Destroying the Silicon Valley
For some time now, I’ve wondered if my destiny is to destroy the Silicon Valley. I grew up here, the weather is nice, but I’ve watched it change time and again into a massive marketing function too expensive to live in.
Spam Trail Leads Blogger To Defamation Suit
A California blogger becomes one of the latest to be dragged into court after an inflammatory blog post. A brief tale about tracking down a spammer, which also held the accused personal contact information, won Jerry Baker a defamation lawsuit. The case also illustrates the potential pitfalls of Internet research.
Interview with Todd Andrlik
Last week we posted about the rise of Billboard 100-like lists on the Internet. One of the lists we pointed to in that original post was Todd Andrlik’s (And for short) The Power 150. We caught up with Todd just before the weekend to get more details on how/why The Power 150 came to be
Bite: First off, tell us how you came up with the idea for The Power 150.
Is Wikipedia On Its Last Legs?
The monetization of Wikipedia has been the subject of much debate, and even a little venom spitting, for the past several months. With reports surfacing that funding for the user-edited encyclopedia may be running out, will Wikians finally embrace an ad-supported business model?
According to Alexa, Wikipedia is the twelfth most popular site on the entire Internet. Within six months, however, the entire site could be non-existent.
About.com Adds Videos
About.com, a producer of original content has added 500 new videos to the site, expanding its online video initiative. Visitors to the site will have more choices in, and better access to video content which covers several of the site’s key channels including: Home, Autos, Computing and Gadgets, Food, Health and Parenting, in topics ranging from simple how-to’s to specialized themes.
The Link Building Mindset – A Baker’s Dozen
We all know that one-way links from authority web sites are essential if your link building efforts are to be successful. But what does it take to get those authority sites to link to you? Well, you’ll probably guess that it is not easy – quality links don’t materialize from feeble or automated requests. To get those ever so valuable links you’ve got to adopt the right mindset – the principles that show link targets you mean business and that you’re worth linking to.
LG Phones To Deliver Yahoo Services
LG Electronics has 64,082 employees, a chairman and CEO who goes by the name “S.S. Kim,” and almost 50 years of corporate history. It also has a new “strategic mobile partnership” with Yahoo to distribute the company’s services on some phones.
Reports are surfacing throughout the blogosphere concerning the ever-growing recesses of Google’s supplemental results. Now more than ever, sites that were once highly ranked in the main index are beginning to find themselves in the confines of the supplemental index.
Some have likened Google’s supplemental index to a virtual refuse pile, an online prison where all sorts of outdated web content are doomed to a fate of obscurity for all time.
Online Dating To Reach $932 Million
The US online dating market continues to grow but faces a slow down in the number of users paying for access, according to a study by JupiterResearch. European online dating sites are growing as well and are attracting new users. Revenues will double from 243 million euros in 2006 to 549 million euros in 2011, according to the JupiterResearch online dating forecast.
YouTube Censors Religion Criticism?
Outspoken atheist Nick Gisburne claims that the staff of Google-owned YouTube deleted his account simply because he posted a selection of Quran quotations, among other religious criticism. In a video he released on February 8th, he states: