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Welcome to the Tuesday, February 3 SearchEngineWorld Daily News Tracker featuring news of Ask.com's partnership with Symantec and revenue losses at parent IAC, Google executives face Italian taunting video litigation, examining Google Analytics script load times, Yahoo stops serving ads in RSS feeds, and more.


Lane R Ellis      
Lead Editor,
SearchEngineWorld

 5:06 pm on Feb. 3, 2009 (utc 0)

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Ask.com parent IAC turns profit as revenue dips / media and advertising businesses see 19 percent revenue drop

http://iac.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1638
http://uk.reuters.com/article/hotStocksNewsUS/idUKTRE5123WK20090203
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10155473-93.html
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-earnings-iacs-still-hopes-on-ask.com-37-million-in-impairment-and-write/
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2009/02/03/iacinteractive-q4-revs-adjusted-earnings-come-in-light/
http://business.techwhack.com/4983-interactivecorp
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200902030848DOWJONESDJONLINE000331_FORTUNE5.htm

Ask.com turns to Symantec to secure more traffic

http://iac.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1639
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-02-03-ask-symantec_N.htm
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10155192-83.html
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2235610/ask-com-teams-symantec
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hCbzq1yK4pDUxUNeA_O6PECcaxkwD96472900

Google Executives Face Jail Time for Italian Video

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/google-executives-face-jail-time-for-italian-video/
http://mashable.com/2009/02/03/google-jail-offensive-video/
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090203/google-che-diavolo-italia/
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-google-execs-face-italian-trial-for-offensive-video-free-speech/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/2/googles-reyes-drummond-on-trial-in-italy
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Google-Privacy-Exec-Facing-Criminal-Charges/
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=99571
http://www.inquisitr.com/17142/google-execs-facing-jail-in-italy/
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-02-03-n69.html
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=12087
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/feb/03/google-trial-privacy

Yahoo chief executive Carol Bartz vents as chief communications officer Jill Nash departs

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/02/02/yahoos-bartz-vents-as-exec-departs/
http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090202/hey-big-spender-the-goodbye-memo-from-yahoo-pr-head-jill-nash/
(related: Bartz said to ask for resignation of press leak source)
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/2/yahoos-bartz-on-verge-of-making-first-big-mistake-yhoo

Hone Google and Yahoo search results with Search Cloudlet

http://www.pcworld.com/article/158532/hone_search_results_with_search_cloudlet.html

Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser loses more share, slides to new low

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/158746/microsofts_ie_loses_more_share_slides_to_new_low.html
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090202/ie-ya-slippin/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/soon_majority_will_drop_ie.php
http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/02/internet-explorers-browser-market-share-shrinks-because-ie6-is-finally-dying/
http://www.inquisitr.com/17110/internet-explorer-loses-more-ground-while-other-browsers-grow/

Google and Nasa back new school for futurists, Singularity University

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8b162dfc-f168-11dd-8790-0000779fd2ac.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/02/world-renowned-scientists-team-with-google-and-nasa-to-launch-singularity-university/
http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/02/the-singularity-is-near-and-it-has-a-university/

Google releases mobile version of Gmail Tasks

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/tasks-paper-vs-iphone.html
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2009/02/tasks-now-available-for-your-phone.html
http://mashable.com/2009/02/02/gmail-tasks-on-iphone/
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/02/google_powers_t.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/02/googles-task-list-turns-up-on-your-android-or-iphone/
http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/02/gmail-adds-task.html

Headup puts semantic search in your browser

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10155093-2.html

French court fines Google over trade marked keywords

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/03/google_france/

Microsoft Open Source Code used by Google's Chrome

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/02/microsoft_open_1.html

Yahoo Stops Serving Ads In RSS Feeds

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/02/yahoo-stops-serving-ads-in-rss-feeds/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/2/yahoo-gives-up-on-rss-ads-yhoo
http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/item/64148/254/5/3

Bebo Co-Founder: AOL Sale Would Be ‘Mildly Disappointing’

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-bebo-co-founder-aol-sale-would-be-mildly-disappointing/

Google And Yahoo, Both Trailing In Korea, Join Forces

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/2/google-and-yahoo-both-trailing-in-korea-join-forces-goog-yhoo

Former Yahoo executives Cheryl Kellond and Usama Fayyad hired by ChoiceStream for online display push

http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3ic76b333f26567c67732aabb3998bc01f

Pingdom examines Google Analytics script load times

http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/01/30/google-analytics-script-loads-97-slower-at-peak-hours-%E2%80%93-in-europe/
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-02-02-n33.html

Google names Jonathan Lister managing director and head of Google Canada

http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/20090202managingdirector.html

Google offers video recap of AdWords TV program summit

http://adwords.blogspot.com/2009/02/google-tv-ads-summit-recap.html

WEB / OTHER

Hulu online video hub unveils intentions with comic Super Bowl ad

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/hulu-unveils-evil-intentions-with-free-super-bowl-ad/
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090202/hulus-super-bowl-pump-fake-not-coming-to-an-ipod-near-you/
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=99574

Online music service MediaMaster.com closes down operations

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/02/03/burn-rate-mediamaster-goes-under/

Super Bowl Ads Harness Twitter

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123361722870741333.html
http://mashable.com/2009/02/02/what-is-twitters-vision/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/02/tweetbowl-taps-into-twitter-to-find-the-super-bowls-real-winners-the-ads/

HarperCollins Expands Into Video Books for Download

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123362056606541549.html
(related: Interest in eBooks Continues to Grow
)
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/hitwise_interest_in_ebooks_kindle_grows.php

BitTorrent Researcher: Copyright Will Be Obsolete by 2010

http://newteevee.com/2009/01/31/bittorrent-researcher-copyright-will-be-obsolete-by-2010/
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090202/0121203596.shtml
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-02/st_thompson
(related: Kiwis get strict copyright, three-strikes law at month's end)
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/kiwis-get-strict-copyright-three-strikes-law-at-months-end.ars
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/03/eircom_agrees_to_three_strikes_enforcement/

BBC on Your 'Twitter Value' and TweetValue.com

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/02/02/how-much-are-you-worth-on-twitter/

Forbes names top 25 Web celebrities including PubCon 2009 Austin keynote speaker Guy Kawasaki

http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/29/web-celebrities-internet-technology-webceleb09_0129_land.html
(related: London Times 50 most popular celebs on Twitter)
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5641893.ece

Travel firms respond to events, share news via Twitter

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2009-02-02-hotel-airlines-travel-twitter_N.htm

A third of adults without Internet don't want it: Pew report

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-02-02-internet-access_N.htm

VideoSurf rides surging Web video wave

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2009-02-02-videosurf_N.htm

Skype VoIP application releases updated 4.0 version

http://mashable.com/2009/02/03/skype-version-4/
http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-10155181-12.html
http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-265763.html
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/03/windows-gets-skype-upgrade/

Mashable asks: Who Is That New Twitter of Friendfeed Follower? Ask Socialwhois

http://www.socialwhois.com/
http://mashable.com/2009/02/02/socialwhois/

Pajamas Media Ad Network Shutting Down

http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090203/another-blog-casualty-conservative-pajamas-media-ad-network-shutting-down/
http://www.inquisitr.com/17071/pajamas-media-fallout-gets-nasty-bloggers-accused-of-accepting-welfare/

LinkedIn experiences downtime

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/03/oops-linkedin-goes-down-cant-get-up/

MySpace Says 90,000 Sex Offenders Blocked From social networking Site

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/03/responding-to-subpoena-myspace-says-90000-sex-offenders-blocked-from-site/

Facebook chief operations officer Sheryl Sandberg interview at Davos forum: TechCrunch

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/02/techcrunch-interviews-facebook-coo-sheryl-sandberg-at-davos/
(related: Facebook Growing Seven Times Faster Than LinkedIn)
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/2/facebook-growing-seven-times-faster-than-linkedin

RockYou Adds Video Ads To Widget Network

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=99575

ISPs Conjoined With NebuAd Claim Innocence

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=99570

 


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