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Google Search Appliance Purchase Leads To Links

Want someone to take you seriously?  An effective (if inelegant) way of getting attention is to flash some cash.  That practice may also, as it turns out, get you a link from Google.

Google Will Bid On Spectrum

Google will bid in the upcoming 700MHz wireless spectrum auction, the company announced this morning. Run by the Federal Communications Commission, the auction is scheduled to begin on January 24, and could run until March.

FTC Yawns At Yahoo, BlueLithium Deal

The Federal Trade Commission gave Yahoo's acquisition of ad network BlueLithium its stamp of approval.

Another Analyst Becomes A Yahoo

Lehman Brothers analyst Doug Anmuth gives Yahoo its second straight day of major Wall Street love for the Internet company's stock.

Microsoft To Purchase Parlano

Microsoft has announced it will purchase Chicago-based Parlano, maker of MindAlign, an application for corporate group chat.

Scripps Purchases Recipezaar

Scripps Networks has purchased Recipezaar, a user- generated recipe community site with more than 230,000 recipes.

Answers Looks Up Dictionary.com Purchase

Next to that term, Answers Corp found an entry for $100 million, and acquired Lexico Publishing Group.

Google To Purchase Postini For $625 Million

Google has announced that it is acquiring Postini, an on demand communications e-mail security company.

Consumers Look Online For Auto Purchase

In the final decision making process of buying an automobile, over half of consumers (53%) use the Internet as their main source for finding information about a vehicle they will purchase according to a DoubleClick Performics survey.

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.