Reader Cyrus passed this link on to me from the EFF: How To Keep Your Search History Private. This was posted yesterday in the wake of the AOL search data debacle….
This was posted yesterday in the wake of the AOL search data debacle.
I had a very intersting meeting last week with Michael Jackson, the man Barry Diller has appointed as the head of interactive programming for IAC. He'd been in New York, the Valley, and LA trolling for new ideas. Seems he's found one – this morning IAC announced they had…
Just off the phone with an AP reporter (Jessica Mintz, sharp reporter from the Journal who moved over) who was grokking the fact that Google has added Video to its hallowed first tier of search options on the home page, and relegated Froogle to a pop up window off…
Remember when I posted about that Haas School of Business Study that I was interviewed for? Well, the Economist has read it now, and has an article keyed off both the study and the recent Google/MTV/MySpace deals here. The piece compares Google with Napoleon. Really….
Hey esteemed readers – I'm a bit loopy after my shoulder surgery, and won't be posting much till the Percocet wears off. Meanwhile, how is it that the damn spammers always know when I'm offline?…
Web 2.0 short doc TechCrunch's Arrington delivers a 24 min. documentary, asking Silicon Valley leaders and start-up founders to define and discuss Web 2.0–what is it, and for how long? link Two blogs born per second Technorati's latest state of the blogosphere, from David Sifry. Today, the blogosphere is…
Google…the musical
The Minnesota Fringe Festival is putting on an electronic musical about Google. A dark-comedic fable, the musical depicts what would happen if Google disappeared one day—after taking over the world, one thought at a time.” Philipp has a detailed synopsis and review. link
As the search engine space grows and companies proliferate, bloggers within the engines are becoming an important human voice and point of contact for the public, competitors, and SEOs. At the Search Engine Strategies conference in San Jose this morning, Danny Sullivan hosted a panel with Matt Cutts from…
On keeping perspective:
Gary says he tries to walk the middle ground, blogging about MSN, Yahoo, and Google more than Ask—and the company encourages him to do so. All four say don’t let the PR department hinder them, though they sometimes give PR a heads-up. Also, though they write with independent voices, letting the company know a critical post is coming out will sometimes solicit more candid company updates. Gary says he tries to make Resource Shelf all things to all people—for the search companies, the SES crowd and library/reference professionals.
When company bloggers are the news:
Danny Sullivan asks if they avoid press coverage. Cutts says he just tries to be so monumentally boring and technical that the media won’t cover it, and says he’s been largely successful (though this editor disagrees that engagement quality is the cause). Zawodny says he keeps a news alert on his name, so he can sigh deeply every time a reporter attributes his comments in a Yahoo exposé. Kennedy says his blog has become one more end-point in a 72 million person company—helping people with specific needs connect with the company.
Topix expands its News Search —providing access to article archives long past their expiration in Google or Yahoo news services. From a year of results, you can browse through a graphic timeline of stories relating to you search. Caps sensitive searches are also now a go, "for the true…
Topix expands its News Search —providing access to article archives long past their expiration in Google or Yahoo news services. From a year of results, you can browse through a graphic timeline of stories relating to you search. Caps sensitive searches are also now a go, “for the true search geek” (very useful).
A very important piece of reporting, and a powerful reminder of the data corporations and the Govt. have access to. NYT: A Face Is Exposed For AOL Searcher No. 4417749. From it: And search by search, click by click, the identity of AOL user No. 4417749 became easier to…
NYT: A Face Is Exposed For AOL Searcher No. 4417749.
From it:
And search by search, click by click, the identity of AOL user No. 4417749 became easier to discern. There are queries for “landscapers in Lilburn, Ga,” several people with the last name Arnold and “homes sold in shadow lake subdivision gwinnett county georgia.”
It did not take much investigating to follow that data trail to Thelma Arnold, a 62-year-old widow who lives in Lilburn, Ga., frequently researches her friends’ medical ailments and loves her three dogs. “Those are my searches,” she said, after a reporter read part of the list to her.
Read MoreDenise Caruso, a longtime friend and keen observer of the digital world, has emerged in the blog world with a post reminding us all that net neutrality is a movie we've all seen before…15 years ago. Good to see Denise at it again!…
