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Google and Heineken Study Search for Branding

This week Google released some findings from a test Google Netherlands conducted with Metrixlab, Heineken, and Heineken's agency Twist. They set out to find what effects paid search ads had on branding, and were quite pleased with the results.

Street View For The UK, Netherlands Announced

Here's a nice bit of news for anyone either planning a vacation or, due to the economy, canceling all trips farther than 15 miles from your home: Street View spread again this morning.  Imagery's now available for 25 cities in the UK and the Netherlands, and the service's coverage of France, Italy, and Spain has been expanded, too.

Scanner Busts Dutchies Passing On The Wiki Side

I'm not up on Dutch royalty. I'm not up on any royalty cuz I'm an Uh-mer-kin and we don't dig on that jazz, right? Well, some still do, or else the Today Show wouldn't have anything to talk about on slow news days. Anyway, this about Wikipedia more than Dutch royalty, so let's roll with it.

Microsoft's Digg-Like Site

Microsoft has been running in beta in some foreign markets a website called MSN Reporter that copies many features from the popular Digg website. On MSN Reporter, users share and rate news, rating them up or down with giant “Kicken!” and “Dumpen!” buttons (translated as “Kick it” and “Dump it”).

Microsoft Diggs with MSN Reporter

Microsoft has set foot in the social media sector with MSN Reporter which is a Digg style social news site. According to LiveSide, it was created by the Dutch MSN team and has been avialable in beta since October 2006.

Norway and Netherlands Threaten Fines for iTunes

Consumer protection agencies from Norway and the Netherlands have threatened to take legal action against Apple unless iTunes file-sharing limitations are lifted by later this year.

LiveMSN.TV In Netherlands

Miel points to a short segment online video news show (reminds me of Rocketboom) that MSN is doing in the Netherlands.

MSN Search Toolbar Has International Appeal

Last Friday evening, MSN took their search toolbar to the International community by releasing an updated version, which increases the amount of language support given to foreign countries.

The Netherlands A Land Without iPods.

Dutch recording industry tries persuading government to collect a tax on all devices that could potentially store a pirated work.

Firefox NYT Ad Poster Delays

As one of the contributors to the ground-breaking Firefox double-page ad in the New York Times in December, I ordered the poster version ...