So Long Yahoo Mash

Including features that are commonly found on other networks like Facebook and MySpace, Yahoo Mash was Yahoo’s beta attempt at the Social Networking scene. I have to ask the question “where have I been?” It was not long ago that I reported on the demise of...

Google Cows Point North

The Los Angeles Times reports German researchers, through the help of Google Earth, have discovered that 2 out of 3 cows point North. Using Google Earth, the researchers studied more than 300 herds of cattle from around the world. Of the 8510 cows they observed, two...

Google’s Treatment of Memorial Day is Confusing

Google celebrates many holidays with pizazz by presenting a themed logo. On Memorial Day Google has not opted to provide a themed logo as long as I can remember, yet as Search Engine Journal depicted today many of the other search engines do a decent job of theming...

Google Goes Social, Launches Friend Connect

The social web is rapidly growing and Google is trying to tap into this massive industry with the launch of Friend Connect. Released in a limited preview, Friend Connect allows web site owners to incorporate a number of gadgets to their site in an effort to improve...

UK Mobile Phone Usage for Social Networking

I am just on the way out the door but I caught this (opens in PDF) excellent news release by Nielsen/NetRatings stating that “one in four members of UK social networks use their phones to network.” Now considering that Europeans tend to be dramatically...

A Google LinkForth – Articles of Note this Friday

In my travels today I came across a few articles I just had to share. How Social Networking Could Kill Web Search as We Know It Source: Popular Mechanics. April 16th, 2008.Excerpt: Such a prediction probably seems ridiculous when Google has a market capitalization...