Who’s using social networking functionality as part of their online services? Movie sites. Job sites. Dating sites. Search sites. The list is endless. Well, not exactly endless. Judith Meskill (Social Software blog at Weblogs Inc) has a scary-long list of…

Michael Bazeley of SiliconBeat.com reports that eBay has agreed to buy Rent.com for $415MM; $385MM in eBay stock, $30MM cash. Wow! With the acquisition of Rent.com, eBay is once again squaring off directly with the newspaper industry, most notably with…

Like anyone who blogs (or is alive long enough), I occasionally hear about interesting job opps through friends, referred exec recruiters, etc. Dotan Saguy, who I met at Overture, emailed me about a new position he’s just created at his…

Peter Krasilovsky emailed me to let me know that the Yellow Pages Association has put together a Local Search Guide… essentially their version of a Who’s Who guide to Local Search. I’m not sure what criteria was used in constructing…

I won’t be reviewing it personally (or, at least not for several days), but if you haven’t already heard it from 10 other sources, Microsoft (MSFT) is launching MSN Desktop Search this morning, joing Google, Yahoo and everyone else. Remember,…

Kevin Newcomb of ClickZ takes a look at JupiterResearch data that indicates that Search Engine Marketing (SEM) agencies now control most search money. A very interesting development, indeed. In the “I like to be right” department (hey, who doesn’t?), I’m…

John Battelle notes the launch of Syndicate IQ, a service whose objective is, “To manage, measure and monetize syndicated content.” Finally! I had an email exchange with a senior exec (who I’ll call “Bob”) at a company focused on Feed…

A quick refresh on some recent Idealab history: 1. Google acquires Idealab’s solid photo management tool (and instant messaging platform) Picasa. 2. Idealab announces the oh-so-transparent Snap.com and beta of local-referral service Insider Pages at Web 2.0. 3. Now, according…

I’m neck deep simultaneously packing boxes for my move this weekend and cranking on a consulting gig (hence the slow posting), but need to take a quick break to acknowledge an interesting development (and a good man)… and of course…

(Disclosure on involvement in this general space.) It’s no secret that I’m passionate about Search and see RSS (well, Feeds in general) as the next wave in the industry, likely having as disruptive an impact on (careless) established Internet players…