Comments on: Time.com Adds “Sphere It” Links http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/ Startup and Tech News Fri, 16 May 2008 08:27:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: TechCrunch en français » AOL acquiert le moteur de recherche Sphere http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-2177573 TechCrunch en français » AOL acquiert le moteur de recherche Sphere Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:44:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-2177573 [...] ayant un contenu pertinent pour les grands sites d’informations. Time fut ainsi le premier à utiliser le fameux “Sphere it”; il fut suivi par les plus gros blogs. En Juillet 2007, nous [...] […] ayant un contenu pertinent pour les grands sites d’informations. Time fut ainsi le premier à utiliser le fameux “Sphere it”; il fut suivi par les plus gros blogs. En Juillet 2007, nous […]

]]> By: AOL Buys Sphere Content Engine http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-2177441 AOL Buys Sphere Content Engine Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:06:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-2177441 [...] delivering blog results relevant to content delivered by big news and content sites. Time was the first to go live with “Sphere It” links, and most of the big news sites followed over time. In July 2007 [...] […] delivering blog results relevant to content delivered by big news and content sites. Time was the first to go live with “Sphere It” links, and most of the big news sites followed over time. In July 2007 […]

]]> By: Can Live » Blog Archive » The thin line dividing Blogs and MSM is disappearing http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-1918478 Can Live » Blog Archive » The thin line dividing Blogs and MSM is disappearing Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:53:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-1918478 [...] now has a tie-up with Sphere, a blog search engine. Articles on Time.com have a “Sphere It” link that shows related [...] […] now has a tie-up with Sphere, a blog search engine. Articles on Time.com have a “Sphere It” link that shows related […]

]]> By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Yoono Adds Blog Suggestions http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-568932 Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Yoono Adds Blog Suggestions Thu, 21 Dec 2006 02:07:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-568932 [...] For more on article suggestions, check out SphereIt. [...] […] For more on article suggestions, check out SphereIt. […]

]]> By: About Sphere, what am I missing? « SEND IT!!! http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-368953 About Sphere, what am I missing? « SEND IT!!! Fri, 10 Nov 2006 23:44:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-368953 [...] Recently, I had the opportunity to install the “Sphere It!” button on my browser under the presumption that Sphere’s algorithms would unearth related content better than anything else I had used before. This is a promise that keeps coming up, from search engines offering relatedness or selling their intuitive sense of what people are looking for, through their years of research and the intelligence and experience of their founders. Well, I’m sorry to say, this one falls by the way side like all of the others, though their marketing has served them well given the types of deals they’ve been doing as of late (ie. Time.com, About.com, Marketwatch, etc.) [...] […] Recently, I had the opportunity to install the “Sphere It!” button on my browser under the presumption that Sphere’s algorithms would unearth related content better than anything else I had used before. This is a promise that keeps coming up, from search engines offering relatedness or selling their intuitive sense of what people are looking for, through their years of research and the intelligence and experience of their founders. Well, I’m sorry to say, this one falls by the way side like all of the others, though their marketing has served them well given the types of deals they’ve been doing as of late (ie. Time.com, About.com, Marketwatch, etc.) […]

]]> By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Sphere Nails Long Terms Deal With About.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-114811 Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Sphere Nails Long Terms Deal With About.com Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:52:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-114811 [...] In May we wrote about Sphere’s deal with Time.com. Next week, Sphere will announce a deal with the New York Times subsidiary About.com to embed the core Sphere It technology within About.com articles. [...] […] In May we wrote about Sphere’s deal with Time.com. Next week, Sphere will announce a deal with the New York Times subsidiary About.com to embed the core Sphere It technology within About.com articles. […]

]]> By: Time.com adds Sphere Blog Search Links » Search Engine Herald http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-60402 Time.com adds Sphere Blog Search Links » Search Engine Herald Thu, 01 Jun 2006 17:22:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-60402 [...] You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your ownsite. [...] […] You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your ownsite. […]

]]> By: Sphere, search engine for blogs at Blog . Jiboneus http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-54086 Sphere, search engine for blogs at Blog . Jiboneus Fri, 26 May 2006 16:59:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-54086 [...] It also seems that Sphere has made quite a mark, as Time magazine (Time.com) has embedded a number of it’s articles with the “Sphere It!” button. TechCrunch has more info on that. Check it out. LINK [ Sphere.com ] Technorati Tags: Blogosphere blogs Bookmarklet Search Search Engine sphere sphere.com Web2.0 // Used for showing and hiding user information in the comment form function ShowUtils() { document.getElementById("authorinfo").style.display = ""; document.getElementById("showinfo").style.display = "none"; document.getElementById("hideinfo").style.display = ""; } function HideUtils() { document.getElementById("authorinfo").style.display = "none"; document.getElementById("showinfo").style.display = ""; document.getElementById("hideinfo").style.display = "none"; } [...] […] It also seems that Sphere has made quite a mark, as Time magazine (Time.com) has embedded a number of it’s articles with the “Sphere It!” button. TechCrunch has more info on that. Check it out. LINK [ Sphere.com ] Technorati Tags: Blogosphere blogs Bookmarklet Search Search Engine sphere sphere.com Web2.0 // Used for showing and hiding user information in the comment form function ShowUtils() { document.getElementById(”authorinfo”).style.display = “”; document.getElementById(”showinfo”).style.display = “none”; document.getElementById(”hideinfo”).style.display = “”; } function HideUtils() { document.getElementById(”authorinfo”).style.display = “none”; document.getElementById(”showinfo”).style.display = “”; document.getElementById(”hideinfo”).style.display = “none”; } […]

]]> By: Sphere makes its move!!! at business|bytes|genes|molecules http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-53752 Sphere makes its move!!! at business|bytes|genes|molecules Fri, 26 May 2006 04:55:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-53752 [...] Sphere is a blog search service that was launched recently to good reviews. In recent weeks it has managed to beat out such long time industry leaders like Technorati by getting Time.com to add Sphere It links to articles. Sphere has only been around short time, but I have started seeing its impact on my own blog. Every time I check the newly launch Live Hits on Feedburner, there are always a few “Sphere It” hits. If they are showing up for my site, I can’t even imagine how many hits a site lich Tech Crunch or Guy Kawasaki get. [...] […] Sphere is a blog search service that was launched recently to good reviews. In recent weeks it has managed to beat out such long time industry leaders like Technorati by getting Time.com to add Sphere It links to articles. Sphere has only been around short time, but I have started seeing its impact on my own blog. Every time I check the newly launch Live Hits on Feedburner, there are always a few “Sphere It” hits. If they are showing up for my site, I can’t even imagine how many hits a site lich Tech Crunch or Guy Kawasaki get. […]

]]> By: heyjude » Sphere it! to read it! http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-53284 heyjude » Sphere it! to read it! Thu, 25 May 2006 12:17:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-53284 [...] I have to say that the report from TechCrunch about "Sphere It" was a damn good find. [...] […] I have to say that the report from TechCrunch about "Sphere It" was a damn good find. […]

]]> By: Abhijit Nadgouda @ iface » Blog Archive » The Changing Face Of Search Engines http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-52696 Abhijit Nadgouda @ iface » Blog Archive » The Changing Face Of Search Engines Wed, 24 May 2006 13:25:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-52696 [...] Sphere (blog) is a search engine dedicated for weblogs. And yet, it does not use tags. This is good, because then it offers something different than existing engines like Technorati. Sphere looks at everything else - the linking, quality of links, metadata of the blog like average post length, frequency of posts and have an algorithm which does semantic analysis of the blog. The search results are accompanied with an excerpt as well as a link to the profile of the blog. Clearly these steps are taken to identify the authorities on subjects and to provide a bigger picture to the user. Sphere has also made it convenient for the user to search by providing a bookmarklet for it. Users can now use that bookmarklet while reading an article on a topic to get blog search results about it, very convenient. Time.com is using the “Sphere It” link so that readers can find related blog posts. [...] […] Sphere (blog) is a search engine dedicated for weblogs. And yet, it does not use tags. This is good, because then it offers something different than existing engines like Technorati. Sphere looks at everything else - the linking, quality of links, metadata of the blog like average post length, frequency of posts and have an algorithm which does semantic analysis of the blog. The search results are accompanied with an excerpt as well as a link to the profile of the blog. Clearly these steps are taken to identify the authorities on subjects and to provide a bigger picture to the user. Sphere has also made it convenient for the user to search by providing a bookmarklet for it. Users can now use that bookmarklet while reading an article on a topic to get blog search results about it, very convenient. Time.com is using the “Sphere It” link so that readers can find related blog posts. […]

]]> By: Vignesh Ravi http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-52491 Vignesh Ravi Wed, 24 May 2006 06:22:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-52491 As RBA pointed out, we are at a crossroads in time, where the definition of mainstream media is blurred. It is also nice for sphere that they hit it big with Time testing this feature out. This is the kind of break that every startup hopes for.... As RBA pointed out, we are at a crossroads in time, where the definition of mainstream media is blurred. It is also nice for sphere that they hit it big with Time testing this feature out. This is the kind of break that every startup hopes for….

]]> By: אנקדוטות » ספירה ישנה-חדשה http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-52481 אנקדוטות » ספירה ישנה-חדשה Wed, 24 May 2006 06:09:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-52481 [...] לאחר הדיון הארך והמתיש בתגובות של חנן על מערכת היחסים ההולכת ומתעמקת בין עיתונות לבלוגים ולעולם התוכן העצמאי נתקלתי בפוסט של טק קראנץ’ על השילוב של sphere בTime.com משלשום. באתר המגזין הוסיפו לינק למציאת תוכן עצמאי בבלוגים הקשור לכתבה באמצעות אתר sphere. [...] […] לאחר הדיון הארך והמתיש בתגובות של חנן על מערכת היחסים ההולכת ומתעמקת בין עיתונות לבלוגים ולעולם התוכן העצמאי נתקלתי בפוסט של טק קראנץ’ על השילוב של sphere בTime.com משלשום. באתר המגזין הוסיפו לינק למציאת תוכן עצמאי בבלוגים הקשור לכתבה באמצעות אתר sphere. […]

]]> By: Sphere Hits the Time Magazine Website » The Bivings Report http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-52286 Sphere Hits the Time Magazine Website » The Bivings Report Wed, 24 May 2006 02:31:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-52286 [...] I saw on Techcrunch that the new blog search engine Sphere has launched a competing tool that is currently getting a trial on Time Magazine’s website. According to Sphere, the Sphere tool is different in that it performs a semantic analysis of web pages to find articles on the same topic. So, in theory, the new Sphere tool will find more related blog entries than the Technorati product since it is searching based on similarities in content between the article and blog entries as opposed to simply whether the blog entry links to the article. [...] […] I saw on Techcrunch that the new blog search engine Sphere has launched a competing tool that is currently getting a trial on Time Magazine’s website. According to Sphere, the Sphere tool is different in that it performs a semantic analysis of web pages to find articles on the same topic. So, in theory, the new Sphere tool will find more related blog entries than the Technorati product since it is searching based on similarities in content between the article and blog entries as opposed to simply whether the blog entry links to the article. […]

]]> By: Sphere It! Service, Search Engines, Blog Syndication, and Blah at JG etc. http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-52083 Sphere It! Service, Search Engines, Blog Syndication, and Blah at JG etc. Wed, 24 May 2006 00:36:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-52083 [...] Congrats to Tony Conrad of Sphere for landing the deal with Time Magazine. I like the idea of getting away from link cosmos and going with something like content semantic analysis. I have been a fan of Tony’s ideas since I saw him speak of his Bmodel at SXSW. Anytime you can land a distribution partner like Time when you have four employees, you are doing good business. [...] […] Congrats to Tony Conrad of Sphere for landing the deal with Time Magazine. I like the idea of getting away from link cosmos and going with something like content semantic analysis. I have been a fan of Tony’s ideas since I saw him speak of his Bmodel at SXSW. Anytime you can land a distribution partner like Time when you have four employees, you are doing good business. […]

]]> By: » Time.com Adds “Sphere It” Links http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-51988 » Time.com Adds “Sphere It” Links Tue, 23 May 2006 21:49:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-51988 [...] San Francisco-based blog search engine Sphere is less than a month old, and already has links to its “Sphere It” functionality embedded in a number of time.com articles. The links are prominently placed below the headlines of articles and link directly to Sphere blog search results related to the topic. Unlike Technorati’s “Technorati This” feature, which shows blog entries that link to the URL being searched, Sphere It doesn’t report links. Rather, it does a semantic analysis on the text within the page being searched and returns blog results that it finds relevant to the article. READ ON. [...] […] San Francisco-based blog search engine Sphere is less than a month old, and already has links to its “Sphere It” functionality embedded in a number of time.com articles. The links are prominently placed below the headlines of articles and link directly to Sphere blog search results related to the topic. Unlike Technorati’s “Technorati This” feature, which shows blog entries that link to the URL being searched, Sphere It doesn’t report links. Rather, it does a semantic analysis on the text within the page being searched and returns blog results that it finds relevant to the article. READ ON. […]

]]> By: Search Engine Journal » Sphere Added To Time.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-51719 Search Engine Journal » Sphere Added To Time.com Tue, 23 May 2006 15:36:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-51719 [...] Via TechCrunch, Time.com has added the nifty Sphere It bookmarklet to a variety of Time.com articles. More from TechCrunch: “While this type of exposure is excellent for new startup Sphere, it’s also great for the blogosphere. I would imagine the average Time.com reader is not fully aware of what blogs have to offer in terms of breaking news and (often) intelligent commentary. This should drive more mainstream Internet users to the blogosphere over time.” [...] […] Via TechCrunch, Time.com has added the nifty Sphere It bookmarklet to a variety of Time.com articles. More from TechCrunch: “While this type of exposure is excellent for new startup Sphere, it’s also great for the blogosphere. I would imagine the average Time.com reader is not fully aware of what blogs have to offer in terms of breaking news and (often) intelligent commentary. This should drive more mainstream Internet users to the blogosphere over time.” […]

]]> By: BiZwiKi.CN - 喧闹 PK 噪音 » Blog Archive » 搜索，你用了多少个引擎？ http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-51353 BiZwiKi.CN - 喧闹 PK 噪音 » Blog Archive » 搜索，你用了多少个引擎？ Tue, 23 May 2006 10:28:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-51353 [...] 欢迎San Francisco-based Blog 搜索引擎 Sphere 加入Search Engine 服务提供商阵型，从此我们又多了一个搜索引擎可供使用了！Sphere 在成立不到一个月得时间之内马上便得到了外界的认同，除了积累为数不少的注册用户以外，最近他们的 “Sphere It” 标签按钮（真正使它出现在人们眼球当中的原因）更是被《时代周刊》应用在多篇time.com 的文章上面。这里，这里，还有这里；都可以看到time.com 使用Sphere 的几个例子。Sphere 的CEO - Tony Conrad 标识目前他们正在与Time.com 共同测试Sphere 的各项功能与表现性能。只要点击 按钮，Sphere 搜索引擎会把链接到那个文章上面的所有Blog 的标题作为搜索结构排列出来，那么你将可以看到在Blogosphere 上面所有关于这个主题的评论与回应。Michael Arrington 曾经就Sphere 发表过一篇介绍性文章 - New Blog Search Engine Sphere Launches. 其服务目的很明确，在于让浏览者了解有多少Blog 正在关注网站上的这篇文章。 按钮正是提供这样一个通过将当前浏览器上面的URL 网页地址作为搜索条件发送给Sphere 的搜索引擎然后向浏览者返回搜索结果，从而提供给用户一个便捷的一键搜索功能。如果你对这个新的搜索引擎服务感兴趣，可以在这里 安装“Sphere It” 标签按钮。很自然的是人们马上会拿Sphere 与 Technorati 进行比较。根据Tony Conrad 的介绍，Technorati 单纯的根据是返回链接到相关页面的URL 地址的Blog；而Sphere 则通过查询相关页面内部的内容，根据上下文对Blog 进行跟踪与查询（如果真的是这样的话，这需要多大的工作量？）Tony Conrad 给出了“Sphere it” 与“Technorati this” 返回的结果比较。Sphere it 返回了464 篇Blog 文章，而Technorati this 仅仅返回了4篇 —— This above example exposes some weaknesses that a link based approach (Technorati This!) has vs. a semantic analysis approach (Sphere It!): [...] […] 欢迎San Francisco-based Blog 搜索引擎 Sphere 加入Search Engine 服务提供商阵型，从此我们又多了一个搜索引擎可供使用了！Sphere 在成立不到一个月得时间之内马上便得到了外界的认同，除了积累为数不少的注册用户以外，最近他们的 “Sphere It” 标签按钮（真正使它出现在人们眼球当中的原因）更是被《时代周刊》应用在多篇time.com 的文章上面。这里，这里，还有这里；都可以看到time.com 使用Sphere 的几个例子。Sphere 的CEO - Tony Conrad 标识目前他们正在与Time.com 共同测试Sphere 的各项功能与表现性能。只要点击 按钮，Sphere 搜索引擎会把链接到那个文章上面的所有Blog 的标题作为搜索结构排列出来，那么你将可以看到在Blogosphere 上面所有关于这个主题的评论与回应。Michael Arrington 曾经就Sphere 发表过一篇介绍性文章 - New Blog Search Engine Sphere Launches. 其服务目的很明确，在于让浏览者了解有多少Blog 正在关注网站上的这篇文章。 按钮正是提供这样一个通过将当前浏览器上面的URL 网页地址作为搜索条件发送给Sphere 的搜索引擎然后向浏览者返回搜索结果，从而提供给用户一个便捷的一键搜索功能。如果你对这个新的搜索引擎服务感兴趣，可以在这里 安装“Sphere It” 标签按钮。很自然的是人们马上会拿Sphere 与 Technorati 进行比较。根据Tony Conrad 的介绍，Technorati 单纯的根据是返回链接到相关页面的URL 地址的Blog；而Sphere 则通过查询相关页面内部的内容，根据上下文对Blog 进行跟踪与查询（如果真的是这样的话，这需要多大的工作量？）Tony Conrad 给出了“Sphere it” 与“Technorati this” 返回的结果比较。Sphere it 返回了464 篇Blog 文章，而Technorati this 仅仅返回了4篇 —— This above example exposes some weaknesses that a link based approach (Technorati This!) has vs. a semantic analysis approach (Sphere It!): […]

]]> By: Things That ... Make You Go Hmm http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-51346 Things That ... Make You Go Hmm Tue, 23 May 2006 10:14:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-51346 <strong>How to add Sphere It function based on number of words in post...</strong> Techcrunch points out that Time has started using the Sphere It function on its articles. I took a look at the functionality and liked the results it returned. Note: Sphere beta was reviewed at Hmm in November 2005. The Sphere It function analyzes the ... How to add Sphere It function based on number of words in post…

Techcrunch points out that Time has started using the Sphere It function on its articles. I took a look at the functionality and liked the results it returned. Note: Sphere beta was reviewed at Hmm in November 2005.
The Sphere It function analyzes the …

]]> By: Holger Rabbach http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-51344 Holger Rabbach Tue, 23 May 2006 10:10:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-51344 Nice indeed... now I only wish that Sphere would stop spidering my websites in 1 hour intervals and always downloading everything, even when absolutely no changes have been made... or at least reply to my complaint about that kind of behaviour. Nice indeed… now I only wish that Sphere would stop spidering my websites in 1 hour intervals and always downloading everything, even when absolutely no changes have been made… or at least reply to my complaint about that kind of behaviour.

]]> By: Michael Arrington http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-51325 Michael Arrington Tue, 23 May 2006 09:33:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-51325 RBA - good point. RBA - good point.

]]> By: RBA http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-51323 RBA Tue, 23 May 2006 09:21:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-51323 Well I think this is great for Sphere and for blogs in general, but I think the time to say "the blogger revolution goes mainstream" was when Yahoo added blog result to their News search (news.yahoo.com). I remember when Yahoo launched their "News & Blogs" search. AOL had just acquired Weblogs Inc. and Google had recently launched their own blog search. These last two events were getting a lot of attention by bloggers, perhaps rightfully so, but something IMHO much much more powerful: to bring blogs to the most read News page on the web (that's Yahoo News) was getting a lot less converage by bloggers, and when many of them did, they were merely comparing the quality of the results with the Google Blog Search, completely ignoring the amazing move Yahoo had made by bringing blogs to the vast majority of the web audience. That day I convinced myself that most bloggers (not all) all they really care is their own echochamber, period. What Yahoo did that day was amazing, but I guess most bloggers don't read Yahoo News - they read Google News and via RSS so who cares... Um... Ok, Sorry go a bit carried away. Congrats Sphere! I think yours is another great brave move. Best of luck! Well I think this is great for Sphere and for blogs in general, but I think the time to say “the blogger revolution goes mainstream” was when Yahoo added blog result to their News search (news.yahoo.com).

I remember when Yahoo launched their “News & Blogs” search. AOL had just acquired Weblogs Inc. and Google had recently launched their own blog search. These last two events were getting a lot of attention by bloggers, perhaps rightfully so, but something IMHO much much more powerful: to bring blogs to the most read News page on the web (that’s Yahoo News) was getting a lot less converage by bloggers, and when many of them did, they were merely comparing the quality of the results with the Google Blog Search, completely ignoring the amazing move Yahoo had made by bringing blogs to the vast majority of the web audience.

That day I convinced myself that most bloggers (not all) all they really care is their own echochamber, period. What Yahoo did that day was amazing, but I guess most bloggers don’t read Yahoo News - they read Google News and via RSS so who cares… Um… Ok, Sorry go a bit carried away. Congrats Sphere! I think yours is another great brave move. Best of luck!

]]> By: TheWeb20Dev http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-51318 TheWeb20Dev Tue, 23 May 2006 08:41:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-51318 Nice. The blogger revolution goes mainstream! Nice. The blogger revolution goes mainstream!

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]]> By: Motoricerca http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-51261 Motoricerca Tue, 23 May 2006 06:10:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/22/timecom-adds-sphere-it-links/#comment-51261 <strong>Sphere appare su Time...</strong> Il nuovo motore di ricerca per blog Sphere ha già fatto la sua comparsa su un sito importante come time.com. Sphere non è però presente come protagonista di un articolo, ma con una funzionalità che permette di trovare i post presenti nella blogosf... Sphere appare su Time…

Il nuovo motore di ricerca per blog Sphere ha già fatto la sua comparsa su un sito importante come time.com. Sphere non è però presente come protagonista di un articolo, ma con una funzionalità che permette di trovare i post presenti nella blogosf…

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