<![CDATA[Another AOL rip-off - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[Another AOL rip-off - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[Another AOL rip-off]]> There's no difference in implementation I notice between this execution and millions of other AdSense for Search design I see. And I wouldn't be surprised if Google actually direct their enterprise customers to model the look & feel of their SERPs after Google's own - something that's proven to be highly tuned for monetization. I hear AOL's search deal with Google has proven to be very successful and they're making healthy contribution to their bottom line so it must be working as intended.

soxiam

]]> <![CDATA[Another AOL rip-off]]> After sitting through today's "AOL Management Update" and discussing it with the folks in my pod farm I am left with the following thoughts -

- Randy will be as relevant to AOL's future as he has been in the last 6 months. I am sure Mary is really looking forward to that new child care facility.

- Randy & Ron think every AOL product or initiative is shit and that they are in the process of "turning it around".

- Ron insults everything and everyone. I doubt he even knows he is doing it (Want proof? I will splice together a "best of" from the video of today's meeting).

- "Baseline" or "level set" is Randy's way of saying copy Yahoo! or copy Google. Ron just says "copy Yahoo!" or "copy Google".

- AOL does have some talent in the senior ranks. The rest, past and present, are megalomaniacs as discussed in previous VW posts.

- Nisha seemed competent and sincere.

- Kevin now knows that lying to an audience makes your mouth dry. I am surprised that Ron didn't warn you.

- Wilson is a freak, but if you put all the AOL execs in thunderdome he alone would emerge victorious.

- I must be as stupid as Ron thinks all AOL employees are if I continue to stick around.

And lastly,

- Ron reads VW, Hi!

WillCode4Coffee

]]> <![CDATA[Another AOL rip-off]]> AOL == Cockroach

Whocares

]]> <![CDATA[Another AOL rip-off]]> I don't see this as a rip off so much this time, but as further evidence that AOL's "human computer," and associated "system," excels at the science of poor algorithmic selection:

aol> echo "creativity" > /dev/null

stupindus

]]> <![CDATA[Another AOL rip-off]]> Google owns 5% of AOL, so is this a big deal?

http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/twaol_expanded.html

Sean Ness

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