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The Hip Hop Search Engine
By Ben Charny | Posted: 2006-03-31
Ask.com thought Friday it was pulling an April Fool's prank a little early with a fake press release about a hip hop search engine. It seems the joke was actually on them. On March 31, Ask.com issued a statement, embargoed until April 1, about a rhyming dictionary soon to appear
Google Shareholder Meeting Set
By Ben Charny | Posted: 2006-03-31
As seen here, Google's set for its annual shareholder meeting, to take place on May 11 at Google HQ in Mountain View, Calif. Google stock owners will be asked to re-elect the board of directors, plus approve of Ernst & Young LLP as Google's independent auditor for 2006. Also, there's
Google Mashers Turn On Google
By Ben Charny | Posted: 2006-03-31
Web developers combining their creations with Google maps aren't a very happy lot any more. This was once an adoring throng of Web hobbyists and professionals, happy that Google had released
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Maps, No Longer An Ad Free Zone
By Ben Charny | Posted: 2006-03-30
Google's begun selling advertising on its maps, as another once ad-free Internet zone falls by the wayside. For now, the ads will be limited to Google Local. But expect more to come. Yahoo is already testing this kind of a feature, so expect something from them soon. And then the
Sugar Daddy Google's Coming!
By Ben Charny | Posted: 2006-03-30
Like the good consumer it is, Google plans to buy, buy, buy, or so it says, after it raises $2.1 billion later this year by selling more shares of Google stock. What are they going to buy? Wal-Mart? No. But Google's capable of pulling the trigger on some sizable
Google Finance: We're Number 28!
By Ben Charny | Posted: 2006-03-30
Google Finance, a business information Web site, has so far captured just 0.53 percent of the Internet audience for this kind of information, according to a new report from Hitwise, which
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$2.1B Google Stock Sale In The Oven
By Ben Charny | Posted: 2006-03-29
As can be seen here, Google has filed plans to sell another 5.3 million shares, valued at about $2 billion. The company plans to use the money it raises through the offering for "general corporate
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Google, AOL Deal Creeps Closer to Finish Line
By Ben Charny | Posted: 2006-03-29
Google has inched closer to finalizing its deal to buy a 5 percent stake in Time Warner Inc.'s America Online. According to this Google government filing, the companies have signed their
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Patent Trolls, Unite! Your Day Has Come
By Ben Charny | Posted: 2006-03-29
Patent trolls everywhere, rejoice. You may have the U.S. Supreme Court in your corner. It appears the high court is hesitant to monkey with existing patent laws and procedures, based
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Saddam Hussein Needs an Editor
By Ben Charny | Posted: 2006-03-28
(Warning: For now, both Web sites cited in this dispatch seem to be overwhelmed by all the attention.) Here's a job for you: Saddam Hussein's editor. The former Iraqi leader needs to punch his stuff up! Try this 2003 letter he wrote on for size: "We have said, since the great military
Google to Play Wireless Host?
By Ben Charny | Posted: 2006-03-27
Three newly unearthed patent applications attributed to Google employees offers some new tips about Google's wireless plans. Based on all the technology described in the applications, Google could,
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Talking TLDs, T and A with Paul Twomey
By Ben Charny | Posted: 2006-03-27
Paul Twomey heads ICANN, the Internet's leading governor. ICANN meets this week in Wellington, New Zealand. He spoke to reporters briefly before the affair kicked off. The deadline's
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The Politics of Search
By Ben Charny | Posted: 2006-03-27
There's new Federal Election Commission rules about revealing whether an Internet ad is political in nature, and what group or individual paid for it. For more, see here. Search engines, and
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Book Seller, Google Have Coffee Klatch, Discuss
By Ben Charny | Posted: 2006-03-24
Looks like Google is fooling around with mapvertising again, and has book seller Barnes & Noble in on the caper. Internet marketer Shimon Sandler says he's noticed a new icon, in the shape of a coffee cup, showing up on results from Google Local, which is the Mountain View, Calif.-based
Google Magazine Ads: Not a Page Turner
By Ben Charny | Posted: 2006-03-24
Google's initial experience placing ads in magazines and other print publications, as Businessweek reports, has been lackluster. Some advertisers tell the publication that even
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