Google Looks For Lobbyists In Europe

Lobbyists, on the whole, have a pretty bad reputation.  They’re regarded as a rather shady group of people; one of the main headings in a Wikipedia article is “corruption concerns.”  Draw your own conclusions, then, about this bit of news: Google wants to hire lobbyists throughout Europe.

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Would There Be A YouTube Without MySpace?

YouTube's explosion onto the Internet scene was no accident. It was timing – timing so fortuitous that you might compare it to an alignment of the planets. YouTube didn't rise in a vacuum, but it rose in the House of MySpace, to continue the astrology analogy, with a number of other forces in play.

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SEO Spam Case Study

ShopFactory.com (by Steffan Klein & Michael Veith, according to the About page) is a system to help you create online shops.

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Virtual Worlds Valued At A Billion

World of Warcraft, Second Life, Final Fantasy Online, Everquest and a whole slew of other online environments are booming as broadband access has continued to proliferate throughout the United States and beyond.

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