ThomasB2B Launches Paid Search ClickZ, covering the launch of ThomasB2B.com (a search/directory service focused on the B2B vertical) has an interesting quote from Dan Savage, the president of ThomasB2B.com: “I think if Google or Overture were to start over again…

Yahoo Acquires Musicmatch For $160M socalTech.com reports that Yahoo! has acquired Musicmatch for $160MM. Coupled with its Launch service, and recent renewed rebranding of consumer devices (broken by Engadget), it seems quite possible that Yahoo! is preparing to directly challenge…

Steve Rubel on Danny Sullivan on the Yahoo Search Blog (Jeremy Zawodny’s blog) Jeremy Zawodny backs up Danny Sullivan (of Search Watch fame) when Steve Rubel asks (i.e., doesn’t accuse) whether Danny’s integrity can remain intact after Danny guest blogs…

America Online Jumps Into Shopping Search Well, I feigned surprise earlier today in my post about the NYTimes coverage about AOL’s upcoming Shopping Search launch, and the fact that the NYTimes didn’t ask about their plans for offline shopping… but…

Overture Shifting To Default Broad Match This has been a long time coming; during my time consulting as a core member of Overture’s launch last summer, everything from naming, to bidding, to listing management was in question around in the…

Welcome to AOL.com! Intentionally or not, a mock-up of a potential redesign of AOL’s home page became public today. And, while the mock-up is somewhat sparse and certainly incomplete, it hints at a customizable, personalized experience that better surfaces many…

The Daily Rundown – Interview with James Pitkow (Full Version) The Daily Rundown does an Interview with James Pitkow, CEO of Moreover Technologies. (I recently mentioned Moreover in reference to a posting on John Battelle’s blog on RSS Blender.) Of…

The New York Times > Technology > E-Commerce Report: AOL Expands Shopping Features Quick summary: – AOL is reinvigorated – They are relaunching their online shopping effort – It will include comparison shopping functionality – It will be priced via…

Citysearch, Entertainment Publications Team For Offers The lack of integration between IACI (InterActive Corp) properties has been a mystery to me for quite some time. Sure, there’s some cross-linking, but nothing that really provides end users with a significantly better…

Blogger Help : Does Blogger support TrackBack? I’ve been spending a bunch more time with my blog and RSS Reader the last few days (finally), and am developing a deep sense of TypePad envy. It started simply enough; just a…