Links to a Wide Variety of Good Articles

• questions, conversations, & accidents - how startup ideas are made

• David vs. Google - story about the making of Ask Jeeves...not much algorithmic depth, but interesting background, although I think it would have helped if there were a few reference links in the story.
• Relevancy, innovation, and lots of hand punching - Balmer on what will drive MSN Search
• consumer generated content & listening to user feedback - Murdock on what will drive News Corp
• minimal editing, no bullshitting members & sourcing information - NickW on what drives TreadWatch
• Bad Information, hearsay, reductionism, & not sourced - this marks a second one of my friends who pointed me to this specific SEO article as being rubbish.
• Book author to her publishing company: your lawsuit is not helping me or my book - I bet that lawsuit helps win distribution. Why use a publisher that wants to block your distribution?

at least 1 or 2 links snagged from John