Google has added blog search to the standard search blog, according to the Google Operating System blog. All you have to do is add the word “blog” to the end of a search string and the latest blog posts will pop up in a box at the top of the results page.
Monthly Archives: January 2007
ZDNet test pay per performance
Steve Rubel reports on developments at ZDNet:
During a recent interview with Podtech’s Maryam Scoble, Mary Jo Foley revealed that ZDNet has a payment scheme in place that rewards its bloggers based on the number of clicks their posts get. Foley recently left Ziff Davis to become a free agent. Her primary gig involves writing a well-read blog on Microsoft for ZDNet.
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Linkbait
The dos and don’ts of linkbait – the Cornwall SEO blog offers a perspective
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RSS ideas
The Frantic Industries blog has an “RSS Cookbook” which shows 10 ways to extend the power of the RSS.
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Answers from LinkedIn
Corporate networking site LinkedIn is the latest to join the “answers” game with LinkIn Answers. Users can pose questions which other members of the network can answer. Just like Yahoo Answers but for business…
Gates, Jobs and Dell in tag cloud form
Todd Bishop has run the recent keynotes from CES and MacWorld through lexical analysis tools to come up with tag clouds and statistics for each one which provide an interesting comparison.
Send a message to Davos
Jeff Jarvis, along with the Guardian and BBC are participating in a project to get as many video questions posted on YouTube as possible, some of which they will get answered on video by the luminaries gathered at Davos. And he points out YouTube’s new “Quick Capture” features which takes over your webcam, so you can record and upload a message in one easy step.
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Video UGC – no cash yet
PaidContent ruminates on a couple of reports which suggest revenue from user-generated content will continue to be small and a compelling business model will prove elusive.
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Wikiseek – the next Google?
Steve Rubel ponders the consequences of the launch of Wikiseek – the new search engine from Wikipedia. Could this be a Google-slayer, he asks?
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Google, Yahoo! push ahead
John Battelle reports on Comscore’s latest figures on the search market. He notes that in December 2006, Google gained 0.4 share from November, to lead with 47.3% market, and Yahoo! went up 0.3, continuing with the second largest share of 28.5% . Microsoft share dropped 0.5 points to 10.5% share, Ask fell .1 points to 5.5% share, and Time Warner share shrunk by 0.2 points, to close at 4.9% share.
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