Farecast launched it’s public beta today. Wrote about it for SearchDay. Here’s an excerpt…
According to Wikipedia (with a small edit by me), “a market is transparent if much is known by many about: 1) what products and services are available, 2) the price of those products and services, and 3) where those products […]
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A number of people have talked about the potential power of MySpace getting into search. Well, the company put its toes in the water this morning with the launch of MySpace Jobs, powered by SimplyHired. Back in April, SimplyHired raised $13.5m from Fox Interactive Media (FIM), MySpace’s parent company. At that time, […]
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When: August 6 @ 1pm
Where: AT&T Park in San Francisco
Who: You, your colleagues, lots of other people, and me.
Will you be in the Bay Area for Search Engine Strategies? Already in the Bay Area and looking for an excuse to catch a baseball game and hang out with old and new friends?
Sunday, August 6, […]
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Kayak made Entrepreneur & PricewaterhouseCooper’s 2006 Hot 100 List of the fastest growing companies in America.
Not much new information, but the company profile mentions the following:
-2005 Sales: $3.6M
-Co-founders Steven Hafner and Paul English both kicked in $1.5m each to launch Kayak
-23 employees
LogoWorks, a company I consulted for before jumping into ComparisonEngines/VerticalSearch made the […]
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Even in the face of local efforts by Google and Yahoo!, I see soooo much potential for local newspapers to be THE source for local events, business directories, and classifieds. Unfortunately, I haven’t seen much effort by local papers like the Stamford Advocate or San Jose Mercury News to OWN the space.
So I got […]
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Seems like there’s a new feature on SideStep, Kayak, Mobissimo, or FareChase every week (a little like the Google/Yahoo!/MSN/Ask - maps/images/video shuffle game). Today, SideStep launched it’s Travel Guides section. Actually, it’s more Frommer’s Travel Guides section (SideStep is licensing a portion of their content) with some additional content from hotel partners.
Wrote […]
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