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Microsoft Sees the Future in IM
Microsoft enlisted Fallon to create a microsite to promote MSN Messenger 7.5. Dubbed ESPBilly, the site is billed as “An MSN Messenger Films Production. The episodic series features…
Friday the 13th, via Greenpeace
I was on vacation when we had Friday the 13th last week, but wanted to share this viral nightmare scenario film, courtesy…
Another Indicator of a Hot Sector
I wrote today about execs jumping to the word of mouth marketing space, saying it was an indicator of something exciting going…
TailRank: A Social News Recommendation and Filtering System Gets a New Look
Scoble points out that Tailrank a service that, “finds the best content from thousands of blogs” (think digg or Memeorandum) that provides…
New Forum Discussion Search Tool
Search tools for forum posts come and go. Lycos has its discussion search which focuses on numerous forums across the web, as…
Video Ads for the iPod
PodGuide.TV points to a couple advertisers who are pushing content for download to iTunes and iPods. Sprite’s sponsoring a video short called…
Lenovo: Which Side Are You On?
“Black or Titanium?” is the question posed to ThinkPad fans. My question to Lenovo: Do you really expect a favorite-color poll to…
Meet Mr. KentuckyFriedCruelty.com
A PETA staffer has legally changed his name to KentuckyFriedCruelty.com (yes, of course there’s a corresponding Web site). The former Chris Garnett…
Google Recruits Creator of Python; Blog from Google Spain Manager Debuts; New Compilation of Blogs by Googlers
Here are a couple of Google items that we spotted on two of of my favorite blogs that focus most of their…
Technorati Adds Trend Charts, Other Features, Rubel Offers “Hacking” Tips
Via Micro Persuasion, this post from the Technorati blog pointing out several new features that are now available including a blog finder…
BlogPulse Releases List of Top Blogs, Blog Posts, and More of 2005
The last two weeks have been busy with the release of “Top Search” lists and rankings from all of the major search…
Meta Search Tagged Content With Wink
Want to meta search across content that has been specifically tagged in various ways? New search engine Wink is now live allowing…
Firefox Brands RSS – It’s Official
The next version of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer will adopt Firefox’s little orange RSS feed icon. That, effectively, is what will visually brand…
Technorati Begins Cooking Up Ideas in their New “Kitchen”
Let’s see, Yahoo offers betas at Yahoo Next, Google at Google Labs, Microsoft in their Sandbox, and AOL on their Beta Central…
New People and Company Search Tools from ZoomInfo
ZoomInfo, a “people search” company I wrote about in the SearchDay article Searching for People with ZoomInfo back in March, has released…
Melissa Data’s Hearty Buffet Of Lookup Databases Grows Larger, More Useful
Back in 2003, my SearchDay article A Hearty Buffet of Look-Up Databases looked at the many free online databases that Melissa Data,…
Create Your Own Collection Of Searchable RSS Feeds With ScoopGo & Blogdigger Groups
A quick post to point out Tara’s recent item (when Tara writes, we read) about ScoopGo, a new tool that allows the…
Links to RSS Feeds and Podcasts from the U.S.Government
Here’s a quickie set of reference links for you. If you’re looking for RSS feeds and podcasts from U.S. Government, FirstGov offers…
People Search Engine, Zoom Info, Adds New Services and Features
ZoomInfo, the Boston-based, privately-held “people search” company that we’ve blogged about several times and Chris wrote a SearchDay overview about, is adding…
UK: 192.com Directory Adds Genealogy Services
Netimperative reports that popular UK-based suite of directory databases, 192.com has added a genealogy service to its list of online offerings that…
Feedster Beta Tests “FeedRank” Sort and WordPress Only Search
I noticed a change on one of Feedster’s UIs today (the one at FeedSter.net to be specific) that allows a searcher to…
Eurekster Launches Community-Powered Search “Swickis”
Eurekster, known for its personalized social search efforts, has introduced a new service aimed at personal and small business web site owners…
Google’s Blogger Running Ads on MySpace.com
Over on MarketerToday.com, Garrett French notes that he has seen (screen caps included) ads promoting Blogger (from Google) on the popular social-networking…
IBM Joins Corporate Monitoring Space with Release of Public Image Monitoring Solution
According to this article from News.com, IBM is joining other players in offering services that monitor a company’s “image” using the web…
Flight 949, Where Are You?
It’s easy to check on the status of major airline flights in the U.S. and Canada, either through Ask Jeeves, Google or…
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