We’ve all seen it happen.  You search for a company’s name on Google, only to find comptitors have purchased their name as a keyword and are using their name to solicit business.
It’s not fair, but companies do it every day.  However, one dating site is trying to stop some search companies from taking part in [...]

Microsoft ventured into the ‘original video’ business in the mid-late 90s, but due to slow dial up connections was unable to find a business model that would work.  However, if once you do not succeed, try, try again.
MSN Originals will be created by Reveille, the creators of The Office and The Biggest Loser.
MediaPost says they [...]

Although Yahoo!, parent company of Flickr, has made plans with other cell phone manufacturers, Nokia and Yahoo! have announced that the Flickr-capable phones that are in the works will be co-marketed by the two companies.
Because Nokia is the largest cell phone manufacturer, it makes sense that Yahoo! would place the bulk of their advertising dollars [...]

The rumors are that Yahoo!, consistently one of the top 3 sites on Alexa and an online powerhouse, is considering buying Digg, a very popular tech-focused social bookmarking site.
Considering that Yahoo! has recently purchased Del.icio.us, Flickr, OddPost, and other ‘happening’ social sites, it only makes sense to add Digg to the foray. 

Yahoo! has puchased some fabulous Web 2.0 companies lately (Flickr, Del.icio.us, OddPost). Unfortunatly, earnings were a penny short of estimates and the great buys just weren’t enough to please Wall St.  From the Internet Stock Blog:
More important, Yahoo’s guidance for Q2 was below the Street’s current consensus: Yahoo guided to net revenue of $1.04-1.1 [...]

In a NYTimes article over the weekend, a surprising comment, not really the focus of the story, is becoming the story for the blogosphere.
Google.com and the company’s foreign search sites contribute more to Google’s bottom line than AdSense, because for every dollar the company brings in through AdSense and other places that distribute its ads, [...]

Jeremy Zawodny of Yahoo! complained of Feedster’s poor performance on his blog yesterday. 
Is it just me, or has Feedster been completely useless for over 6 months now? I have no idea if it’s related to the recent departure of Scott Rafer (former CEO) and Scott Johnson (former co-founder), but I’m amazed at how bad it [...]

Be sure to evaluate your blogging strategy from time to time.  With the community-feeling of the web, you can see how you are doing in relation to your goals of creating an online voice for your company.
Free Tools for Blogosphere Evaluation:

Technorati
Feedster
egoSurf
Alexa
Google Page Rank

If you aren’t reaching your goals, consider applying a deeper level [...]

Google executives can stop shaking just a bit as Steve Ballmer agressively denies the rampant rumors that Microsoft is courting Yahoo!.
While denials in business don’t always ring true, this one seems too astronomical to be seriously considered.  Though, keep in mind, stranger bedfellows have recently joined forces.  (WeblogsInc+AOL, , Ebay+Skype, Yahoo!+Flickr, and AOL+Google)