--- title: "Weekly Wrapup, 6-10 August 2007" date: 2007-08-11 author: "Richard MacManus" categories: - name: "ReadWriteWeb" url: "/category/readwriteweb.md" tags: - name: "2007" url: "/tag/2007.md" --- # Weekly Wrapup, 6-10 August 2007 Here is a summary of the week’s Web Tech action on Read/WriteWeb. Note that you can subscribe to the Weekly Wrapups, either via [the special RSS feed](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://feeds.feedburner.com/readwriteweb/weekly) or [by email](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=793669&loc=en_US). Also our sister site [last100 has a Weekly Wrapup too](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.last100.com/2007/08/10/weekly-wrapup-6-10-august-2007/). ## R/WW Files: Personalizing Google ![](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944im_/http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/rwwfiles_personalizing-google.jpg)This week’s feature series was on Google’s efforts to implement personalization into their product range. - [Personalizing Google: Read/WriteWeb Files](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/personalizing_google_intro.php) - [Interview with Google’s Sep Kamvar, Lead Software Engineer for Personalization](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/interview_with_sep_kamvar_google_personalization.php) - [Personalized Search Primer – And Google’s Approach](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/personalized_search_primer.php) - [How Effective is Google Personalized Search? 57% Say There’s No Difference, or it’s Worse!](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/how_effective_is_google_personalized_search.php) - [Privacy and Personalization: From Clickstream to Targeted Advertising](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/privacy_and_personalization.php) - [iGoogle: The Epitome of Google Personalization](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/igoogle_the_epitome_of_google_personalization.php) - [A Look at Google’s MyMaps](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/a_look_at_googles_mymaps.php) - [New Google News Feature Feels “Web 1.0”](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/new_google_news_feature_comments.php) - [Eric Schmidt Defines Web 3.0](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/eric_schmidt_defines_web_30.php) ## Web Products ![](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944im_/http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/animoto-logo.jpg)This week’s **Web Product of the Week** is [Animoto: Video Kills the Slideshow](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/animoto_video_slideshows.php). Also check out: - [Windows Live SkyDrive Launched – Enters a Crowded Online Storage Market](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/windows_live_skydrive_launched_online_storage.php) - [Amazon Launches Lulu Competitor](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/amazon_launches_createspace.php) - [edgeio Launches Paid Content System](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/edgeio_launches_paid_content_system.php) - [microPledge: Funding Software Through Donations](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/micropledge_software_bounties.php) - [HBO Voyeur: Intriguing, Yet Creepy, Multimedia Video Project](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/hbovoyeur_multimedia_video.php) - [BlogTalkRadio: Anyone Can Be a Live Radio DJ](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/blogtalkradio_live_radio.php) - [Zlio Partners With eBay’s Shopping.com in US](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/zlio_partners_with_ebay_shoppingcom.php) - [LiveRail Video Ads – One Month Out](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/liverail_video_advertising.php) - [Social Shopping Startup Kaboodle Acquired by Hearst – And It’s Easy to See Why…](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/social_shopping_startup_kaboodle_acquired_by_hearst.php) - [Dabble Do Launches – Social To-Do List for Facebook](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/dabble_do_launches_social_to_do_lists.php) - [Koonji: People-Powered Guides](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/koonji_people-powered_guides.php) - [Firefox Launches Facebook App – a Social Network For Firefox Add-on Users](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/firefox_launches_facebook_app.php) - [Feedbuddy: RSS Matchmaking](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/feedbuddy_rss_matchmaking.php) ## Analysis - [Rethinking ‘Crossing The Chasm’](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/rethinking_crossing_the_chasm.php) - [Who Will Be Your Web Office Provider?](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/who_will_be_your_web_office_provider.php) - [Online Ad Sales Growing, But Not At ‘Premium’ Sites](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/online_ad_sales_growing.php) - [Why Aren’t Alt Search Engines Crawling Websites?](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/alt_search_engine_crawlers.php) - [IBM Report on “Media’s Mean Streets”](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/ibm_report_on_media.php) - [iPhone vs Mobile Web](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/iphone_vs_mobile_web.php) ## Poll Our poll this week asked: [Has Personalization Improved Your Google Search Results?](https://web.archive.org/web/20090715115944/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/has_personalization_improved_google_search_results.php) Here are the results: — Yes, my search results have definitely improved 13% (34 votes) Sometimes, but it’s not a big change 17% (45 votes) I haven’t noticed any difference 45% (119 votes) No, my search results have gotten worse 12% (31 votes) I don’t have a Google Account 6% (17 votes) There is a difference, but it’s not due to personalization (please comment) 0% (1 votes) I don’t use Google, or use it too rarely enough to notice 7% (19 votes) — That’s a wrap for another week! Enjoy your weekend everyone. *Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/weekly_wrapup_6-10_august_2007.php))*