November 2005
advertisement London’s Heathrow Airport now has a cyber cafe powered by Google. The free Wi-Fi service is a test, set to end sometime in mid-Dec. The Google reps are wearing shirts with the text "Google Space" on them. That may be a look into Google’s brand to make Web connectivity available to anyone and everyone with Centrino [...]
Continue reading...28. November 2005
advertisement Today’s Wall Street Journal Online has a story entitled Tivo Users Can Soon Search for Ads. Highlight: TiVo users will be able to set up a profile of products on their television screens by clicking on categories such as automotive or travel or typing in keywords such as "BMW" or "cruises." On a regular basis, TiVo will then download relevant [...]
Continue reading...27. November 2005
advertisement It’s intriguing to watch Google Base start to take shape. (More on this coming soon to a blog near you.) Obviously, a major part of getting the project up-and-running is the addition of content. To help that process along, Google is currently running pay-per-click ads (granted, they probably get to advertise on their own site for free, but [...]
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advertisement Hats off to Marc Cenedella and his company, The Ladders. The job board, which caters to listings that fall in the >$100K category, is featured in a story in this month’s Business 2.0 (my favorite periodical, by the way). The article is not yet online, but should be in a few weeks. Feel free to use access [...]
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30. November 2005
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