Received an email alert from Classified Intelligence this weekend.  Looks like GoogleBase is now delivering their users to jump pages from the results page instead of to the listing on the source site.  This Google hosted/created jump page displays all the attribute information and it’s striking how much thislooks like a listing.
It will be interesting […]

I was surprised to read today on AuctionBytes that AOL is exiting the classifieds game.   As the biz model for classifieds shifts, seems like it would be an ideal time for them to double down on this service. 

The Internet continues to churn our more and more choice for consumers.   At the same time, it’s getting harder and harder for consumers to find what they are looking for.     New techniques that seem be doing the most to address this issue provide more context to the discovery process.  Here are three that jump […]

In a previous post, I poked fun at all the Web 2.0 hype and jargon.   I do think, however, that we have entered a new and distinctly different phase of the Internet.  IMHO, it’s being driven by the fact that the primary business model for most sites on the web has changed.   And it’s this […]