Dipping into the Blogpond

Have you ever had a random encounter with someone that makes you wonder “what makes them tick”? I had such an encounter last night, when we had the good fortune to the Eric Clapton concert at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney. I was seated next to a woman who would have been in her late […]

It appears Sensis has committed to spending $100 million with US based Amdocs, to upgrade its technology over the next 5 years. Michael Sainsbury writes :“Sensis’s core revenues from its Yellow Pages business are coming under attack from US-based internet firms such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, as well as media groups such as The […]

It’s probably well known that Truelocal (which is owned by News Limited) acquired Australian Local Search (for a rumoured sum of around $12m) around 12 months ago prior to launching their business directory. It is stated on TrueLocal’s pages that their search and data is powered by Australian Local Search. Australian Local Search indicates, however, […]

Just watched some of the Australia vs N.Z. one-dayer. Our guys are on fire! It was beautiful to watch. They shattered the 12 year old record for the most runs (previously 309) at the WACA and finished up 5/343. Let’s hope the Kiwis are able to maintain a little more dignity than the Poms in […]

Being an advertiser on Mix 106.5 in Sydney we have known about “The Man or the Money” promotion for quite some time (and had to remain tight lipped). I love this promotion, and wished we had enough spare cash to co-sponsor it for dLook Dating, as it would have been a perfect fit. The promotional […]

A small mention at Mashable today about a local version of the Netvibes home page now being available in Australia so I thought I’d mosey on over & take a peak. First mistake was going to www.netvibes.com.au (don’t bother going it’s full of unrelated CPC advertising). Now I would have thought that they would have […]

You probably know by now that I support Australian blogs and content. I also mentioned (once or twice!) that I run dLook.com.au, an Australian online business directory. So, being Australia Day, and following on in the tradition of Tino Buntic and his 2,000 blogger initiative (haven’t got that link yet, Tino…) and being a proud […]

Another cool little tool along the lines of “vanity / ego searching“, certain to be popular with the PB’s (Professional Bloggers). Courtesy of Blogging on Blogging. A tool on “Business Opportunities Weblog” allows you to “value your blog” – powered by Technorati. This blog (Dipping into the Blogpond) is worth $2,258.16 – do I sense […]

I was like a kid at Christmas today, opening a pretty package from Google. This gift may be old news to some – but inside was a really groovy Google branded digital photo frame! How cool! I’m going to have some fun with this.

I know this is “yesterday’s news” but worthy of a mention. An article in the SMH about Gary Cox being hired as the new “boss” of truelocal.com.au. An excerpt below: “News Digital Media chief operating officer Nick Leeder said the appointment was part of the division’s plan to be a more aggressive player in the […]