Reprise Media Reading List: 11/08/06
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Written By Kate Zimmermann | November 8, 2006 | Share This
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It’s like Deja Vu in today’s headlines - lots of repeats and follow-ups on older stories. Most notably…
Mistress of Search
Microsoft’s “sexier” search engine, Ms. Dewey, is still trying to make her impression. A month after her release, Search Engine Roundtable gives her a modest thumbs up, while Cre8asite Forums discuss some of her peculiarities. In my opinion though, Search Engine Watch hits the nail on her pretty head - Ms. Dewey is gimmicky, at best, but a weak attempt at search.
Schmidt Cuts Down Collusion Rumors
In a speech at today’s Web 2.0 conference, Eric Schmidt firmly denied that money had been reserved from the Google/YouTube deal to buy off media companies. His words give a firm ax to a rumor that started with an anonymous post relayed through Mark Cuban’s blog. The rumors, blown out of proportion by a number of major media sources, claim that the Google/YouTube deal was collusion.
SearchMash Sighting
SearchMash showed up in the news again, today with a pretty significant redesign. The redesign includes a new query-refinement area, a scalable main results box, image results on the bottom of the page, a wikipedia results box and a section for feedback. As Google’s unbranded testing site, every Searchmash update is easy speculation for future Google designs. Interesting, then, that as Searchmash develops, it looks more and more like Microsoft’s Live.com.
Myspace Founder Loves His Lawyers
A month after his first lawsuit against News Corp was dismissed, Myspace founder Brad Greenspan is back with a new complaint. The Age reports that Greenspan is now suing News Corp for anti-competitive behavior, claiming that Myspace blocks users from even mentioning the internet properties of his new company, LiveUniverse. Furthermore, he says, Myspace has been known to censor other competing sites, like Reddit and YouTube. Says Greenspan, “News Corp’s moves to destroy and limit the freedom MySpace users have enjoyed is analogous to the strategies a dictator would employ after seizing control of a previously free nation.” News Corp, in response, claims that it blocks links to websites that contain adult content, copyright infringement and security risks, and that Greenspan’s sites must have violated one of the three. There’s an extended discussion on the new case at Webmaster World.
Topics: Google, Legal Issues, SEM: Paid Search, Search: News |