MySpace vs Facebook. Let the battle begin!

Facebook is adding a "username" to people's account to "easily direct friends, family, and coworkers to your profile". Is my full name not enough to direct someone to my profile? I logged into MySpace account for the first time in a few weeks and I noticed they have a new bar at the bottom of the page...just like Facebook...with online friends and chat...just like Facebook. And yet Facebook is letting you choose a username...just like Myspace. We all know that Myspace is to Facebook like Yahoo is to Google. Tom and Jerry Zuckerberg. Mark your posts!

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Bing versus Google

Microsoft rolled out its answer to Google, known as Bing. Now, perhaps there are some folks out there who are looking for a new search engine, but I don't really know any of those people. I like Google, it's straightforward and I know how to use it. So, what's Bing going to bring to this game? Microsoft has been in a bit of copycat mode lately with Vista (Microsoft OSX) to Silverlight (Microsoft Flash) and now Bing (Microsoft Google). Perhaps it should put its gigantic heads together and come up with a product that won't immediately be compared to a superior one that's already been serving the market quite well. It's just a thought.

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I'm feeling lucky...

Is that a glimpse of the future Google is working on? I am talking about the "I'm feeling lucky" search button. Google revolutionized search because it gives you the most relevant results. If it can give you the exact thing you were looking for, that would be only 1 result you would need. That would be Google at its most efficient.

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How to make Google smarter

Google ranks the web by popularity. Wouldn't it be great if we could rank the web by intelligence or other attributes? People's IQ is measured in tests, why not measure the content of websites similarly and then filter search results accordingly?

Google probably has the brains and resources to offer such service in the future. For example, if I do a keyword search for 'subprime market tips', I want to filter the display of my search results so that I get the websites with most intelligent content only and not those with the most popular content. I know it sounds nice but people might say it's not possible to do. Google succeeded as a search engine because it was smarter due to the accuracy of its searches. Why not add intelligence or other attributes in the display of its searches?

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