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Now THAT’S What I Call Contextual!

November 29, 2007

Saluting the serendipity of contextual advertising algorithms.

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Hulu Thoughts

October 29, 2007

Thinking about Hulu’s implications in the wake of its big launch.

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Google Celebrates Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa

December 17, 2006

Noticed something when I did a search for some Christmas-related stuff on Google today:

And I went ahead and checked — Google’s giving the same treatment to Hanukkah:

And Kwanzaa:

But I’m sad to report, no Google love for Festivus.

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Fun With Widgets

December 1, 2006

I know of five platforms for Desktop widgets — can any of the Techcrunch junkies out there tell me if I’ve missed any?:

Yahoo! Widgets (formerly Konfabulator)
Google Desktop Gadgets
Windows Live Gadgets (formerly Microsoft Gadgets)
SpringWidgets (from Fox Interactive)
Mac OSX Dashboard Widgets

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SpotRunner

January 12, 2006

I don’t want to gush too much until I actually try it…but at first glance, SpotRunner looks AWESOME.  How long before Google buys them, and assimilates their service into AdWords?

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Google at CES

January 6, 2006

Engadget did an excellent job of providing live play-by-play.  Be sure to read their wrap-up.
To sum it up — there was a Video announcement (premium content for about $2/show will be available in the near future for download thru Google Video), but contrary to my earlier report, it didn’t have anything to do with Google [...]

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Get ready for your Google Pack

January 5, 2006

The Wall Street Journal’s reporting that Google’s big CES announcement is in fact video-related, as earlier suggested by Om Malik. 
According to WSJ (via Reuters UK), Google will announce new video distribution partnerships (with content creators/distributors) and new software to enable rights-managed video to be purchased thru Google Video.  The new software is supposedly called [...]

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OM: No Google Cube…improved Google Video

January 5, 2006

Om Malik’s saying that Google’s big announcement tomorrow at CES is related to Google Video, not a "Google Cube" announcement.

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Friday! Friday! Friday!

January 1, 2006

This Friday, January 6 at 4pm, to be exact.  That’s when Larry Page will be giving a keynote at CES 2006.  It could also be when we get a big announcement about what’s next from Google. 
According to an article in today’s L.A. Times, it sounds like it could be a super-cheap PC with a [...]

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Google’s 2005 Q3

October 20, 2005

Mama mia…Google sure had a good third quarter.

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Josh Hallett on 8-Minute Abs/Web 2.0

October 3, 2005

I happened to see this over at Josh Hallett’s site today, in his post about Web 2.1/3.0, and I couldn’t resist reposting it here:
Hitchhiker: You heard of this thing, the 8-Minute Abs? Ted: Yeah, sure, 8-Minute Abs. Yeah, the excercise video. Hitchhiker: Yeah, this is going to blow that right out of the water. Listen [...]

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Welcome our new friend: Google Adsense

September 30, 2005

In case you noticed–I added Google ads to every story page.  Not sure I can talk about them much, since Google is a little Fight Clubbish about Adsense…but just wanted to let you know that they had been added, as I do some experimentation with just how they’d perform on an unfocused, multi-subject blog like [...]

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Google Maps adds updated New Orleans satellite photos

September 9, 2005

Google provides a detailed view of the devastation in New Orleans.  The before/after comparison is pretty telling…I didn’t fully understand how big the area affected was.

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Steve Ballmer no like-a da Google

September 4, 2005

My favorite birthday link: John Battelle’s Searchblog: Ballmer Throws A Chair At "F*ing Google".

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Can’t Find On Google

July 10, 2005

How much must Google love this?

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