I have been seeing stories about the new iGoogle… how more and more of Google’s services are being integrated more fully, and how Google is increasingly moving in a social direction.

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I ran across this pligg module today that adds a dynamic sitemap to your pligg site…

PatchLog | Xml Sitemaps Pligg module

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So after several posts over a week or so, I rather expected to easily find these posts showing up in Google’s Blog Search.

Having worked with WordPress before, I had a working understanding of the built in pinging it does to pingomatic… (more…)

From: Google shares plummet after disappointing earnings

“Management said economic turmoil in the United States and parts of Europe appears to be causing consumers to click less frequently on the ads that generate virtually all its profits.”

That’s an interesting statement… I wonder how the economic downturn really effects click rates. I can certainly understand how it would effect actual consumer spending – but I wonder how it effects browsing and click throughs?

I would think, if anything, the economic challenges would have an effect on the types of ads. Which is probably why the article also states ‘Google managers said they expect the Mountain View-based company will thrive even if the economy weakens further.’

That’s the fascinating thing about a company like google – they have all of the data one could imagine – not just static economic data, but live streaming user-behavior data. In other words, as users change their behaviors and habits, it seems to me that google is well position to likewise shift gears and follow the trends.

Working on a new site, based on the Pligg engine:

Social News That Resonates

Social news and link sharing site tracking the happenings of the social software and web scene. Find news, services, and guides about sites like Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, and more. It’s meta-social!