Legistalker: What Happens In DC Doesn’t Have To Stay In DC

Jul 1, 2009 at 12:19pm ET by Matt McGee

As a nation, the US seems to be more interested in politics than we've been in a long time. Voter turnout in last year's presidential election was 61%, the first time it passed 60% in 40 years. When President Obama was inaugurated in January, Google reported spikes in search activity. Yahoo said that inaugural search trends were the result of "a large, internet-savvy constituency who demand more from the internet than they did four years ago." But now that the election and inauguration are distant memories, how do we search today for news about the important decisions being made in Washingt [...]

Filed in: Features: General, Search Engines: Government Search Engines

Former Live Search Director Launches Oyster.com, Hotel Review Site

Jun 22, 2009 at 10:33pm ET by Elisabeth Osmeloski

In February 2008, when Vanessa Fox wrote that Eytan Seidman, Program Management Director over core relevance at Microsoft Live Search (now Bing.com) was leaving Microsoft (and Seattle) for a start-up, she may not have known that he was jumping into murky waters of travel search. Today, Eytan's start-up site was unveiled - Oyster.com, a site that generates professional, verified hotel reviews. Shortly after that announcement, Oyster Hotel Reviews closed a Series A with Bain Capital and Accelerator Ventures (via TechCrunch) worth $6.4 million, to launch a start-up with his brother (Elie Seidm [...]

Filed in: Features: General, Search Engines: Travel Search Engines

Why You Can’t See The Great Pacific Garbage Patch On Google Earth

Jun 20, 2009 at 5:35pm ET by Danny Sullivan

After hearing about the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" earlier this year -- an area the size of Texas in the Pacific Ocean filled with trash -- I went looking for it on Google Earth. And never found it. It's not that the patch doesn't exist. It's just that despite being large, it's not that visible from above. I was disappointed in Google at first, for not having images of the patch. After all, the company made a big splash with Google Ocean earlier this year, a way to see more about the majority of our planet that's covered with water. But while Google Earth is good for seeing under t [...]

Filed in: Features: General, Google: Earth, Google: Maps & Local, Top News

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