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12/29/06 Daily Dubleche: Blogs, Privacy and Job Searching
Hitwise reports that Google Blog Search for the first time has passed Technorati to become the most popular blog search engine on the web
Google Blog Search began catching up to Technorati in October, when Google placed a link to this search engine on the Google News home. This caused a 168% surge in market share for Google Blog Search over a two week period, Hitwise reports.
This comes as no real big suprise to the Dubleche. It has been proven time and time again that a niche group will enjoy the limelight for a fair amount of time, but once the masses become privvy to the latest fad, it will undoubtedly become fodder for Google.
Better Photo Search Could Reduce Privacy
A Swedish startup is combining software and humans to help make photos and other images more easily searchable online, raising privacy concerns as the technology eases the tracking of people across Web sites.
First there was Riya and now there is Polar Rose. I would like this to go one step further and have this technology paired with current people search services. Imagine a people search result paired with a photo and current contact information, now that would be cool.
Internet recruiting and ‘people search engines’
As the saying goes, “Information wants to be free.” Savvy job-seekers know this.
Millions of people go online every day to research companies and compare potential employers. Company Web sites, job boards and other recruiting sites, and blogs posted by disgruntled former employees and upset customers provide a treasure trove of information to help us make career decisions.
We could not agree more. In fact, we publised an article just like this a few weeks ago. Read PSN's article on the same subject here.
Dec 29, 2006
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