Experts Down on Marketing
Guy Kawasaki moderated a panel of some innovative web community founders at the CommunityNext Conference, and the video is fascinating. It’s not often I get a 1 hour video and watch it all the way through, but I’ve already watched this one twice.
Google Selling PR7 Links For $10k!
While doing some research, an astute coworker of mine noticed that the Google Enterprise Solutions page has links to their partners’ websites who are part of their Enterprise program. What’s interesting about this is that the page has a Google PageRank of 7/10, and to get listed on that page you have to pay Google $10,000 per year to be part of their program.
Google On Robots Exclusion Protocol
A post on official Google blog informs about Robots Exclusion Protocol. Sometime back we informed you about a previous post on Robots.txt file.
EDM and IT Operations
I saw an interesting article on DM Direct (DM Review’s email newsletter) today – Leveraging Decision Automation in Database Administration.
Gord Interviews Marissa Mayer on Personalization
Below is the full transcript of the interview with Marissa Mayer on personalization of search results. For commentary, see the Just Behave column on Searchengineland.
Gord: It’s a little more than two weeks ago since Google made the announcement that personalization would become more of a default standard for more users on Google. Why did you move towards making that call?
Wrong About Google Apps
Sometimes I just get it plain old wrong.
Yesterday’s entry on using Google Apps as a risk management decision, and then to consult your internal legal team.
Then as one reader pointed out, the idea was sound, but then I advocated using Drupal and Linux on any old shared environment. So basically, I advocated against Google Apps, and then said to do the same thing that Google Apps do, which is provide a shared collaborative environment that the company does not control by buying some 5 dollar a month hosting company.
Have a Business Plan for Your Sites
The First Age of The Internet is fast coming to a close, and with that comes the removal of early opportunities and low-hanging fruit.
That means if you have a serious plan for a website, you need to push on getting it out now, and fast.
If you have a website without a business plan, you need to push on getting one drawn up now, and fast.
I’ve been at this conclusion for a while, but the issue of urgency is speeding up.
No Viacom On YouTube? No Problem
Clips from programs like South Park and The Daily Show vanished from YouTube when Viacom demanded their removal. You wouldn’t know anything has changed based on YouTube’s rising traffic.
Hearst and Microsoft Make Print Digital
Newspaper giant Hearst Corporation unveiled its News Reader software, a product born of a partnership with Microsoft. News Reader software debuted in beta at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer as a downloadable application, allowing an on-screen view of Hearst newspapers.
The news comes in the wake of growing concern for the future of print media as online content becomes more prevalent and preferred.
George B. Irish, president of Hearst Newspapers, and Kenneth A. Bronfin, president of Hearst Interactive Media.
Google, Avaya Partner To Give Apps A Voice
When Google Apps Premier Edition was released yesterday, it became the subject of more than a few news stories. Expect to see another round of them once a new deal between Google and Avaya bears fruit. Avaya has promised to integrate “communications” – e.g., voice – with Google Apps.