Library Stuff

TechCrunch – “Despite attempts to evolve search into something more human friendly, there’s still a big hole there. As useful as Google is, it doesn’t answer questions very well, and it isn’t good at making highly subjective recommendation.”

MediaWeek – “Yahoo has partnered with GMC to launch an original video series that leverages Yahoo Answers, the portal’s successful community Q&A platform. The new Answers on the Street show, marries the Yahoo Answers wisdom of the crowds concept with man on the street interviews, with a healthy dose of branded entertainment mixed in”

They buy Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com and Reference.com for a lot of money. Dictionary.com is the default definition engine on Google, which is probably where they made most of their money. (via)