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Coverpop puts a new spin on how a person might search for something. One problem with most current search methods requires that you leave the initial results as you click each result. With coverpop, not only do you see all the results while viewing the detail of a single item, but they are all presented as images which makes for an entirely different experience. It’s fun to go through the different coverpops that have been made.
Unfortunately, therein lies the only problem with coverpop. Every coverpop has been created by coverpop creator Jim Bumgardner. Meaning at this point, it’s just a fun experiment to play with. Fun it is, but you’re sure to waste away fifteen minutes of your day checking the collection of coverpops out.
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Remember about two months ago when I wrote about winning a $25 Visa giftcard from Blingo? At the time, I mentioned they had partnered with Publishers Clearing House and were likely going to be increasing the types of prizes they give away. It turns out the partnership with PCH was actually Blingo being purchased, and today looks like the first day to start winning big. Previously, I think the top prize was a $100 Visa giftcard, now it’s a new Ford Mustang or $20,000 cash. Other new prizes include $5,000 in cash, a 42-inch plasma television and $1,000 cash. If I could only have won today instead of a month ago!
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Recently, the Belgian Association of Newspaper Editors won a civil complaint against Google (see MSNBC). A court order called for the search giant to cease publishing content from Belgian newspapers without permission or fee payments, and imposing fines of over $1 million per day if Google failed to comply. There is also more on this story at the Google blog.
As the MSNBC article points out, Google is also battling a similar issue with the French courts. Emboldened by these actions, Reuters reports the World Association of Newspapers is now looking at how it can more tightly control what content search engines can use. This is tilting at windmills.
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Ziki, the personal content aggregator I’ve written about before, is testing a new feature where they purchase Google AdWords for some of the names of their users — including me! — to make sure you show up at the top during searches on your name. Sound familiar? If you’ve been reading this blog it should, that idea also happens to be the entire feature set of Naymz. The difference being that Ziki, as far as I can tell at this point, is offering it for free as an enhancement to their already nice feature set. To be fair, Naymz also offers a free version in addition to the $5/month service. Unfortunately, they don’t offer anything else.
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Google continues to widen its lead in the search wars, although Yahoo is still making it a two-horse race. According to the latest June figures from Nielsen/NetRatings, Google now owns an almost 50 percent share of the U.S. search market. Yahoo was a distant second at 23 percent, and MSN slipped to a 10 percent share. However, the telling statistic is the year-over-year (YOY) growth. Google is up 31 percent YOY, Yahoo up 29 percent, and MSN is giving up more ground with only 3 percent YOY growth.
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