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American Airlines Drops Google Lawsuit

The use of competitor keywords had American flying into the courtroom, but both sides taxied out with a quiet and confidential settlement.

ComScore: Big Three Gained In June Searches

Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft all saw month over month increases in their share of the US search market in June 2008.

What Percent Makes A Monopoly?

Let's leave Microsoft out of this and just assume their antitrust complaints to Congress are self-servingly suspect and hypocritical—after all, Yahoo acquisition timing aside, how does a company that has controlled the computer and browser market for decades suddenly earn sympathy when they can't compete in another market?

Online Video Ads Acceptable In Professional Content

User-Generated Video will continue to account for almost half of all online video between 2008 and 2013, but will account for just 4 percent of ad-related online video during the period according to digital analytics firm TDG.User-Generated video accounts for 42 percent of online video while professional online video represents 58 percent of streams and 96 percent of ad-related revenue, which is unlikely to change over the next five years.

Psst, Email Marketing? Get DKIM Now

DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM), a synthesis of email authentication work by Yahoo, Cisco, and other companies, holds a key advantage for email marketers beyond getting mail to recipients.

The (One-Sided) Anatomy Of A Startup Failure

PodTech.net had a lot of buzz around it primarily because blogger Robert Scoble left the sturdy walls of Microsoft to be a part of it. There were others with nice pedigrees, too, and $7.5 million in VC funding spelled sure success. It must not have spelled it in English, though. This week, PodTech sold to ViewPartner, a company that doesn't even seem to have a website, for under $500,000, or enough to purchase a one-bedroom condo in San Francisco.

New Wikipedia Editing System Being Weighed

Wikipedia is defined by its community contribution model, and so far, the approach has worked quite well.  The German version of Wikipedia has been experimenting with an edit approval system, though, and it seems the system may be ready to spread.Under the stricter rules, anyone and everyone can still edit articles.  The main difference is that new changes are kept out of public sight until a designated checker can look at and okay them.

Websites Add Humor To The Mortgage Crisis

With millions of homeowners falling into foreclosure, real estate agent and Web site creator Lisa LaShawn is taking aim at the mortgage industry with two Web sites that put a humorous spin on an otherwise serious problem.

Google Economics: Bad Quarter Hid Good News

The usual and customary reaction to missing earnings predictions got under way after Google's reported 11 cents less than what analysts expected. Google explained why they should relax.

Google Bids And Wins Russia's Begun

Context ads firm ZAO Begun joined Google after the search advertising company purchased it from parent firm Rambler Media for $140 million.