John Battelle's Searchblog Updated : Link to Many Tim brings up a very good point here. In short, he's worried about the second click issue, write large (yep, I just linked to myself). I'd like to put out two guidelines for anyone adopting this "link to myself" strategy: 1. Ensure that no more than 50% of the... Why Google Needs to Buy Wikipedia Because Google Maps is not very good. At the real world. And while Google is trying to fix that by allowing map editing, I don't sense Google will be very good at fostering and nurturing the kind of communities that will allow Maps to self correct. Put another way,... Wikia Search Plugs On Watch out, it might yet surprise us...... Google Without Google Love this. It says it all. Thanks to Philipp.... CrowdFire Update: Almost at 1000! Outside Lands is next week, and folks have been busy uploading photos, videos, and memories of great music over at the CrowdFire site. We're almost at 1000 total media objects, which is amazing. Anyone can feed the fire, which gets lit next week...help us cross into four figures!... Updated: Exclusive: A Look at Google Ad Planner Data Vs. Comscore When Google Ad Planner came out back in June, I immediately thought of Comscore - and I was not alone. Many in the marketing industry thought that Google's product would be a "Comscore killer," and when I noted as much in my coverage, Gian Fulgoni, Comscore's chair, shot back... Q: Is Google a Media Company? A: DUH. YES. The New York Times mines a very old vein.... Lite. Working on CrowdFire (sorry, I know, but it's a big deal to me), as well as Web 2 and tons of other FM stuff, and trying to not ruin my family's time on Island. So I'm going to be dark on the blog for the most part...... I Want a BackRub Way back when, Larry Page thought it would be a cool idea to know what sites were linking back to any particular page you might be on while browsing the Internet. In order to scratch that itch, he had to build a graph of the web. That graph became... Outside Lands Sked Is Up! Check it out here. And don't forget to feed the Crowdfire here. You can see shots from my Blackberry of the Wailers last night here!...