Quoted: Ask your friends what business Google (s goog) is in and the answer you'll most likely get is search. And ...

Another insightful post from SmoothSpan, this time on Microsoft and search.

Quoted: "That was the most astounding software demo I've every seen," Wozniak tells Tech Ticker after seeing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled Bing at the All Things Digital Conference here.

We had Blair Underwood when I graduated.

Quoted: It was Schmidt's second honorary degree in as many days. On Sunday, he received one at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where he delivered a similar speech.

Quoted: I've said it a few times on this blog recently as offhand comments, but I feel compelled to say it a bit more loudly. I think we will see the end of the IPO drought for venture backed companies within...

Quoted: GrandCentral, a phone management service that first launched in 2006 and was acquired by Google for $50+ million in 2007, hasn’t been in ...

Nice DocVerse mention on TechCrunch.

Quoted: When Microsoft launched Live Workspaces last year we were sufficiently underwhelmed. But Microsoft didn't have to wow us. The software giant could, and ...

I do think search + community could work together well (duh). However, I think some aspects of Google's implementation are confusing. And, I'm surprised Google didn't launch it as an experimental feature first.

Specific complaints:
1) Promote/Remove: I don't really get the value. If there is value, it is certainly not immediately obvious. Does promoting it just affect me, or does it affect everybody? What if I click remove, and the underlying page changes to the point that it now might be valuable? I just want Google to do the right thing without me having to train it.
2) I have a "Note This" and "Comment" links at the bottom of my search results. That "feels" a little redundant.

Also, I wonder why Google just didn't keep the Star/Share metaphors that they use on their other products.

Quoted: Bucket tests and experimental products are one thing. But to mess with the real Google search is serious stuff. Why did they do ...