Big blog post coming soon....
Working on an IGA piece that started off as a few bullet points and has grown and grown.In Prague this week meeting reps from the other European SEMPO working groups, looking to put the search world to rights. 
Be sure to post any suitable topics you want raising.
It’s been emotional – update on Latitude blog.
Following the closure of the MyWeb and Yahoo Briefcase services, Geocities has become the third victim of the extensive cost cuts taking place at Yahoo!
The Revolution article references the closure of 360 and Mash, but since these were only in BETA they shouldn’t have affected as many Yahoo! customers.
It looks to me like Yahoo! is trmming down to get back into shape for a further round of discussions with Microsoft.
Great video showing the potential for delivering a sixth-sense style internet experience with $350 of kit.
As the weather starts to pick-up, it’s good to know that there is still growth in the UK digital market.
Read the IAB press release here.
I just published a short post on the Latitude blog about Microsoft and Google’s recent testing of favicon’s in the SERPs.
Half way through writing the piece I realised I didn’t actually have a favicon on my own blog, so set about trying to generate and upload one. While there were lots of blog posts on uploading a favicon to a hosted wordpress.org blog, there was little to help me upload one to my wordpress.com blog.
The answer finally came here, and was surprisingly easy to do.
Great 9 minute video from Google’s Chief Economist, Hal Varian.
I’ve lost count of the number of times that I’ve done this same thing!
2 Blog posts in as many days. Making up for a drought of posting in 2009. This one’s on the Latitude site though and it’s all about search harmony.
Hot on the heels of the closure f the MyWeb service, I’ve just received an email notifying me of Yahoo’s plan to close its briefcase service at the end of March.
I guess I’ll have to find a new home for those (really) old files.
Wonder which service will be next?
We’ve all experienced the fail-whale downtime on twitter and we must all be asking how long the service can last without some additional funding or serious monetisation – quickly.
Today’s article on Search Insider postulates about the likelihood of Google stepping into the current round of funding talks, and that makes some sense. But there is one issue – Google already bought the wrong player.
Back in Oct 2007, Google bought Jaiku and, looking back now, it’s clear backed the wrong horse. While Twitter has grown at phenomenal pace, Jaiku has languished in its wake. Is Google really going to eat humble pie and admit Jaiku was an error?
So, who else should we expect to dig into their pockets to support Twitter?
Surely given the massive success of Twitter on mobile devices, specifically the iPhone, one of the mobile operators would see it as a massive value add service? Or perhaps a true media company should get involved? After all, it’s great entertainment watch Jonathan Ross introduce celebrity friends such as Russell Brand and David Walliams tentatively step into the twittersphere!
Postscript – 3rd April, 2009
Looks like talks between Google are heating up based on reports, here and here.
