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Tag: Semantic Web
Thoughts On Google’s +1 and The Gamesmanship of Search Marketing
In my last post, I alluded to Google’s +1 service as part of the search engine’s attempt to become social. While that post was primarily meant to briefly call out +1, the more that I thought about it, the more it seemed that it should be its post. Why? Because there are some issues at […]
If Google Buys Digg, Say Hello to ‘Diggle’
Yes, I penned that myself. I figured that if people can come up with merged names like “Brangelina”, “TomKat”, and “MicroHoo”, then why not “Diggle”? But what is “Diggle”? It’s a combination of Google and Digg… As reported on TechCrunch earlier today, there are reports that the search engine giant will purchase Digg, the brainchild […]
Yahoo’s not giving up without a fight
Surprise…surprise…Yahoo’s troubles aren’t over. Although not enough for Microsoft, they’ve rallied around Carl Icahn to lead the charge to acquire the number two search engine. But while this theoretically could create a powerful competitor to Google, Yahoo’s board of directors are claiming that they might be better off trying to survive on their own. So […]
Break Time at SocialDevCamp East
So I’ve spent nearly several hours here at SocialDevCamp East at the University of Baltimore and I must say that I’m quite impressed with what’s been going on. Thank you to the organizers (David Troy, Ann Bernard, Keith Casey, and anyone else I forgot) for arranging cool sessions. I think that I’ve got some good […]
Web 2.0 + 1 = Web 3.0
Does anyone notice that we’re already past Web 1.0 and over 2.0? Well in case you didn’t, you had better catch up to the rest of the online world. It’s shocking to believe but we’re in Web 3.0. What is 3.0, you ask? It’s just an evolutionary step above the whole user interaction phase of […]