Comments on blogs posts and articles have in the past generally been a good measurement of how people have engaged with content, but as the web becomes more social and "real-time," the conversation is going all over the place, and there are other ways that people are engaging in conversation about content (this is why shareability is so important by the way).
Court Orders Cybersquatting Company To Pay Verizon $33 Million
A federal court in the Northern District of California has upheld a December 2008 judgment which awarded Verizon $33.15 million in a cybersquatting case against OnlineNIC, an Internet domain registration company.
The case is based on OnlineNIC’s attempts to take advantage of Verizon and its customers by using names that are easily confused with legitimate Verizon names.
Google Summer Of Code Reflections
Yesterday, we reported that this year’s Summer of Code had come to an end. Google provided a lot of statistics about the program, and the whole thing sounded very impressive. Today, we got the chance to talk to a student who was actually involved.
Matt Cutts Talks Google Caffeine Update
Update: Hear what Matt Cutts has to say about Caffeine in this exclusive interview with Murdok:
More to Retweeting Than Meets the Eye for Businesses?
Retweeting is a phenomenon that has taken the Twitter world by storm. The concept began when somebody added the letters "RT" to somebody else’s tweet and posted it as their own. The idea caught on on a massive scale, and now there are services that utilize retweeting as the backdrop of their entire purposes. "Some of Twitter’s best features are emergent—people inventing simple but creative ways to share, discover, and communicate.
Can SEO Help Save the Publishing Industry?
At the Search Engine Strategies conference in San Jose, Murdok attended the session on how SEO can help save the publishing industry, a quite interesting topic, considering the controversy the industry has been experiencing of late. Do you think SEO can help publishers save their businesses? Share your thoughts here.
Google Sets Video Record With Help Of YouTube
Americans watched another record number of online videos in July with a total of 21.4 billion videos viewed during the month, according to the latest report from comScore.
Interview with Maker of Twitter Documentary
Update: The site for the film is now live at Twittamentary.com
Original Article: This week Murdok reported on a Twitter documentary that is in the works. The project’s creator Siok Siok Tan of Singapore answered a few questions for us to give people an idea of what to expect.
Murdok: How did the idea for the concept of the Twitter documentary come about?
Time Warner Cable Testing Online TV
Time Warner Cable announced Thursday it is working with a number of networks to provide its customers with more online access to programming.
The networks involved in the upcoming trials of TV Everywhere include TBS, TNT, HBO, CBS, Syfy, BBC America, AMC, WE tv, Sundance Channel, Discovery and the Smithsonian Channel.
Last month Comcast began a similar test offering content from HBO and Cinemax online.
Facebook Announces Plans for Privacy Improvement
Facebook has announced plans to give users more control over their information and make them better informed about privacy settings. This includes notifications and information about privacy settings and practices, additions to the Facebook Privacy Policy, and technical changes that give users more transparency and control over the info they provide to third-party apps.