Yup, I just logged into MSN and found that they launched a competitive product to Yahoo & Google’s desktop search products. It’s called the MSN Toolbar . I’m busy downloading – will give full feedback once it’s launched. All searches on MSN are now being passed through to their new MSN Search product.
Archive for January, 2005
Quick Acquisition Predictions for 2005
1. Google will look to buy Skype or similar. 2. Yahoo will look to buy Linkshare or similar (ValueClick?). 3. MSN will launch themed search capabilities (better content targeting). 4. Google will do one of the following : A. Buy Mozilla, B. Buy Opera, C. Build a browser More predictions to come as the year [...]
New York, New York
It’s freezing in the Big Apple! I wouldn’t be surprised it’s it’s about -20 Celsius!! What a trip!! We arrived at Fort Myers Aiport on Saturday at about 10am to catch our 3 hour flight into New York, only to find that New York is stuck in the biggest blizzard since 1978! All flights into [...]
Welcome to Miami
Ok! So I made it into Miami. We fly South African Airways. Ok, so not the best, but the only South African airline to fly into the USA. Their customer service is shoddy, and their staff aren’t that bright – ahhh…the inefficiencies of monopolies. Hopefully the Airports Compay of South Africa will take the country’s [...]
Globe Trotting
I’ll be in Miami, Fort Myers, New York and Boston for the next 2 weeks, amongst other things, attending the Online Dating conference. Hopefully I’ll be blogging often, but if not, don’t sweat, I’m still alive. I need to make a shameless punt for a site we built for a client, GoToMyPC Software. The great [...]
Vinny Lingham is an International Award winning Entrepreneur & Search Engine Marketer. He is currently CEO of Free Website maker, Yola.