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16 August 2002

The automated PR machine goes mad and reports that the Australian F2 web site has bought a few sponsored listings from Looksmart. This is news?

..we guess it is news, as there appears to be nothing happening on the search horizon today. So instead...

Ten tips on writing the living web.

Interesting examination of the diamond myth.

Swap a song, go to jail?

Ah...finally found something search related. Google praises Linux scalibility and demonstrates that Linux is ready for prime time.

And finally today, hacking Las Vegas.

15 August 2002

FAST/AlltheWeb announce a design competition. Create a masterful interface for their search engine, using their Alchemist technology, and be in to win a gift certificate from Amazon.

As if e-commerce wasn't suffering enough. Yet another security flaw discovered in IE. This time it affects SSL.

Online music swapping will continue to thrive until 2006. We also predict that music industry whining about file downloads won't actually stop until 2007, when suddenly online distribution profit figures surpass those of traditional distribution channels. The music industry will then claim "it was all our idea".

And finally today, the disturbing HisTory of Michael Jackson's face.

14 August 2002

Lycos launches Pay-Per-Click offering.

Deep linking lunacy continues. German copyright law appears to render deep linking illegal.

Blogging goes commercial? The debate around this issue sounds remarkably similar to the debate around commercial websites circa 1993. Could anyone actually make money out of a website? Should they? History repeats...

And finally today, Forrester Research claims that downloading is not responsible for music industry woes. Roll on 2005 and the awakening of the slothful music industry beast.

13 August 2002

SearchDay editor Chris Sherman pointed out this interview with Jim Reese, Google's Chief Operations Engineer. In the interview, Jim discusses the technology behind Google. There's also a Q&A session here. Interesting snippet: Google lose 32 machines a day, due to hardware failure, from their massive server farm.

How start-ups can learn from Google.

And finally today, former dot.com darlings open hot dog stand.

12 August 2002

Graphicbrain, a search engine for the graphics industry, introduces a new e-mail alert feature.

Yahoo risks complicity with Chinese government. Apparently the Chinese government is concerned about subversive content and wants Yahoo to police this matter for them. Indeed.

Why ads on the net don't work. All depends what you mean by "ad", really.

And finally today, you may have seen a pic doing the rounds in which an unlikely shark attempts to obtain lunch from an unlikely source. Here's the rebuff.