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Today Yahoo! and IndexTools announced that Yahoo! is acquiring IndexTools. Here is the official press release.
I’m really jazzed about it. IndexTools is a great group that’s been laser focused on the stuff that customers care about. They have a very practical attitude towards their products. Because they started in 2000, they learned […]

Hi kids! Today the cute and cuddly Mr. Penguin from AOL will answer all your questions on behavioral targeting! Isn’t he cute! Now you know that behavioral targeting is your friend!
Have a good day! And a tip o’the cap to the Good People at AOL who keep Mr. Penguin in anchovies in return […]

So I see the U.S. Government is showing off the new currency ..

Hey, they are using Yahoo! purple for the number. Coincidence? I’m just asking…

I’ve been dorking with Twitter .. still trying to figure out if it’s a great waste of time, or a lousy waste of time. I’m sure the cool kids are using it via SMS, but something about having my phone buzz me to learn that one of my friends is now eating a cookie […]

Like many bloggers, I use FeedBurner to distribute my RSS feed. They provide well-formed feeds, predictable performance, and a small amount of reporting so I can see how many RSS readers I have and what articles they click on. You might recall that FeedBurner acquired BlogBeat some time back, but I don’t think […]

The online ad market gets more interesting by the week. Yesterday WPP Group, a huge advertising conglomerate, agreed to acquire 24/7 Real Media.
Microsoft, not to be denied an ad network, purchased Seattle-based aQuantive — for an amazing US$6B in cash, an 85% premium. That means Microsoft gets Avenue A | Razorfish and […]

Another Emetrics has come and gone. Many of the Summit’s highlights have been presented in other blogs, but I did want to point out a few personal observations:
Big News and Rumors: Eric Peterson strikes out on his own, a new Google Analytics, and WebSideStory changes its name to Visual Sciences. But the biggest […]

Scoble asks What Will Steve Jobs Kill Next?
It’s a good list, if not misleading (the iPhone will have a keyboard equivalent, for instance) but shows how designers should be ruthless in challenging assumptions, and cutting out what isn’t necessary.
Think about web analytics software. We’re overwhelmed by silly reports, useless visualizations, and bizarre multidimensional slice-and-dice […]

Pick a number and pass it on.

Google Inc. (DOM-258936)
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View CA 94043

Domain Name: mygoogle.com
Created on…………..: 2000-Apr-07.
Record last updated on..: 2007-Mar-06 04:08:38.

Perhaps “My Google” was a bit too cheeky - so they called it iGoogle. OK. And good luck with that. They have fans.
How strange then, when G changed its branding without notice, confused users turned to […]

What could POSSIBLY make me whip out the ol’ blog software and post something?
New Mission of Burma arrived today. Eight (8) CD singles, from their upcoming Matador album The Obliterati (out May 23, 2006).
Heaven.

The problem with some of the “new Web” applications isn’t the application itself but the business model. Build an incremental feature, create some buzz in the echo chamber, and then sit back and wait for GAMEY (Google / AOL / Microsoft / eBay / Yahoo) to buy your company.
I suspect we all have some […]

I can’t escape the observation that a simple idea, executed well, can not only change the world (or a part of it), but can also be satisfying in so many ways (like financially). Witness Yahoo!’s acquisition of Flickr, Konfabulator, and upcoming.org. How long until somebody snaps up Ning? How about the […]

Go to Google and type in the name of Yahoo’s Chief Data Officer. Check out the sponsored link.

I’ve always had a soft spot for DEMO, a no-nonsense look at emerging technology. For years, Chris Shipley’s been doing a great job picking the new and interesting stuff. Gauge/Accrue had our time at DEMO, and it was greatly rewarding for both the exposure and the contacts we made.
DEMOfall ‘05 starts today. I won’t […]