comScore Releases April 2008 U.S. Search Engine Rankings why does Microsoft bother with search? tags: comscore, microsoft, google, search April 2008 U.S. Core Search Rankings In April, Google Sites extended its share of core searches to 61.6 percent, up from 59.8 percent the previous month. Yahoo! Sites ranked second with 20.4 percent, followed by Microsoft Sites (9.1 percent), AOL LLC (4.6 percent), and Ask Network (4.3 percent). FT.com / In depth – Food prices forecast to stay high for 10 years higher food prices here for 10 years. tags: ft.com, food, biofuels, developing countries The report, by the Organisation for … Continue reading things I read yesterday … 05/23/2008

Microsoft’s “Cash Back” Google Search Killer: Great Idea, Won’t Work – Silicon Alley Insider tags: microsoft, live search cash back Microsoft (MSFT) will announce its Hail Mary attempt to stave off a Google (GOOG) search monopoly this morning, TechCrunch reports. This is the “disruptive” development Microsoft’s Kevin Johnson alluded to last week. It is also a plan Microsoft briefly discussed a couple of years ago (to applause, at least from this analyst). BBC NEWS | Technology | Internet key to Obama victories “The internet favours the outsider, and gives them the ability to quickly mobilise supporters and money online.” tags: … Continue reading things I read yesterday … 05/22/2008

Micro Persuasion: Open Files: Nine Digital Trends for the Future tags: trends, micropersuasion, steve rubel You can read a description of the nine big trends in my Open Files and peruse my deck over on Authentcities, the Edelman Digital blog. The trends include: Faint Signals: The Cut and Paste Web, The Attention Crash, Digital Curators, Super Crunching and Collaboration Continue reading things I read yesterday … 05/21/2008

Guillaume’s blog » Blog Archive » The problem with banking innovation and how to fix it. tags: guillaume, banking disruption, bank strategy Banks are now at a most critical time and their ability to innovate in sustainable business models will be key to their survival. Nouriel Roubini noted this morning that banks’ unsustainable “originate & distribute” business model of the last few years is crumbling with the broken “prioritization food chain”. Facebook Not Selling–Well, Not Yet! And IPO? Try 2010 or Later! | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD tags: allthingsd, facebook, microsoft Many sources inside and outside Facebook with … Continue reading things I read yesterday … 05/20/2008

Microsoft on Yahoo: Internal Memo From Kevin Johnson | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD I read this internal email from Microsoft, and it reads as lunacy. These three statements are simple to write, yet so far from reality. tags: microsoft, allthingsd Innovate and disrupt in search – We will disclose some elements of our plans with this week’s release of search and sharpen our focus on user experience and business model innovation. The work we have done over the last 4 years on search has established a solid foundation to build upon. Win targeted distribution – With this release … Continue reading things I read yesterday … 05/19/2008

Data Portability: It’s The New Walled Garden tags: scobleizer, scoble, arrington, portability, dataportability, walled The scuffle today between Facebook and Google has very little to do with user privacy and everything to do with user control. A huge battle is underway between Google, MySpace and Facebook around control of user profiles and, therefore, users themselves. And their three new products, Data Availability, Facebook Connect, and Friend Connect, are all designed to further that goal. Let me put this another way. How dare Facebook tell ME that I cannot give Google access to this data! Ultimately I hope that I can … Continue reading things I read yesterday … 05/17/2008

Finextra: Monitise targets East African market with JV tags: monitise, finextra Paybox says its Mobiliser platform and Money Mobiliser product will enable customers to remotely save money into their accounts, top up phones, pay utility bills and tithes, buy insurance, send money to friends and relatives, withdraw cash at agents’ locations or ATMs, get access to credit and make investments. Links from My Metavante User Conference Presentation (NetBanker) ..a presentation on Online Banking Innovations at Metavante’s annual user conference in Milwaukee yesterday. tags: netbanker I delivered a presentation on Online Banking Innovations at Metavante’s annual user conference in Milwaukee yesterday. … Continue reading things I read yesterday … 05/16/2008

An Open Challenge to Silicon Valley – Harvard Business Online’s Umair Haque tags: umair, haque, web2.0 But today’s revolutionaries are sheep in wolves’ clothing. They’re lost in the economically meaningless, in the utterly trivial, in the strategically banal: mostly, they’re cutting deals with one another to…try and sell more ads. That is, when they’re not too busy partying. . Continue reading things I read yesterday … 05/15/2008

FT.com / Companies / Media & internet – Google joins assault on social network barriers tags: ft.com Google’s initiative, known as Google Friend Connect, involves software tools that any website can use to add networking capabilities. Visitors to sites that build in this feature will be able to link data automatically from their social networking profiles to applications on the sites. That would make it possible to see what activities other members of a person’s network have undertaken on an unrelated site, or to interact with them. Continue reading things I read yesterday … 05/14/2008

Twitter / Robert Scoble: @dtan just reported an eart… Scoble | First report this morning in North America on the China earthquake. tags: scoble, dtan @dtan just reported an earthquake in Beijing. Wonder how large it is? Off to check out USGS site. Continue reading things I read yesterday … 05/13/2008