Cygnus Systems, Inc. has filed a lawsuit in Arizona Federal court against Microsoft, Google and Apple. They have just been granted a patent for “System and method for iconic software environment management.”, and claim the three larger companies have been overusing icons. Yes, you read that right. The icons on your browser, your Windows Explorers [...]
Icon Navigation Patented?
December 28th, 2008Google Answers Bounce Question – Or do They?
December 26th, 2008Google Analytics spokesperson has reportedly stated that Google considers a ‘bounce’ a visit to your landing page with no other activity taken – in other words, they see your landing page, and leave. If they click to another page in your site, then even of they leave immediately it is not a bounce. If they [...]
Online Spend Takes Last Minute Hike
December 26th, 2008In a surprising last minute jump, online spending leaped past last year’s by almost 98% for the last weekend before Christmas. Some attributed it to the weather, others to last minute guilt spending during a weak economy. What ever the reason, many online retailers were delighted t see the boost in sales. The highest searched [...]
Data Retention by Yahoo Cut to Three Months- Will Google Follow Suit?
December 25th, 2008Last week search engine #2 (Yahoo) said it would reduce its retention period for search user log data by ten months – from thirteen months to three months. Instantly the call went out for Google and Microsoft to step up and shrink the time they store users’ search queries, IP addresses and cookies. Consumer Watchdog [...]
Musical Hulu?
December 23rd, 2008Warner, Universal and Sony are reportedly in talks for starting their own site for music videos. The war with YouTube continues, as Warner bailed on the enormous video site last week. Universal on the other hand, makes tens of millions off of YouTube, and expects that number to go even higher in 2009. So is [...]