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"Weblog" Term Celebrates Tenth Birthday

It's sometimes hard to believe how quickly things move; it was only ten years ago that a certain word was coined, and yet some people now use an abbreviated form of it a dozen (or more) times a day.  The word, of course, is "weblog."

FCC Gets Monkey's Paw From Telco Front Group

You might say it's a sort of monkey's paw that Hands Off the Internet, an AT&T-backed "grass roots" organization has called on the FCC to investigate Comcast for violating the four principles of Network Neutrality. On the surface, it looks like progress. But can it be trusted?

Google Turns Nine(-ish)

Some people refuse to accept that they’re aging.  Google’s okay with the idea; it just refuses to age at a reliable rate.  But the search giant has decided that today, September 27th, is its ninth birthday.

Fred Thompson's Webmaster Doesn't Know Dmoz

The potential Presidential candidate's campaign doesn't know why a Google listing for his official website has a description they didn't write. We know what happened.

Sponsorships Work Better Than AdSense

One blogger found that a trio of potential revenue streams simply did not work for him; he did credit paid sponsor ads for their help.

Flickr Readies 333 Birthday Party

The photo community site has a party planned for Saturday, March 3rd, in San Francisco to celebrate Flickr's third birthday.

Opera Mini Has A Ninjarific Birthday

The adoption of web browsing on mobile devices has helped Opera Mini enjoy a successful first year in and out of the pockets of people around the world.

Yahoo, AT&T Mark Five Years Together

Internet companies are usually pretty forward-thinking; this comes, I suppose, with the territory. Yahoo made a strange move today, however, by celebrating an event that's well in the past - its five-year-old "groundbreaking alliance" with AT&T.

JobsInSearch Turns Two!!

Congratulations to Mike Taylor as JobsInSearch.com celebrates its second birthday this week, having launched two years ago as the first specialist international job site covering Search Engine Marketing related jobs and careers.

Schachter "Totally Thrilled" With Delicious

The social bookmarking site recently passed one million registered users, just ahead of its third birthday. Joshua Schachter isn't settling for a slice of Delicious birthday cake; he's got plans for the site that will go deeper than the Popular list. Much deeper.