Archive for April, 2008

VisualRank — Google’s image search to get better

While image search is better than it was 10 years ago (okay, that’s not saying much), it could certainly be better and applied in more ways.  Google has released new information on its image search advances… with a new VisualRank algorithm that parallels PageRank.  Read more here.

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RSS — Not so simple

Time to rant…
I can’t count the times I’ve watch a presentation and heard the presenter mention RSS… and follow it by “RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication.”  And then there is the awkward pause that may or may not be acknowledged –  some are probably still thinking “huh?” and others “why do you keep saying […]

CBS Interactive sets up shop in Silicon Valley

CBS Interactive is doing it right by setting up an office in Silicon Vally (Menlo Park). This world has changed and Tech plays a big role. Today, people don’t need to start their morning with a newspaper, listen to the radio to/at/from work or watch the evening television newscast; although, most still do […]

Newspaper web traffic up 12%, catching 40% of web users

Newspaper continues upward, online that is, with 12% growth in web traffic.  Another cool number is that 40% of all U.S. web users visited a newspaper website in Q1.  Here is more info…

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IAB video ad guidelines

We’ve all seen the plethora of reports and headlines about the video ad business over the past few years. The IAB continues their efforts to help us all face the right direction. That’s cool because bumping into awkward ad sizes just isn’t what it once was (hey man, the animated gif eye sore […]

Tired of all those social web accounts? Try FriendFeed

FriendFeed basically builds bridges between your social web accounts (YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc, etc) and allows you to stay connected with friends a bit easier in a world of multiple logins/passwords.  Read more here.
On a same-same-but-different track is Google’s OpenSocial.   Same in that it makes this “multi” world easier, different in that opensocial is […]

Pogo — AT&T gets into the browser business with Vizible

AT&T and Vizible have a new browser in beta dubbed Pogo. Instead of repeating what has already been said (and better), I’ll tip the hat and foward you to ars technica…
AT&T has opened up a private beta of its new, hyper-visual web browser named Pogo. Yes, you read that right—AT&T is diving into […]