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Yahoo
Socializes MyWeb Bookmarks
A recent upgrade performed by Yahoo's MyWeb team has tweaked a few of the features
in the service, with one being an easier way to find and share bookmarks with
others.
Google,
Baidu Stared Down By Chinese Marketers
Some 637 Chinese e-marketing agencies indicated that they will file a class action
lawsuit against major search engines like Baidu, Google, Yahoo, and others, claiming
breach of contract, according to People's Daily Online.
Netflix
Calls ‘Cut’ On Blockbuster Online
Home video rental chain Blockbuster got its own block busted by Netflix yesterday
after the online rental company slapped it with a patent infringement lawsuit
over Blockbuster Online.
Clooney
Launches Spam War Against Gawker
In stage two of George Clooney's war on the blogosphere, the heralded producer
of Academy Award smug (see South Park's snarky send up) has launched a spam attack
against online celeb gossip rag Gawker. It all began with a silly little Google
Maps mashup.
New
Tablet Lenovo Outed By the French
Warning: This could be just a rumor. Lenovo's been pretty quiet about the inevitability
of a move to include tablet computing capabilities into its recently released
ThinkPad X60 line. But the bloggers at Core Duo say they've found the smoking
gun.
Newstex
Conducting Gawker, Corante On Demand
Content from the two well-known blog networks will be available as part of Newstex's
Blogs On Demand service.
Lycos-Qumana
Launches Blog Tool
The desktop blog tool from Lycos-Qumana works with Qumana Q-Ads integrated ad
program to insert ads into blogs. The Lycos-Qumana Desktop Blog Editor allows
users to post entries to blogs on all major blog platforms...
Google
Base Traffic Flatlines
The line graph of Google Base's market share over the winter looks much like a
mitten-clad hand waving "bye-bye" or "stop." A month after
it launched, Google Base hit its lowest point, and according to Hitwise, March
wasn't any better.
Google
Sitemaps Wants Your URLs
Vanessa Fox, a technical director for Google's Sitemaps product, thinks you should
be using Sitemaps with your site today. Here's why. "How do I get into Google?"
It's a common refrain found on websites, forums, blogs, and inboxes of tech writers.
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WPW Search Discussion Posts |
Google Won't Love Me!
I've been working on my SEO for sometime on Skate-Shoes-X.com getting relevant backlinks, XML sitemaps, etc.
And, Yahoo and other search engines love me.
But, google won't give me any love. What am I doing wrong?
Linking Campaigns for
Customers
I am doing some research in anticipation of my new specialised SEO service. I
would love to hear from fellow SEO pros your views on linking campaigns. Do you
do carry out link campaigns on behalf of customers or do you encourage them to
do-it-themselves? How much time do you allocate per month...
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Thursday Apr 06, 2006 |
The City of San Francisco finished its review of proposals to create a city-wide wireless broadband network, and chose the EarthLink/Google submission out of the six finalist proposals they considered.
Editor's Note: How long will it take for Google to expand its wireless network to other cities? Can Google profit from a high-volume, small account approach to local advertising on WiFi? Broadcast your thoughts at WebProWorld.
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announcement
was made yesterday, disclosing the selection of the combined proposal. Now the
City will begin negotiations with Google and EarthLink to hammer out contract
terms for establishing the service. Free basic wireless service and faster connections
for a monthly fee should be part of the final contract.
"San Francisco has undertaken a thorough, innovative, and transparent process to reach an audacious goal: free wifi for our residents," said DTIS Executive Director Chris Vein. "By undertaking two competitive processes, we asked the citizens of San Francisco what they thought we should do and we asked the best and brightest technical minds what they thought we should do. Today's announcement will take us one step closer to making universal and affordable broadband a reality."
Google had previously agreed to install antennas and equipment throughout San Francisco, and to deliver an ad-supported free wireless broadband service. They would also pay the City for access rights to utility poles and other locations to place its WiFi equipment. That part of the proposal has been shifted to EarthLink.
It appears EarthLink will do the heavy lifting on the customer service side of the equation. Although Google plans to provide Tier 1 support via email and an online help center, the proposal noted that if "a network outage or issue affecting multiple customers exists," Google may pass the issue to EarthLink support.
EarthLink also detailed multiple levels of support to be available as part of the proposal, for the subscription-based higher speed advertising-free services customers may purchase.
Recently, our Jason Lee Miller noted that Google engineers filed three wireless technology patent applications. All of them appear to have some connection with the forthcoming service in San Francisco:
Patent #20060058019: Method and system for dynamically modifying the appearance of browser screens on a client device.
In one embodiment, a connection of a client device to a wireless access point is identified. Further, the appearance of a screen presented on the client device is modified to reflect the brand associated with a provider of the wireless access point.
Patent #20060059043: Method and system to provide wireless access at a reduced rate
Methods and system for providing wireless access at a reduced rate. In one embodiment, access to a WAP is provided to an end-user at a rate subsidized by a first entity. The first entity includes advertisements in an end-user view.
Patent #20060059044: Method and system to provide advertisements based on wireless access points
Methods and system to provide advertisements in a view of an end user accessing a wireless access point. The advertisements are related to the WAP based on a predetermined criterion.
The 174-page proposal by the two tech companies provides for 95 percent outdoor and 90 percent indoor coverage by the network. The basic free service will offer speeds of around 300kbps over 802.11b/g WiFi connections.
Google also noted the benefits of its advertising services for local businesses, saying it can "enable effective and affordable advertising solutions for small businesses and small proprietors for whom traditional advertising may be too expensive."
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Just when Net neutrality seemed a lost cause in Congress, lawmakers began to consider
shifting regulatory power to the Federal Communications Commissions in the form
of case-by-case fines of up to $500,000. The FCC could levy fines if telecoms
are judged to be violating Net neutrality principles.
Network neutrality is a principle supported by Internet giants like Google and Amazon who assert that a freely accessible Internet promotes innovation and therefore telecom and cable companies should not be able to control its use.
Telecom giants like Verizon and AT&T have argued in favor of deregulation so they can set up a second tier of Internet service, charging for the delivery of higher quality premium content. Many lawmakers and Net neutrality proponents are uncomfortable with the notion of a so-called "fast lane" for fear that ISPs will block access to Internet content on a discriminatory basis.
An oft used example of potentially blocked content is Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). If telecoms were allowed to set up a tiered system, they could create a high quality tier for their own services while blocking free or cheaper services such as VoIP, keeping them in a slower, lower quality tier.
Net neutrality supporters were dealt a hard blow this week as House Republicans smashed a proposed amendment to the Telecommunications Act of 1996 that would prevent telecom companies from building a two-tiered Internet. But champions of the cause may look favorably toward a kind of compromise that involves the FCC.
Introduced as an amendment Wednesday by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Eliot
Engel (D-NY), the provision would introduce the FCC to the fray to judge if and
when telecom and cable companies have violated Net neutrality principles.
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