Online Advertised Jobs Take Seasonal Dip
Online advertised job vacancies saw a six percent seasonal decline from December to January according to The Conference Board Help-Wanted Online Data Series. For the year online advertised vacancies were up 12 percent for the nation as a whole.
Employee Performance Appraisal – Ideal Assessment Form
Conventional wisdom says that there’s no such thing as a perfect employee performance appraisal form. And with so many sorry examples of appraisal forms around, conventional wisdom might almost seem correct.
Googler Fires Back At Click Fraud Report
Shuman Ghosemajumder dedicated two blog posts to blasting ClickForensics and its latest assessment of click fraud taking place in the pay per click industry.
uBid.com Delivers Unique Super Bowl Ad
How far would you be willing to go to score two 50-yard line tickets to the Super Bowl this year? For one Chicago Bears fan the answer is apparently pretty far. Jennifer Gordon is offering the space on her nearly nine month pregnant belly to be used for advertising in exchange for two tickets to the big game.
Myspace Donates Sex Offender Database
MySpace.com partnered with Sentinel Tech that they are donating a Sentinel Safe database to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). The database, jointly developed by MySpace and Sentinel, enables websites identify, remove, and block convicted sex offenders from online communities.
Google News: There Is No News
At Murdok, we try to write about important and interesting things, but groundbreaking developments simply don’t occur every day. There are times, even, when it seems like there’s nothing to report. Google News is apparently experiencing a similar problem – earlier today, the site was entirely devoid of stories.
SEO 500: An Updated View On Copy
Traditionally, the magic word count for SEO has been around 300 words. As Google gets more particular about what it picks up due to higher concentrations of MFA (made-for-AdSense) pages, that new optimal count may be 500-600 words with a long tail.
Ask Has Seen Akira
As Ask.com drops off some new Smart Answers for the month of February, they also let out a cry of “Tetsuoooooo!” which of course can only be answered with “Kanedaaaaaaa!”
RIAA Countersued, Plot Thickens
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has been relentless in its pursuit of those individuals found to be taking part in peer-to-peer music sharing. Numerous lawsuits have been filed by the RIAA, most of which are settled out of court for an arbitrary fee.
Microsoft To Counter Apple With Zune Phone?
The buzz surrounding the announcement of Apple’s iPhone has reached feverish proportions throughout the blogosphere in recent weeks. Not wanting to be left out of the smartphone party, rumors are now circulating that Microsoft is working on plans to develop its own Zune branded cellular phone.