Ask.com is based in Oakland, California, and as many people know, the region experienced a minor earthquake late last week. For Ask, this was an opportunity to plug its Earthquake Search. The Ask.com team also took a moment to note one casualty: a Google pen.

Wow, talk about your tasteless Google Maps Mashups:

MSNBC.com has launched a special earthquake eyewitness weblog written by readers that bolsters its coverage of the massive quake that struck Indonesia today with on-the-ground reports.

PubSub is one of those companies looking to be at the cutting-edge of search, blog feeds and information monitoring (they continuously scan over 8 million blogs and over 50,000 newsgroups).

Launched yesterday – Broadcasters-Tsunamihelp, a new wiki-based portal that aims to ensure there is coordination between broadcasters and non-governmental organizations …

I am going to have to channel Nostradamus to get to the bottom of this one. Apparently, Dan Sherman, a blogger …

This morning, I was reading Evelyn Rodriguez’ latest posts in Crossroads Dispatches following her safe return home.

Reviewing my various RSS feeds, I’m literally taken aback by the sheer volume of commentaries about the Asia earthquake/tsunamis disaster by bloggers.