links for 2005-11-17
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The American Press Institute has launched a $2 million year-long research project trying to find new business models for newspapers
From Search Engine Watch reports on the emerging market for B2B search and features commentary by some current players in that sector. One of the top trends highlighted at the Search Engine Strategies conference in San Jose was the growing importance of vertical search, and one of the key sessions in the vertical track was…
CustomScoop is currently testing a free online clipping service covering news, blogs and more. It is based on the same technology that powers the paid CustomScoop service. This new product, called Personal Edition, offers similar functionality without all the bells and whistles that the subscription product has. It has also been designed to take advantage…
Reuters: U.S. writers are suing Google Inc. in a federal court, alleging that the Web search leader’s bid to digitize the book collections of major libraries infringes individual author’s copyrights.
For all of those who have heard about this cool new Web 2.0 technology called AJAX but have no idea what it is or what it means for the average user, the CNET did a decent write-up.
CNN’s replacement for the venerable Inside Politics will include a tip of the hat to the online world, with podcasts and blogs part of the coverage. Let’s just hope they incorporate it in a less cheesy way than the current IP blog segment. CNN reports on its own format change: "The Situation Room" will be…
I wasn’t able to make it out to Gnomedex, unfortunately. Fortunately, I’ve been able to catch some of it through the streaming feed provided by the conference. I found it very interesting several weeks ago when I first heard that John Edwards would be a keynote speaker at the event. It really demonstrates the lengths…