Wednesday Internet Digest

Search:
* Travel: SideStep provides Amazon.com travel search; PriceGrabber intros PriceGrabber Travel
* Video: Blinkx adds academic lectures and events with University Channel (= Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs = Princeton University)
* Sponsored: Yahoo! trials pay-per-call with Ingenio (rumour)

Ads:
* Classifieds: Dig intros boston.backpage.com (free)

User-generated content, sharing:
* Blogs: IBM intros ‘Public Image Monitoring Solution’ (search obv OmniFind; track image)
* Podcasts: Audible.com intros Audible WordCast (for-pay; track, insert ads); Podtrack Inc intros services (free; track, ad inserts)
* RSS: Pheedo intros analytics service
* Social networks: FriendsReunited.co.uk bought by ITV [GBP 200m]