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Amazon
Adds Tags To Product Pages
Users browsing Amazon's web site can add their tags to
items, making them easier to remember and find when shopping
later.
Pheedo
Debuts RSS Analytics
The blog network will enhance its advertising products
by moving its analytics product out of beta testing; one
finding of the beta test...
MSN:
China In Top 5 By 2010
Online advertising in China could hit revenues of $500
million this year, and Microsoft plans to be part of the
future growth of the 100 million user Chinese market.
Microsoft
Deploys Enterprise Desktop Search
Chasing Google on the business PC, Microsoft has updated
its Windows Desktop Search product...
BoardTracker
Does Forum Searching
The site, run by Pidgin Technologies, focuses only on
message boards and forums and can do message tracking
and send instant alerts based on user criteria.
The Google Algorithm: 400 Million Variables
A century ago (well, ok, 1999) an article on Larry Page
and Sergey Brin's new company described the nascent Google
as a search engine that (gasp) just searches.
Google
The Next Commerce Giant
Analyst Safa Rashtchy at Piper Jaffray thinks we're in
the midst of E-commerce 3.0, where Google stands ready
to become the next great online commercial power.
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Just in time for the holiday shopping rush, Yahoo has made a
"social commerce" update to its site to add community
feedback on products to the shopping experience.
Editor's Note: Is social networking the next
big thing in shopping, or do free shipping and discounts matter
more? Tag us with your opinions on WebProWorld.
 Yahoo
posted
details about its Shoposphere
and Pick Lists features recently.
One joins the Shoposphere by creating a Pick List. The list can
be themed however the creator wants it to be. People can list similar
products, accessories for a popular product, or products for certain
hobbies or interests.
Lists can be shared on Yahoo, and by email and RSS feed. Other
users can rate a list, and those garnering the highest ratings could
show up on the Shoposphere's home page. The company has integrated
Yahoo 360 social networking into Pick Lists and user reviews, too.
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Filling a list shouldn't be too difficult. Yahoo said in the
post it lists some 90 million items for sale. As the beta progresses,
Yahoo plans to make other features available, like tagging, Pick List
badges for one's blog, and more 360 integration.
Part of the beta involved updating Yahoo's shopping search; they talk more about it in the post:
We've
also done a lot to improve our core shopping search, starting with a
new search UI with easier scanning of prices and product reviews. We've
integrated deals into search results so that free shipping offers,
rebates, and coupons are a click of the mouse away.
 Why
the changes? Rob Solomon, vice president and general manager
of Yahoo Shopping, told
Search Engine Watch: "What drove us to start thinking about
commerce in a new way was the amount of information that's out
there."
Yahoo ranks well in getting visitors to that information. Search
Engine Journal listed
the traffic rankings of US-based shopping engines, according
to comScore, for August, 2005:
1. Shopping.com sites (eBay)
2. Shopzilla/BizRate sites (E.W. Scripps)
3. Yahoo! Shopping
4. NextTag sites
5. inStore (AOL)
6. PriceGrabber
7. ShopLocal (Gannett, Knight Ridder and Tribune)
8. Froogle (Google)
9. CNET Reviews
10. Monster Marketplace.com
About
the Author:
David is a staff
writer for WebProNews covering technology and business.
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CIA
Leaks Google Shares
By Jason Lee Miller
As Google stock approaches $400 per share, the Central
Intelligence Agency has decided to get while the getting is good. The
CIA's venture capital firm, In-Q-Tel, announced a plan sale of Google
stock on November 4th.
In-Q-Tel, which also owns stock in Intelliseek and PiXlogic,
announced a sell-off of 5,636 shares of Google stock for estimated
proceeds of over $2.2 million.
In-Q-Tel gained Google shares through Google's acquisition of
satellite mapping company, Keyhole.
Since Google's third quarter announcement of a sevenfold increase
in profits, the price Google shares skyrocketed to reach a height
of $397.47.
As WebProNews' David
Utter reported yesterday, some sources predict Google stock
to climb to as high as $430, a substantial climb from the initial
public stock offering of $85 over a year ago.
Via Inside Google
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Discussing The New Google Analytics
Yesterday, Google
announced the launch of a free
web analytics service based on the recently purchased Urchin
software. Because of the data contained in a site's analytical
report, many feel this gives Google an unprecedented inside
look at what site visitors are looking for. Speculation also
rears its head when people discuss how Google is going
to use this information in relation to their search index.
Has you can see below my greeting note, I've taken snippets
from the WebProWorld Google
Analytics discussion in order to give an example of how
people feel about Google's newest service. Take a look and see
if you have anything you'd like to add.
|| Chris||
Google
Analytics
aaron2005
- I feel that opening up our stats to google is a dangerous
thing really.
google
junky - Glad to see I wasn't the only person that
thought that. Stats are like your websites diary. Are you willing
to open it up to Google?
incrediblehelp
- Like Aaron mentioned this is one of the final keys for Google
to completely data mine the entire web. Offer it for free so
more will install it and use it on their website. Along with
geo-centric and personal search results making affecting the
search results, Google SERP's as we know it will greatly change.
Personally I am going to try it out and see what kind of results
it produces.
DaGrip
- I've just set this up on 1 of my sites...feeling like a moth
drawn into the flame each step of the way.
The knowledge and power this is going to give Google is inestimable and without precedent. It's very difficult to see how another search engine will be able to compete in any meaningful way, in fact I think we can expect Googles share of traffic to go up considerably in the next 12 months.
Let's face it Google owns the Internet now and will for some time.
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