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Robert Cringley writes a provocative post about Google’s 20% time and that it’ll cause problems in the future as employees get frustrated…
Over two months ago, authorities in Turkey found a video on YouTube that implied Ataturk, the country’s founder, was gay. Turkey banned YouTube, YouTube removed the clip, and the Turkish government got way too cocky - it’s now reserved the legal right to block any website with content it finds offensive to Ataturk’s memory.
Best Buy has a lot of 'splainin' to do about the company's in-store look-alike Websites with different prices than what the customers found online. The company will have the opportunity to defend itself in a lawsuit filed by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal.
There’s a fair amount of commotion surrounding Confused.com; the site, which is “a one-stop shop to help you find out whether you can save money on your car or home insurance this year,” may be accepting acquisition bids of well over $1 billion. And a potential buyer may be InterActiveCorp, the owner of Ask.com.
On the surface this seems a little shady – at worst, it's evil genius at work; at best, it's a great tip for the powers of good, legitimate SEO operations. Joe Whyte, over at HybridSEM, recommends taking advantage of .edu job boards to boost your website's ranking in the search results. "The Best Way To Get Link Love From .edu"
There’s nothing quite like a stretch of wide-open road, but a clogged, backed-up highway doesn’t elicit the same feelings. Somebody in Mountain View apparently realized this - or felt the need to catch up with the competition - and Google Maps now has an “avoid highways” option.
