Optilink Update
A couple of weeks ago Leslie Rohde from WindRose Software was minding his own business when a user of their signature tool Optilink emailed him to ask about the 404page generated when querying Google
Optilink is used to trace incoming links to the myriad of sites they originate from While reporting the s of incoming links Optilink also gathers other information about those sites such as the PageRank score Google displays and the anchor text used in those links In order to gather that information Optilink makes multiple queries of the search tools it visits...
Ask Jeeves eyes growth under IAC umbrella
This is a deal focused on growth said Steve Berkowitz chief executive of Ask Jeeves ltgt which is best known for its cartoon butler mascot
Were going to have access to more capital more opportunities We get to play on that larger playing field Berkowitz said in a recent interview has about 4 billion in cash while Ask Jeeves has about 100 million he said illustrating the greater resources the company would have access to
is paying nearly 2 billion for Ask Jeeves and the transaction is slated to close this summer
Ask Jeeves the fourthmost used Web search provider in the United States after Google lt...
SEOBook Reviewed
I was eager to learn that I would be able to review Aaron Walls ook and I was not let down by the books content although I would have liked to see more advanced advice
The first 39 pages or so of the book are very basic They cover topics such
as branding selling products hosting domain names and similar things Most
experienced webmasters will want to skip this part as it seems to be common
sense I myself was beginning to wonder if this book was even worth my time
Then I realized why people seem to love this book...
Search the Web while on the run with cell phones or PDAs
Youre at the grocery store and need the recipe for a gourmet dish Or perhaps you dont know where to find a dry cleaner If youre carrying a cell phone you can use it to search the Internet and find the answer
Youll find a lot of handy uses for mobile searches You can check your stocks by punching in the stock symbol and hitting enter or you can type your code followed by weather for the forecast You also can find numbers to make restaurant reservations
Searches are not limited to Webenabled cell phones If your personal data assistant has a Web browser you can perform Internet searches with it too...
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Longhorn Meets Social Computing
Microsoft is concentrating socialcomputing experts from Microsoft Research onto the Windows user interface team Microsoft Watch has reported This happening has led some Longhorn insiders to speculate that the Aero user interface will assimilate interactive elements including blogs feeds and wikis
Its Showtime for Microsofts Xbox
Xbox fans looking for a premium channel to add to their cable service may want to consider Showtime...