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Google has made some alterations to its algorithm in order to reduce the effect of 'Google bombing'. This means that a search for 'miserable failure' will no longer lead to President Bush's homepage at The White House.
However, the change has not dealt with all these Google bombs. For instance, a search for 'French military victories' on Google will still return spoof pages for the first three results.
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by Graham Charlton
29 January 2007 18:36pm
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Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has predicted that growing uptake of online video content and broadband TV will revolutionise viewing habits within the next five years.
The ability of web-based TV services to offer users what they want to watch, when they want to watch it, rather than being slaves to TV schedules, will make all the difference, Gates told the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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by Graham Charlton
29 January 2007 14:07pm
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Congratulations to Ashley Norris and Chris Price over at Shiny Media, who have sealed an investment of $4.5m from Dan Wagner’s newly-launched venture capital fund.
Wagner’s first move at Bright Station Ventures was to take 50% of the 22-strong UK-based blog network, which claims 3m readers each month. It is good news for Shiny and also a healthy development for the European blog sector.
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by Chris Lake
29 January 2007 13:25pm
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Yell has announced a partnership with Oodle, a search engine for local classified adverts.
The new service will allow users to add their own classified ads onto Yell's site.
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by Graham Charlton
29 January 2007 13:11pm
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Business social network LinkedIn has raised $12.8m (£6.5m) in a third round of funding, led by Bessemer and the European Founders Fund.
The move brings the total invested in LinkedIn to more than $26m (£13.2m), and valued the company at $250m (£127m).
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by Graham Charlton
29 January 2007 10:46am
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Revenues from online creative content across Europe will reach €8.3 billion (£5.5 billion) by 2010, according to an EU study. The spread of broadband, mobile and the adoption of digital gadgets will drive the growth.
The research, titled 'Interactive Content and Convergence: Implications for the information Society' assessed the outlook for the online content market, identifying growth areas and potential 'roadblocks' for the market.
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by Graham Charlton
26 January 2007 17:30pm
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A poll conducted by RSA, the security division of EMC, suggests that online banking customers are becoming more concerned about security issues, and would like banks to take more steps to combat fraud.
RSA's Financial Institution Consumer Online Fraud Survey was conducted in December and polled 1,678 adults from the US, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Australia, Singapore and India.
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by Graham Charlton
26 January 2007 13:13pm
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Online auction giant eBay enjoyed a good Christmas period, particularly in the UK and Germany, as fourth quarter earnings turned out to be higher than expected.
A rush to buy hard to find games consoles like the Wii and PS3 was one of the reasons given for the success, as total revenue for the last three months of 2006 reached $1.7bn, a 29% rise on the same period a year earlier.
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by Graham Charlton
26 January 2007 11:37am
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I've been pondering lately how it is that Affiliate Marketing, which helped to generate more than £2 billion in UK e-commerce revenues last year, has scarcely ever got a mention in the national mainstream press.
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by Linus Gregoriadis
25 January 2007 23:00pm
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Bubbl.us is a site which provides users with an interactive and attractive interface with which to make brainstorm and organise your ideas online.
Bubbl.us is the brainchild of Russian Kirill Edelman, a web designer who resides in the US. The site uses Flash and Ajax technology to help you organise your ideas simply and effectively.
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by Graham Charlton
25 January 2007 13:40pm
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