In a blog post on Friday, Google made its most direct warning that it would be tweaking search algorithms to punish “content farms” — cheap producers of Web content that either copied or scraped information from other publish…
Better-than-expected earnings from General Electric helped lift the Dow and S&P 500. The Nasdaq closed lower after disappointing results from chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices. Overall, the week’s strong earnings bode well for c…
Among Monday’s top online stories for investors: Mining for treasures in the AMEX, why we desperately need a better Google, Jim Cramer’s top Dow picks for 2011.
Continue reading Daily Blogwatch: The Bullish Ca…
Among Wednesday’s top online stories for investors: Is Google shopping around to buy an alternative to Groupon? Why did Tony Conrad sell about.me to AOL so quickly? And how can investors cash in right now on Facebook’s $41 bill…
Internet company AOL (AOL) agreed to purchase about.me Inc, a website that lets people create a single personal profile page that presents their online identity.
About.me lets users bring together profiles on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, e-mail, blogs and more.
About.me’s co-founder Tony Conrad and his team will join AOL’s Consumer Applications Group, AOL said in a statement.
The…
Continue reading AOL to Buy Online Profile Site About.me
AOL to Buy Online Profile Site About.me originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 07:25:00.
Filed Under: Company News, Technology, AOL