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China Fines Sohu For Posting US Movies Online
In another victory against media piracy, the Chinese courts fined search engine and portal Sohu for allowing the distribution of American films…
Windows Live for TV Enters Public Beta
Microsoft’s blog/IM/chat search with a TV interface, Windows Live for TV, has entered into beta. It seems that the former Project Nemo…
Does Google need more bloggers or people who own dogs?
Matt Cutts has a fascinating post in his Gadgets, Google and SEO blog entitled, “The real lesson from this week.” He rhetorically…
Are Vertical Search Engines the Answer to Relevance?
Even the most advanced general search algorithm can be scuttled by ambiguous searches, but vertical search engines are increasingly offering a solution…
Yahoo, Dash to Offer Local Search On the Go
Yahoo and Dash Navigation have announced plans to offer geo-targeted local ads to users of the Dash Express in-car navigation device. The…
Collected Predictions for 2007
It’s a new year, full of new hope, new opportunities, and new predictions. For those of you interested in such annual prognostications,…
Washington Post ties print and Web efforts closer
Robert MacMillan of Reuters reports that The Washington Post plans to have its veteran editors help shape the way stories appear on…
Take USA Today’s 2007 media prognostication quiz
David Lieberman of USA Today is calling all psychics. He wants you enter the 11th Annual USA Today Media Prognostication Contest. Among…
Louisville Grad Student Gets Grant To Study Click Fraud
The National Science Foundation gave just under $150,000 to Li Ge, a graduate student at the University of Louisville studying click fraud…
The “new and improved” Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal unveiled a new look this morning. Without mentioning Google News or Yahoo! News by name, the Journal’s publisher,…