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Google Buys Technorati – Not

Tom, I have to disagree with your point about Google buying Technorati. Although there are compelling reasons for Google to do this they can do everything Technorati does and more with a few days of programming. After all legend has it that Google News was built in a few days… Blog search can be built in the same amount of time if not less.

Let’s look at the facts. Google already searches and indexes all the blogs out there anyway. All they need to do is to add a tab next to News on the Google search results bar and voila, the need for Technorati goes away.

Tom, even though your new blog design looks fantastic, I am inclined to think Microsoft, Yahoo! or some other company such a major publisher will pick them up. Google doesn’t need them and if they do choose to purchase the company it will be a purely defensive play.

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Skype Users Freak Out

Apparently all is not well among Skype users who fear the takeover by eBay. Much of the same concerns were voiced when eBay bought part of craigslist but those concerns were overblown. Still eBay needs to take these issues seriously to ensure customers stay loyal. Even with the largest community of users in VoIP, competitors are only a click away.

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Amazon.com Customer Care Center

I love Jeff Bezos and think he is quite a visionary. I am also a loyal Amazon.com customer. I really am. But when I saw the news that Amazon.com was opening a new customer care center I couldn’t help but laugh. Jeff was the person that said e-commerce would kill the call center.

Other than this predication, Jeff has been right on virtually with everything else he has done and Amazon’s continued success is proof of this. I can’t remember the exact quote or find a link to what Jeff said so if anyone out there knows the exact words or has a link to a page with the quote, please comment away.

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