YouTube, Turkey Resolve Their Differences

The court-ordered ban lasted two days, but it's over now - YouTube is once again accessible in Turkey. But in order to appease the court, the video-sharing site removed a certain clip; hard feelings remain among both freedom-of-speech supporters and those who were offended by the video.

No More Search Results In Google SERPs?

Google employees are hinting (strongly) that the search engine is being more discriminatory about website search results appearing in Google's search results. That cross-mojonation, if you will, isn't what searchers want. And while that seems simple on the surface - a search result leading to another search result in a vicious cycle is pretty frustrating for most users - it leaves a lot to think…

Could Twitter Become Compulsive?

Like a great many people, I’ve been experimenting quite a bit with Twitter during the past few weeks. Although I signed up in December, it’s only in the past two weeks that I’ve got active with it. During this past week, though, it seems that everyone and his granny has jumped on board. Twitter is… what? A chat tool? A social network? A text messaging service?…

Your Marketing Soundtrack – Punk or Disco?

While I’m finishing the book, I wanted to do a quick post about “Punk Marketing: Get off your ass and join the revolution.” Richard Laermer, my cohort in crime at the Bad Pitch blog, wrote it with Mark Simmons.