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Microsoft's Answer to Google Base

Posted by Zonk on from the war-for-our-information dept.

douglips writes "Today Information Week is reporting on a forthcoming service from Microsoft intended to compete with Google Base. Instead of the freewheeling anything-goes nature of Google Base, the Microsoft project code named 'Fremont' will focus solely on classified ads. It will also allow restricting items to various audiences such as social networks or domain names. At this point, though, it appears to be a beta restricted to Microsofties." From the article: "In building Freemont, Wiseman and his five-person crew tried to make it both personal for people who only want to trade among family, friends and colleagues, while also providing the option of a public posting. Classifieds is a growing piece of the booming online advertising market that's expected to reach $13.8 billion by 2007, surpassing advertising spent on magazines, according to JupiterResearch. During that timeframe, spending on display ads and online classifieds together are expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 25 percent. "

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  1. Google No Longer Accessible From Work by Zermatt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Off-Topic but I have no kharma right now.

    I can no longer access Google (www.google.com) from work.

    The company filters websites it finds objectional (including Yahoo and Google email, but not my DSL Extreme email. Go figure.) They just laid a block on the www.google.com domain, but NOT Google Maps, Google News, and as it turns out, Google Base.

    I guess Google Cache got to be a problem. (Sigh.)

    1. Re:Google No Longer Accessible From Work by slavemowgli · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      That might even work - if your boss is clueless enough, just tell him that most of the spyware he gets on his windows desktop comes in through port 80, and that the IT department refuses to recognise the problem and turn off that port. If you do it right, he just might come down on them and demand that they block that port immediately. ;)

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    2. Re:Google No Longer Accessible From Work by hachete · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Things can't be that Microsoft surely?

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  2. For those who haven't seen it yet! by alexandre · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Museum of media history