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Archive | December, 2005

microsoft’s 2006 counteroffensive on google taking shape

12. December 2005

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As much as I love Google, I’m also a student of history. And history says Don’t count out Microsoft and Bill Gates. The Wall Street Journal has jumped on a recent comment by Gates. Here’s how it went: "We’ll actually go to users and say instead of us keeping all that ad revenue, we’ll actually share some of [...]

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attention gmail users

12. December 2005

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If you’re a Gmail user, I invite you to add my blog to your Web clips. To do so, simply: Log in to your Gmail account. Click Settings at the top of any Gmail page. Open the Web Clips tab. Enter http://cheesman.typepad.com in the field under Search by topic or URL. Click Search. Once Gmail locates the feed, click Add so [...]

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monster job posting for classifieds director at google

11. December 2005

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There’s cur-rently a job posting on Monster for a Vertical Markets Director, Classifieds at Google. The goal of the position - not surprisingly - is to grow revenue opportunities in new vertical search areas associated with classifieds. Ya’ know, cars, real estate, jobs. I find it ironic and amusing that Monster is allowing an advertisement to run [...]

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google’s gmail launches rss feeder

9. December 2005

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RSS feeds mashed-up with e-mail. Yahoo! did it last month and is still testing it. Now Google is doing it. Google has added RSS feeds to Gmail, their very popular e-mail solution. Now, when Gmailers peruse e-mail, they’ll have direct access to and snippets of their favorite RSS feeds. Blogs. News. And yes, jobs. If I’m Indeed, [...]

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hire me google.com

8. December 2005

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It was only a matter of time. Someone has launched a blog in an effort to get hired by Google. The name? Why, Hire Me Google.com, of course. Though no ID is given, the blogger is a computer science student in Germany. Not surprisingly, he’s already gotten a response, saying "I got the first job offer from this blog [...]

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remembering john

8. December 2005

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Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.- John Lennon John Lennon was murdered 25 years ago today in New York City. I missed out on Beatlemania. Too young to recall Plastic Ono Band. His assassination is barely memorable. Regardless, John Lennon continues to live on and influence millions of people and touch many, many hearts and souls. Me [...]

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google users make best job candidates

7. December 2005

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Want a better job candidate? Google’s got ‘em. According to a recent survey by SG Cowen and Co., reported in MediaPost: People who have been online seven years or longer are far more likely to use Google for search than Yahoo!, MSN, or AOL. The study, based on a survey of 1,000 online users, found that 60 percent of those [...]

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