Amsterdam - Regional Internet Registries (RIRs), including the RIPE NCC (Network Coordination Centre), have warned that routers and network management software should be upgraded ahead of the increased distribution of four-byte (also known as 32-bit) Autonomous System (AS) numbers.
AS numbers are a vital part of the Internet’s core routing system, the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). With existing two-byte AS numbers predicted to run out in early 2011, RIRs will issue four-byte AS... Read Full Story
According to several reports from the tech industry, Google’s negotiations to purchase Digg.com have been recindled over the last six weeks. Google’s fascination with the Digg voting concept estimates the acquisition price to be in the $200 million range. The two companies have reportedly signed a letter of intent, getting them closer to a deal that will add Digg.com to the Google News property umbrella.
However, it could be a couple of weeks before the deal is finalized, but the... Read Full Story
It pains me to do this because Timbaland is definitely one of my favorite producers, but homie gets the Jumento award for this gem from an MTV News article:
I really do focus groups. I get reports, readouts. I'm not gonna talk about it. If you ask for documentation, I got it. I'm a businessman and at the same time a CEO. But I looked at the charts: I went platinum in 16 different countries. Africa? Double platinum. Ireland? Double platinum. New Zealand? Triple platinum. London... Read Full Story
One of the biggest frustrations for an AdWords advertiser is when a minimum bid for highly relevant keywords jump from a few cents to a few dollars without any seemingly reasonable explanation. The keyword, ad copy, and landing page can all be highly relevant. The CTR could be above 5%. The keyword converts well. Users are obviously happy to be clicking on your ads. However, when Google updates the quality score, there are days when logic and minimum bids seem to disagree.
Besides... Read Full Story
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on
Search Engine Land and from other
places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
Google "Knows" About 1 Trillion Web Items How big is Google's web index? Google hasn't said for years and still isn't saying -- but it is blogging today about how it "knows" of 1 trillion web-based items. Joy, we haven't had a search engine talk about pages it knows about to confuse things since the Lycos...
Italian Prosecutors To Sue... Read Full Story
How big is Google's web index? Google hasn't said for years and still
isn't saying -- but it is
blogging today about how it "knows" of 1 trillion web-based items. Joy,
we haven't had a search engine talk about pages it knows about to confuse
things since the Lycos days. Glad to have Google making the first shot to
take us back into the search engine size wars of old.
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Italy Is to File Charges Against Google Executives from the Wall Street Journal reports that Italian prosecutors have completed their two-year investigation and are ready to file charges against four Google executives.
The suit is over YouTube hosting a video of a disabled teen being taunted by others. The prosecutors are suing for defamation and violation of privacy, including criminal charges. The case is reportedly going to go into trial in September for not being able to control the... Read Full Story
I just had to publish a post that I could title "1,000,000,000,000" (1 trillion) and Google gives me the perfect opportunity with news that it’s spiders have discovered that many web pages.
The first Google index in 1998 already had 26 million pages, and by 2000 the Google index reached the one billion mark. Over the last eight years, we’ve seen a lot of big numbers about how much content is really out there. Recently, even our search engineers stopped in awe about just how big the web is... Read Full Story
Billing itself as a "Super Search Engine,"IAC's RushmoreDrive.com has announced a 2009 Range Rover Sport Sweepstakes.
RushmoreDrive.com, the new search engine for the Black community from Barry Diller's IAC (InterActiveCorp) announced its Range Rover Sport Drive Away Sweepstakes at the Michael Baisden LIVE event held at the Nokia Theatre in New York City.
Surprisingly, there's no mention of the Sweepstakes on the search engine's home page or media pages.
RushmoreDrive.com hopes to... Read Full Story
