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Web 2.0 Expo & Knowledge As Power
With 10,000 people at Web 2.0 Expo, a curtain was pulled back to reveal the room adjoining the echo chamber. With more…
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The SEO Playbook: Mastering the Basics
Comprehensive guide to the essentials of SEO, covering on-page, off-page, and technical aspects, and the importance of regular analysis.
Should Social Networks Sell Users Data?
Selling the data of social network users could be one way for sites to increase revenue according to a new report from In-Stat. "Each social networking site collects a plethora of personal and demographic data on each member," said Jill Meyers of In-Stat "and while selling these data to target marketing groups may be unappealing to site members, it may be the best route to…
Google Wields Precedent In Trademark Case
Google has beaten a couple of challenges to AdWords over competitor usage of trademarks as keywords, but they now have a third lawsuit coming to them from American Blind & Wallpaper Factory. Google, AOL, Earthlink, and Ask are all on the receiving end of American Blind & Wallpaper Factory's lawsuit over trademark infringement. ABWF contended the use of its trademarks as keywords to trigger competitor…
Rumor: StumbleUpon To Be Acquired By eBay
Reports surfacing about a possible eBay/StumbleUpon deal have created quite a buzz throughout the blogosphere over the last 24 hours. Forsaking the significance that such a deal could have in the silently mounting animosity between Google and eBay, the rumored details of acquisition weave an interesting tale in and of themselves. Headlines on the acquisition front have, by in large, been dominated by Google over…
MySpace News Launches
Sometime this morning MySpace will lift the lid on their new MySpace News feature. MySpace News will scour thousands of news sources via RSS and group them in hundreds of categories. MySpace readers will then vote on which stories are the most popular. According to the LA Times…
