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Google, dMarc Founders Part Ways
Usually when we talk about Google and personnel, it’s to report that the company has hired yet another big name, and it’s…
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Yahoo Sheds More Light On Quality Score
Last week, Yahoo launched its new Panama search platform amidst much buzz throughout the blogosphere. As part of the new model, Yahoo will be implementing a scoring system to determine ad quality, which will in turn have an influence on bid prices for keywords. We’re less than two weeks into Panama, and already Yahoo has been more forthcoming with information concerning its quality score calculation…
Microsoft Finally Helped New Zealand Police
While seeking evidence that a suspect in New Zealand was the member of a burglary ring, authorities in the country tried obtaining details about the man and were rebuffed by Microsoft. It took a court order for Microsoft to change its tune about not being subject to laws in New Zealand. Police wanted to identify a man who had provided his name, address, and phone…
Adjust Your Marketing
Some marketing fails because it does not use market feedback to help improve the ROI on the next generation of marketing. For example, if I make a couple sites and then take what I learned from making those and apply that to making more sites I will probably be more efficient than if I try to make many sites in parallel without collecting feedback.
Cisco Expands Its Social Circle
When you think of Cisco, the company's prowess in networking and IP technology immediately comes to mind. With today's announcement, however, it appears that Cisco is branching out into a different kind of networking, the kind geared toward people rather than machines. Cisco has announced an agreement acquire Five Across, a San Francisco based social networking software company. Terms of the deal have not been…
Calacanis Accepts The SEO Challenge
After he called the SEO industry a bunch of snake oil salesmen and warned people away from smoking the "SEO crack," venture capitalist Jason Calacanis found himself on the receiving end of a call to action.
