Different Links, Different Goals
WMW has a good thread about some of the changes people are noticing at Google. Two big things that are happening are more and more pages are getting thrown in Google’s supplemental results, and Google may be getting more aggressive with re-ranking results based on local inter-connectivity and other quality related criteria.
AFP Settles Google News Lawsuit
The sweet sound of stacks of Euros being riffled with glee has brought an end to Agence France-Presse’s suit against Google for indexing its stories and photos for Google News.
Bandwidth Hogs Not Feeling Comcastic
Comcast subscribers are finding out the hard way that excessive bandwidth use could lead to an unexpected termination of service, as well as a subsequent one-year reconnection ban. The kicker, however, is that Comcast refuses to provide any hard data to customers documenting their bandwidth usage.
Taken from the storied pages of the How To Stick It To Your Customers manifesto, Comcast has once again proven that just when you think a company can’t possibly tarnish their public image any further, there’s always a new low that can be achieved.
Google Faces Pressure Over Censorship
Shareholders will have the opportunity to vote on a proposal during the upcoming annual meeting that would call on Google to take a strong stance against censorship and abusive regimes.
Ask.com And The Information Revolution
The start of a humorous advertising campaign in England by Ask.com has drawn some lively criticism on the main website for the promotion. We tossed some questions at Greg Ott, Ask’s VP of Marketing, to try and get a better measure of the campaign’s impact.
Jilted Reporters Take Expertise Online
Lose your job? Well, you didn’t lose your knowledge base – why not give your old employer a run for its money? That’s what eight former reporters at the Santa Barbara News-Press did when they were fired, and they named the result the Santa Barbara Newsroom.
If MySpace Loves You, Everybody Loves You
Did you know Photobucket controls 41 percent of photo-sharing market? Do you know why they do? Answer: MySpace, MySpace, MySpace. The News Corp.-owned social networking phenom is showing that if you really want market share, you have to win over MySpacers.
ICANN To Leave US?
The “I” in ICANN stands for “Internet,” but if the Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has its way, “International” may become an equally valid interpretation; according to recent reports, ICANN could make a new home for itself in Switzerland.
That’s right – ICANN may trade apple pie and plasma TVs for chocolate and fine timepieces.
Personal Approach in Business & Marketing
It seems like every business owner, site text writer or anyone else communicating with others, while on a job, seem to have learned somewhere that informal approach works best and they should follow it any time.
The truth is, people are still people, regardless if they become your customers, employees or business partners. If you want to build closer relationships with the people to build your business, you’ll learn how to stay personal with people you communicate with.
Search Engine Friendly Pages and Domain Names
Last week I wrote that a search engine friendly website is not the same as a search engine optimized website. While that is a good article in and of itself, I’m using that as a jump off point to start a short series on the topic of building a search engine friendly website. Just in case you haven’t caught on yet, this is the first post in that series.