Archive for the ‘Web Warehouse’ Category

Google v Bing : So lets have it out

Much has been said already about Bing, the new SE from Microsoft and the $100 million dollars being used to promote it. The bottom line is this – is it helpful in exploring our chosen corners of the web?
Maybe we no longer have to all choose the same one (more or less) for all queries [...]

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Iran: A Nation of Bloggers

30 years after the revolution. In the words of Ian Black “…minority groups are persecuted and the media often faces repression, one reason why Iran has such a vibrant blogosphere and alternative Art scene.” src: The Guardian – audio slide show
Here’s a short visual essay produced by 4 students from the Vancouver Film School.

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Adsensi for domains & misspell corrections

I see Google is extending Adsense to domains starting in the US – blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch
This news will have had typosquatters up and down the country jumping for joy, ‘what economic crisis?’ ‘buy fireworks’, ‘organise a street parade!’
Not so fast Mr.Typo.
A small but none insignificant piece of news was seen of late. Changes have been noticed in [...]

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Cybersquatting, opportunism and a phone book

Merde ! Forgot to register the damn domain !
French Secretary of State Yves Jégo announced in November a new Government backed web site dedicated to promoting tourism to over-seas territories: Voyageoutremer.com. Alors – nobody registered the domain name.
Petit detail that didn’t go unnoticed by CLASH an assosiaton based on the island of St.Barthelemy, who slapped [...]

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Did you know you’re right here, right now?

Another stab at informing us – just what is actually going on – in 5 minutes flat … and then ends by asking us what it all means.
It sounds like we were all born yesterday and the Internet is 10 minutes old. How should we know?
At least now I know that during the course of [...]

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