Check this one out that went live overnight about Google buying YouTube….”completely unsubstantiated,” of course. But not completely absurd — seems entirely feasible to me.
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Reflections & analysis about innovation, technology, startups, investing, healthcare, and more .... with a focus on Minnesota, Land of 10,000 Lakes. Blogging continuously since 2005.
Check this one out that went live overnight about Google buying YouTube….”completely unsubstantiated,” of course. But not completely absurd — seems entirely feasible to me.
Tags: Google, YouTube, TechCrunch
Just wanted to say that. Hey, somebody ring the gong! Not bad for about nine months [he said modestly], considering I tend to write pretty long posts — articles, really, for the most part — and this is only a part-time effort for me. But I do try to mix things up by breaking up all the long articles with a short nugget from time to time.
Nothing to report specifically in this post — I just wanted to mark the milestone and thank you, my readers. Plus I didn’t think I should devote a special post like this to any one company or news item. Rather, I thought I should stage that next real blog post so it becomes Number 101. How about I just use this one for the purpose of seeking feedback? So, tell me then, folks — how am I doing?
thanks again for reading!
Graeme
This is the flat-out funniest search term I’ve seen to date that brings up my blog in Google’s search results — actually, I’m fourth on the list (out of 14,700), which was complete news to me. Goes to show you search algorithms still have a long way to go, I guess. How do I find such things, you ask? (I don’t even own a Furby, or know anyone who does.) Here’s how: in the traffic stats provided by my blog hoster, Typepad, I can see referring sites that bring people to my blog page — and that includes searches people do at Google, Yahoo, Ask.com, and other such sites. But the interesting thing is that I get to see the search term they used. These terms have been all over the map, but I think this is the first one that actually made me laugh out loud… So, how in the world does my blog come up on such a strange search request? I certainly don’t have a “Toys” category. Well, let me explain. First, here’s a screen-grab of part of the search-results page.
I attended a technology conference early this year called Demo, and I blogged a lot about that event. Some 70 new companies and products were debuted there, one of which was the “Pleo,” which was from the same guy who invented the “Furby.” In the particular post where I mentioned the Pleo and the Furby, I also had used the term “buzz” — meaning the media and blog coverage that Demo creates. All that must have really been confusing to this little kid (I assume) who was dutifully slogging through all these search results trying to get the damn toy to shut up! 🙂
Hey, venture capital rankings aren’t everything! Minneapolis-St.Paul may be well down the list there, but it holds a stong number-two position in this category, says Forbes Magazine. The photo on this page alone is worth the look.
Was that “Rolling Stones” or “Strolling Bones”? With Mick and the band all north of 60, how can anyone feel old? Can’t we all keep goin’ forever?
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