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POPSDoes Yahoo think we're a bunch of stupid dogs? When i saw this image on Yahoo's soon to be released "twitter-killer" page, i immediately imagined a conversation inside Yahoo that went something like this: Yahoo exec: why the image of a bunch of dumb dogs? Yahoo marketing person: "well, twitter has a bird so we figured we'd have a few dogs." Yahoo exec: brilliant!
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POPSFormer Yahoo CEO was wrong to the tune of $billions Aside from the great extent to which this perspective proved to be wrong, there is a great lesson here...that people who see business models as black and white, or who try to force a model prematurely, can be missing the big picture. Imagine if Google had listened to everyone else who said search will never be a lucrative business. Fast forward to today...I believe that the current excitement about real-time, human filtered search is real and justified. However, i don't necessarily think people have yet figured out exactly how it will be monetized. I also don't think the right solution has yet been introduced. One thing i do know for sure is that amplify is going throw it's hat in the ring and make a run at it.
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POPSMySpaceID counters FB Connect Is it me or is the pace of major developments on the web increasing at light speed lately? Between the buzz about twitter, all the news out of facebook lately and now this from MySpace, the landscape is constantly changing!
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POPSYahoo turns to Google. Microsoft cries foul. Very interesting move by Yahoo! They may be able to significantly increasing their earnings by integrating Google's search ads on their own site. Talk about a potential blow to microsoft. To think that they're left crying foul about this being anti-competitive after all these years is beyond ironic.
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POPSGoogle still kicking Yahoo and Microsoft's ass! The part I actually find most surprising is that over 40% of the U.S. search market doesn't use Google. But considering how hard Microsoft and Yahoo are trying to catch them, it's amazing that they haven't been able to make any progress.
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POPSMicrosoft getting serious about buying Yahoo! Maybe, just maybe, the recent "losses" to Google in acquiring DoubleClick and YouTube were Microsoft's way of goading Google into acquiring those companies so that Microsoft could more easily acquire Yahoo without any anti-trust problems. Possible?
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POPSGoogle and Yahoo focusing on TV 1 Company per continent by 2012. If so, my predictions are: - Google - Microsoft - General Electric - Energy Conversion Devices (alternative energy) - Clipmarks :) - one that hasn't started yet - can't decide on the others.
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POPSAlexa to give away its index Just waking up so not exactly sure what i think of this other than it sure is innovative and interesting. Click here to read what Om thinks (he's not as bullish about it as John Battelle): http://gigaom.com/2005/12/12/amazons-alexa-commoditizes-search/
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POPSYahoo is kicking Google's tush? Found this through Chris Sherman's Search Engine Fourm Spotlight. Strong words i'd say! I do agree that Yahoo is often overlooked in favor of Google, but kicking Google's tush...not sure about that.
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POPSCould Diller out-fox the search engines? I'm looking forward to seeing how Ask finds new ways to approach search. Clearly, there are many things that could be done to make the user experience better. I wouldn't put it past Diller to figure out a way to become a serious player. The parallels to the days of CBS, NBC and ABC are interesting to say the least.
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POPSIs AOL the flop? Interesting analysis by John Battelle of some of the possibilities of AOL partnering/being acquired by Google, Yahoo, MSFT...
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