Do you use Google as your main search engine? Answer “yes” and you can count yourself among the wealthy and net savvy. According to InfoWorld, a survey conducted by S.G. Cowen & Co. LLC revealed Google users are more likely to have a household income greater than $60,000 and have spent more time using the internet.
Via addict3d.
While I was spending the time and effort to allow Marketing Pilgrim readers the ability to add each post to both Yahoo’s My Web 2.0 and del.icio.us, the two companies were in secret acquisition talks.
As Jeremy Zawodny announces, Yahoo has acquired the social bookmarking/tagging service.
…the del.icio.us team will soon be working in close proximity to their fraternal twin, Flickr. And just like we’ve done with Flickr, we plan to give del.icio.us the resources, support, and room it needs to continue growing the service and community. Finally, don’t be surprised if you see My Web and del.icio.us borrow a few ideas from each other in the future.
del.icio.us creator Joshua Schachter explains all at his blog.
For now, it appears there are no plans to integrate the del.icio.us with either My Web or Flickr.
Dow Jones’ Mark Boslet writes about the benefits to advertisers should AOL switch alliances from Google to MSN.
Microsoft is jousting with Google Inc. to win an advertising partnership with AOL that could reshape the online search advertising business. If Microsoft and AOL were to join forces, their reach among Internet users would surpass both Google’s and Yahoo Inc.’s.
Would an AOL/Microsoft deal be a good thing for advertisers? I think so…
An AOL deal would be a significant endorsement of Microsoft’s fledgling search engine and advertising efforts, says Andy Beal, chief executive of Fortune Interactive, a search marketing company.
“A good level of competition could come out of this and would be good for advertisers and agencies,” Beal said. “There is a need for another strong player to enter this market.”
Nathan Weinberg has details of a handy little RSS ticker now available in Gmail.
So, what are Web Clips? Basically, its a simple RSS ticker, showing headlines from RSS feeds above your Gmail inbox (or Spam folder, as it were). Clicking a “Customize� button on the right of the Web Clip bar lets you change options for it, or turn it off if it annoys you.
Cnet reports that Click Defense is pulling out as the lead plaintiff in a lawsuite filed against Google with AIT picking up the lead.
Over at Xooglers, former Google employees share some the things they remember saying during their first month. Some funny stuff, including:
“Okay, so there are eight shelves full of HTML and Linux reference books. Where do we keep the dictionary and thesaurus? Yeah, I know I can find stuff online, but I’d still like a hard copy. No, I can’t just print out the words when I look them up.�
“Oh sorry. Didn’t realize anyone was napping in here.�
“How long does it take the sauna to get hot? You think it’s okay to go in the women’s locker room to get some towels since we’re out in here?�
A company sauna? I knew we were missing something! 
The nominations are in and Loren has a bunch of search-related blogs for you to vote on. Surprisingly, Marketing Pilgrim was among the nominations…I’m humbled, especially as this site is only 3 months old. Maybe we’ll win “Best Newcomer”
If you nominated us (and indeed vote for us), many thanks!
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