In the category of too much news to cover was this older item that appeared in ClickZ (and covered also in SEW blog). Yahoo! has entered a joint venture with Seven Network in Australia and New Zealand. The largest TV…
As recently as this spring (or summer if you consult the Pew report), there were skeptics arguing that broadband penetration will stall in the U.S. Not only is it not going to stall, it's going to eventually be free. (Consumers…
I did a quick interview on CNBC about PPCall today (they had a bunch of technical problems so it may not run). The interviewer was using the terms "click-to-call" and "pay-per-call" interchangeably. There's confusion about the distinction between the two.…
Here's a piece from CNet saying that Yahoo! and blogging software provider Six Apart are today launching a product that allows Yahoo! small business customers/users the ability to create blogs on Six Apart's Movable Type software and then have them…
MediaPost (reg req'd) writes about a new Borrell report about the potential rise of "independent local sites" as another threat to the newspaper industry (just add them to the list, right?). Well yes and no. T'he MediaPost piece focuses on…
So that's my contribution to the bad headline puns making the rounds this afternoon. ...The acquisition proves, among other things, that a bad URL is no obstacle to success today. Seriously, it's yet another social media play at Yahoo! (not…
I got an update yesterday from news aggregator Inform.com. These guys launched several months ago with a host of super-charged features that proved well beyond what most users want from a news site. Product manager Julian Steinberg acknowledged this in…
It's almost impossible to keep up with all the developments going on in the local space right now. One that has quietly happened without any fanfare, apparently, is the relaunch of the Yellow Book site. Without having tested the data…
After having 24 hours to play with Windows Live Local (WLL), my experience is mixed. The "Bird's Eye" photograghy is stunning (I can't wait for more coverage beyond the current 12 U.S. metro areas). The personalization features (Scratch Pad, etc.),…
As we're putting together the agenda for Drilling Down '06 in San Jose, we really want your input on the panels (and formats) you'd like to see. If you're interested in speaking or have any remarks about what you think…
My wife is having a baby today (our second daughter). So far the naming rights are up to US$10,000 on eBay (bidding ends today). Just kidding! (Sorry eBay.) I'm not kidding about the baby part, however. So I'll be taking…
Quietly, in the shadow of the Windows Live Local launch (say that 10 times fast), Google releases Transit Trip Planner. More from Search Engine Watch and the Official Google Blog. Wasn't December supposed to be a slow month?
SiliconBeat and Battelle both cover "Yahoo! Answers," an interesting new social media/community initiative from Yahoo!. The idea is that I can ask the community any question and, probably, get an answer. Google Answers is a similar service, but it's not…
John Battelle picked up a PaidContent post about Google product VP Jonathan Rosenberg's comments to a conference crowd. Among the statements summarized by PaidContent was one on PPCall: Pay per call: "Interesting model. ... Our general experience has been the…
When I interviewed him on Friday, Jim Riesenbach, SVP of AOL's Search & Directional Media group, was not permitted to talk directly about what would be the outcome of the much covered negotiations for a stake in AOL. He turned…
I wish I could just list a bunch of company names and that could substitute for thoughtful blog posts about all the companies that I should be writing about and all the interesting and potentially significant things going on (both…
I just met with Erik Jorgensen of MSN, and Windows Live Local is going live today/tonight. A number of features make it interesting and different from what's out there, including personalization, ease of use (I can insert a "pushpin" with…
PPCall provider Ingenio is adding both InfoSpace and, in a more limited deal, 1-800-FREE411 to its distribution network. This means that in addition to those two, the Ingenio network now includes Miva, AOL, AOL Mobile and Interchange's Local.com (with Yahoo!…
Earlier this week John Battelle made reference to a search engine usage survey conducted by investment firm SG Cowen & Co. Today MediaPost (reg. req'd) reports on the same survey: People who have been online seven years or longer are…
Thanks to John Battelle for pointing to a piece on SiliconValleyWatcher about Bubbler, an application that appears to make building sites (and blogs) pretty simple. The company and its platform are worth watching. Although Yahoo! has introduced free sites for…
