Came across Google co-op recently, finally entering the social search marketplace with discussion groups and user contributions in addition to delving deeper into vertical search, giving users the opprtunity to refine their search results. Even more exciting is the announcement of their widgets or “gadgets” as they are calling them which appear to be tied… Continue reading →

The folks at Google have slipped another one out of their labs. Google Trends offers up a method to view what people have been searching for and compare it to another search word or phrase. Probably not of use to most people except to satisfy some form of curiosity but for online marketers like myself,… Continue reading →

As promised, a reminder to go and check out the winners of this year’s Webby Awards. It’s interesting that the People’s Voice winners are mostly different from the Webby Award winners.

I always love a good rumor and am willing to contribute as often as possible. Apparently Microsoft is looking to buy Yahoo! in a bid to take on Google. Keep it to yourselves though. In other mildly interesting news, the next generation of MSN Messenger, Windows Live Messenger has been released in Beta. I’m off… Continue reading →