It’s not often you get to suggest that Google is playing “catch-up” to a competitor, so I’m sure the headline above will bring a wry smile to the folks at Yahoo.

Humor aside, it does appear that Google’s blog post, announcing their expansion of features for Google Mobile, is in reaction to Yahoo’s oneSearch initiative.

There are two main broad categories of risk with Web 2.0, social engineering and flaws in developer’s code. For people who are working web 2.0, having a risk table and mitigation standards for these two broad categories will help define policy and guidance when something bad happens.

We’ve already reported that online marketing campaigns will be an important element of the 2008 election – not surprising, considering the growth in online spending by politicians.

If you have a good memory, you’ll recall Yahoo’s sweet click fraud settlement deal, which would hold the company to just $5m in legal fees and a review of click fraud activity back to 2004. If you don’t have a good memory, that’s why we’re here!

The winners of the first ever YouTube Video Awards have been announced, and ninjas and treadmill-hopping pop stars, among others, ruled the day.  Almost as interesting is the amount of attention the awards have gotten in the mainstream media.

MSNBC, ABC, and FOX.  Newsday, the Chicago Sun Times, and the New York Times.  Even sources in Australia, Britain, and Italy have reported on the outcome.  If anyone still had doubts about how well-known Google’s pet project has become, let those lists erase their misgivings.

The Email Sender and Provider Coalition have released the results of their survey that examines the email behaviors of consumers. The results revealed that the average American is an experienced email user and that they have specific ways of managing email and spam.

 The survey found that over 80 percent of consumers use the "Report Spam" and "Unsubscribe" features to manage the email they receive. Fifty-three percent said they would open and read email if the sending company had a certified icon in the email program.

I’m physically ill after reading what happened to Kathy Sierra. Maryam and several others here at PodTech asked me about it and are concerned since the same sites that are attacking Kathy also mentioned me and Maryam. Maryam is really freaked out about it. So am I.