• Google has swung from an imminent ipo to a delay to a doubt : 'An IPO is not on my agenda right now' - Eric Schmidt (Google CEO).
• Yahoo announce dropping Google sometime soon. Maybe to justify spending $2b on Inktomi...
• Looksmart lose the plot (or at least MSN) and have thrown in the towel.
• DMOZ add Thumbshots.

Google goes global on Adwords languages:

'This expansion includes dedicated email support and account pages in French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish.'

The latest newsletter for the Office of the Domain Name Commissioner in New Zealand is released. Some interesting domain name statistics are included.

The ever helpful CJ machine has informed me that Ah-ha.com have changed their name to Enhance Interactive.

ah-ha.com Relaunch as Enhance Interactive

If you're involved in the New Zealand internet space then having a scan over the latest Chapman Tripp Tech Law Update December 2003 is worth the time...

Barry Lloyd (MakeMeTop) writes an article in his latest newsletter covering various ideas behind the "Florida" update in Google that has affected large numbers of websites with artificially high levels of optimisation.

See: MakeMeTop - Trying to make Sense of the "Florida" Update!