Google Cowboy’s Up: Shows Search Volume Data

With Google’s release of it’s search volume data for advertisers a week ago, bloggers are running the numbers and testing the accuracy of the “approximate” (noted by google) numbers. So far the votes seem to be coming in with a big thumbs up, even though researchers are figuring out some of the numbers are not accurate, (um… doesn’t it say “approximate” right there on the screen????) you have to give Google credit for transparancy, even if it is really semi-transparent - especially considering Yahoo’s previous big fat inflated numbers embarrassment. Read more

How People, Machines and the Internet will soon Co-Create

Internet Evolution 3.0

How People, Machines and the Internet will soon Create Content Instantly

The internet is evolving into a ubiquitous web that connects through semantic intelligence. As we have journeyed in the last decade from Web 1.0, the connection of base information into Web 2.0, the Social web that connects people and information, we are currently right in the middle of witnessing major technological and social evolution through the emergence of Web 3.0, where internet communities, people, computers and enterprise will be able to speak the same languages beyond programming silos and communicate through information, media and intelligent thought, and create NEW ideas from this information instantly. Essentially, the Web is becoming intelligence capable of learning as humans do.

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Icahn and Microsoft move to oust Yahoo’s Board

Hot off the press tonight, it looks as though all hopes for any kind of truce between the triad of Yahoo, Icahn (who owns a 5% share of Yahoo) and Microsoft have been abandoned. Icahn filed the nominating papers to replace the current 9-member Yahoo Board with directors who will approve Microsoft’s bid. Get ready at the OK Corral, because the showdown for that battle is set for August 1st with a shareholder vote. Icahn has accused the current board of being more interested in their own jobs and interests rather than seeing the benefits of Microsoft’s offer for shareholders. Read more

MoFuse Creates Mobile Version of Your Blog: for FREE

MoFuse is an exciting new app that takes your existing blog and in a couple of clicks turns it into a mobile friendly site for FREE. It pulls the RSS feed from your existing blog, and aggregates it into a mobile blog that is fully customizable and viral. When you set up your account with MoFuse, you are then able to keep track of and add multiple blogs to the service through one account AND fully track all of your mobile statistics and visitors with free mobile analytics. Read more