The Secret Source of Google's Power

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Google's Secret, plus Optimize for How
Many Keywords?

Google's Secret, plus Optimize for How
Many Keywords? 09/02/2004 10:27 AM
High Rankings Sep 2 2004 2:39PM GMT

What's Google's Secret Weapon? An Army
of Ph.D.'s

What's Google's Secret Weapon? An Army
of Ph.D.'s 06/05/2004 02:26 AM
New York Times Jun 5 2004 6:15AM GMT

Simplicity. Is it Google's success
secret?

Simplicity. Is it Google's success
secret? 06/05/2004 04:35 AM
Hindustantimes.com - Sat Jun 5, 06:56 am GMT

Google's secret: Fast, cheap and in the
driver's seat

Google's secret: Fast, cheap and in the
driver's seat 07/14/2004 05:02 AM
Javareport.com - Wed Jul 14, 08:45 am GMT

Digital Domain: What's Google's Secret
Weapon? An Army of Ph.D.'s

Digital Domain: What's Google's Secret
Weapon? An Army of Ph.D.'s 06/05/2004 04:35 AM
Nytimes.com - Sat Jun 5, 05:13 am GMT

Open source hides secret data

Open source hides secret data 06/22/2005 02:10 AM
The art of hiding information from anyone except from the intended receiver has been used for many centuries. Hiding information by embedding it in other, seemingly innocuous information is known as steganography, a word that means "covered writing" in Greek. Today, steganography applications can hide one file within another on a computer. Steganography applications are available on many different platforms, including Windows, Linux, and *BSD.

Prelude IDS Framework: "Open Source
Security's Best Kept Secret"

Prelude IDS Framework: "Open Source
Security's Best Kept Secret" 04/26/2004 08:22 PM

A Business Information Publication
Standard and Google's Power to Make It
Happen

A Business Information Publication
Standard and Google's Power to Make It
Happen 08/30/2004 03:17 PM

It's time we extend the robots.txt concept to information about businesses.

First, let's take a quick detour into robots.txt for a second —

In order to tell a search engine how to spider a Web site (or not), webmasters can stick a text file called "robots.txt" in their root directory with information spiders can use. This works because it's useful and it's ridiculously simple — everyone sticks the same file, named the same thing, in the same place. It's so simple, it can't NOT work.

MT-Blacklist does the same thing. You can put your blacklist in a text file called "blacklist.txt" in the root of your site so people can see what you're blocking.

For the sake of standards, it is recommended that the file be named blacklist.txt and reside in the root directory of your website. The possible network effect here is certainly delicious.

This isn't complicated — stick the same info in the same place and people will know where to get it.

Okay, back to the point —

Lets make up an XML spec for information about your business. Like this:


<business_info>
  <name>Deane's House of Pancakes</name>
  <address>1600 Pennsylvania Ave</address>
  <tag_line>We make round, fluffy crap.</tag_line>
  <hours>
    <monday>
      <open>0900</open>
      <close>2200</close>< br />    </monday>
[etc]


Obviously, this is absurdly simple, but you get the idea. You could have fields for your business phone number, fax number, general email, directions on how to get to your office, stock ticker symbol, customer service phone number, etc. Essentially, anything anyone would want to know about your business and for which they would (1) have to look up on your Web site, or (2) make a phone call to your receptionist.

Now, lets all put this file in the root of our Web site and call it "info.xml." That way we all know where it is, and we can all retrieve it. Now, every business has a common URL pattern where a program can find easily digestable information about the business. It's not hard to imagine what we could do with this.

For instance, Outlook could parse the domain name of the email address of all your contacts, go looking for this file for each one, then store the information with the contact (refreshing it every 30 days or so).

Online white and yellow pages could have a field day with it — you just give them your URL, and all your information is self-updating. Search engines could present this information alongside search results for your company. Etc.

Of course, this only works if everyone does it. And here, my friends, is the one, single thing that would have to happen for everyone to do it: Google adopts it. That's it. If Google announced tomorrow that they were going to do something like this, and released the spec for it, we'd see info.xml files start to hit the Web within a few hours. We'd have massive saturation within a month.

Google is already pushing beyond search with localization results. They're nailing down addresses of sites they visit, then presenting them in graduated radii from the city center.

Why not eliminate the parsing step and just ask people to put their actual address in a file in a common location? And while they're at it, have them put a bunch more information there as well. Once search engines starting spidering and parsing this stuff, it's amazing the level of detail and accuracy you could get for online directories and other business information sources.

And, again, the only thing standing between this idea and reality, is Google. Google is such a juggernaut that they could — in the words of Jean Luc Picard — "make it so" just by announcing that they wanted to it to happen. Companies would fall all over themselves to deliver it. Like Microsoft, Google is in a position to drive standards simply by virtue of its position.

So, Google, snap to it. The world is waiting.

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Using our bodies as a power source: the
Matrix begins

Using our bodies as a power source: the
Matrix begins 06/18/2004 11:24 AM
While we're quite far away from the stage when The Machines might make us into batteries , we may be able to recharge batteries ourselves. No, you won't be charging your laptop by harnessing your underarm heat (yet).

In Search of New Power Source, City
Looks Underwater

In Search of New Power Source, City
Looks Underwater 07/10/2004 08:56 AM
New York hopes underwater windmills, or "tidal turbines," can turn the energy of the East River into a clean electricity source.

How to use open source as a power
marketing tool

How to use open source as a power
marketing tool 07/13/2004 06:57 AM

MoviePartners Leverages the Power of
Open Source

MoviePartners Leverages the Power of
Open Source 05/30/2004 07:05 PM
LinuxElectrons, TX - 8 hours agoUsing the LAMP combination (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP), MoviePartners continues to create robust, stable, and infinitely-expanding web applications created ...

A secret that stayed secret in the place
where no one can keep a secret

A secret that stayed secret in the place
where no one can keep a secret 02/07/2005 01:37 AM
We may soon know the identity of Deep Throat. It seems that Bob Woodward has penned the obituary of the elusive Deep Throat. There have been no lack of theories for who might actually be Deep Throat. And of course, any political conspiracy theory secret wouldn't be any fun without tying it back to Bush somehow.

Behind Microsoft's Settlement with Sun?
The Power of the Open-Source Movement

Behind Microsoft's Settlement with Sun?
The Power of the Open-Source Movement 04/12/2004 10:14 AM
Fortune Apr 12 2004 1:52PM GMT

Open source helps power SIP phone
popularity

Open source helps power SIP phone
popularity 08/02/2004 04:35 AM
VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) is being heavily hyped these days.  Systems come in various sizes, supporting anywhere from 25 to 1,200 users across multiple locations, time zones, and continents, and open source products are available across the spectrum. The reason for adopting VoIP is simple: the cost savings involved with putting voice and data on the same network. The argument for open source in VoIP is similarly simple: solutions that make use of open source software are less expensive than traditional PBX or Centrex systems and proprietary VoIP solutions.

Google's Memory Upgrade - How Blogger
could do more than improve Google's Web
searches.

Google's Memory Upgrade - How Blogger
could do more than improve Google's Web
searches. 03/13/2003 10:26 AM
This excellent piece by Steven Johnson touches on some of the bigger ideas few people have been thinking about in all the Blogger/Google speculation and analysis.

Feds defend secret law with secret brief

Feds defend secret law with secret brief 09/21/2004 06:23 AM
Cory Doctorow: Bill sez, "The Justice Department continues to demand the right to file a secret brief in Gilmore vs. Ashcroft, a case that involves secret law. In response to a September 10th ruling by the 9th Circuit US Court of Appeals that rejected DOJ's attempt to file their arguments in secret, the DOJ filed a motion asking the Court to reconsider its decision." Link (Thanks, Bill!)

Silicon Laboratories Enters the Power
Market with the World's Most Advanced
Digital Power Supply Controller; S

Silicon Laboratories Enters the Power
Market with the World's Most Advanced
Digital Power Supply Controller; S 04/18/2005 08:41 AM
Business Wire UK Apr 18 2005 12:26PM GMT

Toshiba Announces High Voltage DTMOS
Power MOSFET Using a Super Junction
Structure to Reduce Power Consumption

Toshiba Announces High Voltage DTMOS
Power MOSFET Using a Super Junction
Structure to Reduce Power Consumption 03/23/2005 04:52 AM
ZDNet India Mar 23 2005 9:24AM GMT

3rd-Party Power Book Power Adapters?

3rd-Party Power Book Power Adapters? 01/23/2004 02:18 PM

InterUnity Group announces new research
on Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS),
Power Conditioning, and Computer Related
Air Conditioning decisions.

InterUnity Group announces new research
on Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS),
Power Conditioning, and Computer Related
Air Conditioning decisions. 09/27/2004 02:32 AM
InterUnity Group has compiled interim findings on a ground breaking study about the key drivers of Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), Power Conditioning, and Computer Related Air Conditioning decisions. [PRWEB Sep 27, 2004]

"I only have the power of having
people?s trust ? but that?s a lot of
power"

"I only have the power of having
people?s trust ? but that?s a lot of
power" 08/18/2004 08:35 PM

Power Measurement on the Apple Power Mac
G5.

Power Measurement on the Apple Power Mac
G5. 07/21/2004 06:00 PM
Wes Felter, Tom Keller: Power Measurement on the Apple Power Mac G5. IBM Research Report RC23276, July 2004.

Microsoft Depends On Shared Source, Dips
Toe In Open-Source Waters (TechWeb)

Microsoft Depends On Shared Source, Dips
Toe In Open-Source Waters (TechWeb) 04/08/2005 04:56 AM
TechWeb - The software vendor will add to the 20 products it now offers for source-code inspection under its Shared Source Initiative.

Marilyn Snyder, Speaker, Author,
Trainer, Coach has Just Launched her New
Mastermind Power Coaching Program for
People who Want to Change Their Lives,
Set Goals, and Achieve Their Dreams - Go
to WealthEnlightenment.com for a Free
Power Coaching Session

Marilyn Snyder, Speaker, Author,
Trainer, Coach has Just Launched her New
Mastermind Power Coaching Program for
People who Want to Change Their Lives,
Set Goals, and Achieve Their Dreams - Go
to WealthEnlightenment.com for a Free
Power Coaching Session 06/20/2004 03:39 AM
Mastermind Power Coaching Program. Are you tired of wanting to change your life and not knowing how? Do you want to take your sales to the next level and need the tools? Mastermind Power Coaching is a one-on-one program that is helping people in change their lives for the better!Work with a coach/mentor who can help you identify what you need to change and then help you get there! [PRWEB Jun 20, 2004]

Microsoft releases source code to open
source community

Microsoft releases source code to open
source community 05/05/2004 04:06 AM
About a month ago, Microsoft posted some of its source code to SourceForge. SourceForge is a, if not the, major distribution point for open source software. Microsoft's code was put there under the terms of the Common Public License, which allows modification, addition, redistribution - in short, it allows most of the rights and privileges that we associate with open source software.

Microsoft to Offer Office Source Code
Under Shared Source

Microsoft to Offer Office Source Code
Under Shared Source 09/20/2004 10:45 AM
Microsoft is releasing its Microsoft Office desktop source code to qualifying international governments and agencies via the company's Shared Source licensing program.

Advice to Microsoft: Open Source the
Leaked Source

Advice to Microsoft: Open Source the
Leaked Source 02/13/2004 02:37 PM
What should Microsoft do, now that a chunk of its NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 source code have leaked onto the Web? Our guest columnist says Microsoft should make lemonade out of lemons and just open source the whole enchilada.

More on Source Leak: Microsoft Targets
Source Pirates

More on Source Leak: Microsoft Targets
Source Pirates 02/19/2004 08:34 AM
Microsoft is taking steps to stop its leaked Windows source code spreading widely on the internet. It is using the messaging systems in file-swapping networks to alert people sharing the code that what they are doing is illegal. The software giant said it had written to "some" of the people it had identified as sharing the source code. Anyone searching for the source code on file-sharing systems will see a pop-up message alerting them to the fact that downloading the code is illegal.

Open source process for closed source
development

Open source process for closed source
development 04/05/2005 11:50 AM

IBM Adopts Open Development Internally: "Following on the success of its Eclipse open-source development platform, IBM has quietly been using a form of open-source development internally to create technology the company will sell commercially.

IBM calls its model Community Source, which it defines as a collaborative, internal, open-source-style environment for developing and testing new technology.

Danny Sabbah, vice president of strategy and technology for the IBM Software Group, in Armonk, N.Y., said IBM is using its Community Source model across 100 projects and 2,000 developers in the company. These projects span the IBM Software Group, Systems Group, Research and Global Services, he said."

Very interesting. I'd like to learn more about that. What parts of the so called open source development process have they built into the Community Source model? I've found that most developers have different definitions of the open source development process (via Ross Gardler).

Why Microsoft Should Open Source the
Leaked Source

Why Microsoft Should Open Source the
Leaked Source 02/13/2004 02:37 PM
ANALYSIS: Redmond would be smart to make lemonade out of lemons by releasing the rest of the Windows code and letting developers have at it.

NOSI, the Nonprofit Open Source
Initiative, announces the release of its
new guide "Choosing and Using Open
Source Software: A Primer for
Nonprofits."

NOSI, the Nonprofit Open Source
Initiative, announces the release of its
new guide "Choosing and Using Open
Source Software: A Primer for
Nonprofits." 02/17/2004 11:57 PM
As per a recent post, I love to see (and hope to one day do it myself) Open Source Software in Non-Profits. Seems http://www.nosi.net found my post: http://thelostolive.net/tlo/comments.php?id=1786_0_1_0_C And commented the release of its new guide "Choosing and Using Open Source Software: A Primer for Nonprofits." And now in their own words: ___snip____ -- From: Katrin Verclas Email: steering (a) nosi.net Hi, Kevin - NOSI actually just released a new...

Open source and visible source

Open source and visible source 06/08/2004 09:11 AM

Zope Corp.'s layered strategy of engagement with open source and visible-source communities is a compelling blend of the strengths of free and commercial software development. In two previous columns, Open source citizenship and Giving back to open source, I explored the tendency of enterprises to fork open source projects rather than join them. Pedhazur suggests that a commercial entity supporting both an open source base and a visible-source layered product can reduce the need to fork. By outsourcing code enhancements, the argument goes, an enterprise can enjoy single-throat-to-choke control without seceding from a project's community. It remains to be seen how broadly this model can apply, but in cases where it does, what's not to like? [Full story at InfoWorld.com]

In this two-minute clip, Zope Corp.'s Chairman Hadar Pedhazur describes the visible source model as a middle-ground option between the few large open source projects, whose direction an enterprise cannot easily influence, and the many smaller ones that enterprises can influence, but typically fork in order to do so. ...

Open-source activist Bruce Perens joins
open-source defense group

Open-source activist Bruce Perens joins
open-source defense group 05/07/2004 04:33 PM
A key leader in the open-source software movement has been appointed to the board of Open Source Risk Management, which is defending the legal standing of open-source software.

The secret is out of the bag

The secret is out of the bag 06/17/2005 04:39 PM

I promised Dick Hardt I wouldn't blog about this - but now that Photo Matt has blogged it - the whole world knows: Sxip is working on a TypeKey killer - based upon their Sxip Networks ytechnology.

It'll be revealed at SuperNova next week. It's about time!

what we do is secret

what we do is secret 04/12/2005 01:44 PM
Thought you knew the first wave L.A. punk scene? Knew Belinda Carlisle was a Germs drummer, Pat Smear became Nirvana's guitarist, Henry Rollins was not the lead singer of Black Flag? Think... Again. New book out today.

"is secret"

"is secret" 09/07/2004 08:02 PM

Secret Santa

Secret Santa 12/03/2002 11:46 AM

I am a Secret Santa.

Keep It Secret! Keep It Safe! 0.6

Keep It Secret! Keep It Safe! 0.6 05/01/2004 04:06 PM
A Java password manager.
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