Readings for February 29th, 2008


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Search Engine Land: Is IAC Ready To Drop Ask.com Search Technology & Partner With Google?

IAC: Ready To Bail On Ask? from Silicon Valley Insider reports an insider tip that IAC may sell off or abandon their search technology and outsource it to Google.

Here is the tip:

There is indeed a big shakeup coming. A new Ask. Some think a reduction in workforce is likely. There are no sacred cows, Teoma may be sold or simply abandoned which is hundreds of engineers who work on the core search engine, in place of just using Google's search with our special brand of user interface.

I can honestly say, if true, it does not surprise me. Diller, IAC's CEO, is not happy with the return he has been seeing from Ask.com. Although he has said time and time again that he loves the technology, Diller is a numbers guy.


Source: Search Engine Land

Rick Latona: To the Top! The Mt. Kilimanjaro Story

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The trip started out like most of my worldly adventures. I left my passport at home and had to call a friend to run by my house and rush it to the Atlanta airport. Twenty minutes later I realized that I had the keys to my car in my pocket which was parked behind my wife's car. I had to call that same friend and have him run all the way back down to the airport and get them. Now that I am back I figure I'll buy him lunch and find out if he is still a friend at all anymore.


Source: RickLatona.com