May 2007
Google Deal Said to Bring U.S. Scrutiny
(May 29, 2007 - New York Times
The Federal Trade Commission has opened a preliminary antitrust investigation into Google’s planned $3.1 billion purchase of the online advertising company DoubleClick, an industry executive briefed on the agency’s plans said yesterday.
Blinkx savors IPO success, announces video search growth plans
(May 25, 2007 - Search Engine Watch)
The online video company blinkx is making a strong debut on London’s alternative investment market after announcing a placement price of 45 pence per share, giving the newly demerged company – [demerging from the British search software specialist Autonomy Corp] – a market capitalization of 125 million pounds ($247 million).
Sequoia Leads Trulia’s $10 Million Series C
(May 24, 2007 - Tech Crunch)
Real estate search engine Trulia joins an elite Silicon Valley Club today with the announcement of $10m Series C funding in a round headed by Sequoia Capital.
New software can identify you from your online habits
(May 16, 2007 - New Scientist Tech)
IF YOU thought you could protect your privacy on the web by lying about your personal details, think again. In online communities at least, entering fake details such as a bogus name or age may no longer prevent others from working out exactly who you are.
New Version of Google Analytics!
(May 14, 2007 - Google Analytics Blog)
For advertisers, and in many ways for consumers, online advertising is a blessing. Customized messages rescue advertisers from the broad reach of traditional media. And consumers can learn about products and services that appeal directly to them.
Rumour: Google to buy Feedburner
(May 12, 2007 - Vecosys.com)
Is Google buying Feedburner in order to get into the rapidly evolving RSS Ad market?
Online Ads vs. Privacy
(May 12, 2007 - New York Times)
For advertisers, and in many ways for consumers, online advertising is a blessing. Customized messages rescue advertisers from the broad reach of traditional media. And consumers can learn about products and services that appeal directly to them.
Out-Googled
(May 10, 2007 - Economist.com)
JERRY YANG, who co-founded Yahoo! and remains on its board, says that the internet company is in the middle of a “transformation” and that its board members are “all in lockstep” behind Terry Semel, the chairman and chief executive. Meg Whitman, the boss of eBay, a Silicon Valley neighbour as well as an advertising partner to Yahoo!, says that Mr Semel has done “a spectacular job” and is “well loved at Yahoo!”. Clearly, Mr Semel has a lot of impressive supporters.
How Local Businesses Can Win with Search
(May 10, 2007 - IMedia Connection)
Local is a pretty sexy play right now for start-ups and behemoths alike. One of the reasons it's so alluring is because it keeps getting more complex the more time we spend with it; kind of like the '82 Bordeaux, or the date you picked up at the library.
Google preparing to police web
(May 8, 2007 - Rough Type)
Increasingly worried by the use of conventional web sites to distribute the viruses that turn innocent PCs into botnet "zombies," Google appears to be readying a plan to police the web.
Rock the Cash Box?
(May 7, 2007 - Yahoo Search Blog)
Finding a reliable lyrics source can be difficult and frustrating for music lovers. Thankfully, Yahoo! Music recently launched a lyrics web site that includes hundreds of thousands of song lyrics.
User-Generated Videos On Your Domain?
(May 7, 2007 - Clickz.com)
A few days ago, YouTube announced that it would start paying some of its amateur contributors who brought in high traffic.
Yahoo's new robots-nocontent attribute
(May 3, 2007 - Yahoo Search Blog)
Using a new "robots-nocontent" attribute, webmasters will soon be able to tell Yahoo's spiders that certain elements or sections of a page are not the real "content" of the page, and so should not be included in Yahoo's index.
Citysearch Updates Site, Adds Video
(May 2, 2007 - clickz.com)
AC-owned local search site Citysearch has redesigned its site, and has added new features like improved recommendations and video.
A new case study on botnet-based click fraud
(May 1, 2007 - Inside AdWords Blog)
Google's Click Quality and Security Teams have published a paper (available as a PDF) entitled "The Anatomy of Clickbot.A" for the HotBots 2007 workshop which took place earlier today in Boston, MA. Neil Daswani, a software engineer and contributing author of "The Anatomy of Clickbot.A,"
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