---
title: "Food Fight!"
date: 2005-10-26
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2005"
    url: "/tag/2005.md"
---

# Food Fight!

Lots to eat today in Dot Oh Cafe. Here are some of the tasty tidbits that caught my eye as I perused the [tech.memeorandum](https://web.archive.org/web/20060127212007/http://tech.memeorandum.com/) and [Rojo](https://web.archive.org/web/20060127212007/http://www.rojo.com/) menus:

## Google’s smorgasbord classifieds service

[Google Base](https://web.archive.org/web/20060127212007/http://base.google.com/) is [eating the lunch](https://web.archive.org/web/20060127212007/http://www.bubblegeneration.com/2005/10/arrrrrrrrgh-i-just-got-qwned-by-google.cfm) of many a hungry 2.0 start-up. Here are some of the mouth-watering [dishes](https://web.archive.org/web/20060127212007/http://web2.0central.com/archives/114) in **Google Buffet** (aka Base):

1\. Course Schedules 2. Events and Activities 3. Housing 4. Jobs 5. News and Articles 6. People Profiles 7. Products 8. Reference Articles 9. Reviews 10. Services 11. Travel 12. Vehicles 13. Wanted Ads

## Microsoft borrows the Web 2.0 Cookbook

[SEW reports:](https://web.archive.org/web/20060127212007/http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/051026-000127) Microsoft Announces MSN Book Search; Joins Open Content Alliance.

Seems to me they’re trying out the recipes of Google and Yahoo.

## Yahoo serves up its latest gourmet dish

[Y! Search blog](https://web.archive.org/web/20060127212007/http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000203.html): Plan a Trip in a Single Search with Yahoo! Travel Trip Planner.

## Exotic Food

[David Smith](https://web.archive.org/web/20060127212007/http://preoccupations.org/2005/10/ted_nelson.html) and [Martin Lindner](https://web.archive.org/web/20060127212007/http://phaidon.philo.at/martin/archives/000356.html) dig deeper into the strange world of Ted Nelson.

## Fish of the Day

Yannick continues the [filleting of Nicholas Carr](https://web.archive.org/web/20060127212007/http://www.yannicklaclau.com/2005/10/to_nicholas_car.html).

## Scrambled Eggs

In [my latest ZDNet post](https://web.archive.org/web/20060127212007/http://blogs.zdnet.com/web2explorer/?p=39), I scramble Semantic Web and Web 2.0 together (perhaps breaking some eggs in the process).

## IBM tries out Dot Oh fare

[Podtech.net exclusive](https://web.archive.org/web/20060127212007/http://www.podtech.net/?p=197): IBM Supports Podcasting as a New Media.

So they’re not just a meat and potatoes company.

## Or cook yer own…

[Create your own Web 2.0 Company](https://web.archive.org/web/20060127212007/http://andrewwooldridge.com/myapps/webtwopointoh.html) ([via Om](https://web.archive.org/web/20060127212007/http://gigaom.com/2005/10/26/todays-web-20-potpurri/)). Mine is Blinonorati, a “tag-based wiki via flash”. Yum!

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/food_fight.php))*