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Blog Posts During October 2007Is Wikipedia Admitting Defeat?Posted on 3rd October 2007 at 9:27 am by Chris Dugdale
Not happy with adding the NOFOLLOW attribute to all outbound links, Wikipedia, in its attempt to curb the tide of spam and vandalism, is to trial a system whereby edits require review from "trusted editors" in order to be published. Unlikely antitrust alliance over DoubleClick purchasePosted on 1st October 2007 at 11:03 am by Manley
While we wait for the result of the EU Competition Regulator's review of Google's proposed purchase of rival on-line advertising mogul, DoubleClick, following similar submissions to both the Australian competition regulator and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, some big guns who have previously suffered at the hands of antitrust officials are forming an unlikely alliance to oppose the purchase. Personalisation of SearchPosted on 1st October 2007 at 12:33 am by Manley
Personalisation is an inherent part of many of the search engines? offerings, with Google first introducing the concept in 2004, allowing users to specify their interests to gain a more customised set of results. Yahoo! followed suit in March, 2005 with Yahoo! 360° which is a customised search service as well as a social networking site offering features such as blogs, photo and music sharing. |