Don Dodge might have raised some eyebrows when within his first week of joining Google from MSFT suddenly developed an aversion to MSFT products in favor of Google ones, but in a recent interview, he both gives a lot of praise and dishes out diplomatic criticism of his former employer.  This part stands out in general about the evolution of tech companies:  continue reading...

Today Yahoo! and IBM announced a partnership marking their foray in enterprise search.  This was really the last nook and cranny of “search 1.0″ that did not rely purely on advertising.  Google made less than $1M in annual sales from enterprise search, not because the product held no value, but because it focused on generating ad revenue on Ad Sense from web search.

Today, by making enterprise search free, Yahoo! and IBM just ensured that enterprise search becomes a freebie and galvanized advertising’s role as the holy grail online. continue reading...