Roundup: Digg Spam Policy
I wasn’t sure about posting about getting the nix from digg earlier this week, but apparently it was on many people’s minds.
Search Wikia Will Drive By Users
The same wisdom of crowds that has propelled Wikipedia to prominence could be the key to remaking the search engine; we have to admit that it’s an idea we’ve seen already.
The Dilemma of Socially Driven Search
In a December 23rd posting, Wikipedia founder Jimbo Wales announced the re-focusing of efforts geared toward developing a socially driven search engine. Wikiasari (or Wikia for short) is poised to take a competitive posture toward the larger search engines such as Google and Yahoo, but is this really good for the industry?
YouTube: Taking a Bite Out of Crime?
Canadian authorities have been feverishly searching for a man believed to be responsible for murdering one person and seriously injuring another. Thanks to the popular video-sharing site, YouTube, their search may be over.
Small Business PR
Earlier this week Matt McGee of Small Business SEM blog did an interview with me about public relations for small businesses.
Google Bug Tracker – Unofficial
Philipp posts about Wouter Schut, who decided that if Google was going to do such a poor job responding to users who send them emails about bugs and suggestions, he was going to create a public bug tracking database himself.
Google Maps – Multiple Destinations
Google added a new advanced feature to Google Maps: multiple destinations. Now, if you need to go to more than one place, you can enter more than one destination (by hitting the new “Add destination” link) and get directions to each place in order.
Microsoft Academy Marketing or Technical Program?
So as most of you probably already know by now, when I graduate from the University of Kent in June 2007 with my BSc Honours Degree in Information Technology, I want to work for Microsoft, more specifically in either the MSN or Windows Live Division!
Digg and Social Marketing Strategy
There has been a lot of chatter on various blogs and forums lately about Digg banning domains (a lifetime ban it seems). Some sites have received this response from Digg:
Robo-selling Doesn’t Create A Customer Relationship
In a post earlier today, the usually-on-the-money Jim Berkowitz at the CRM Mastery blog had a post entitled “Turning Sales Into Science” that spotlighted a number of emerging technologies that are (according to Berkowtiz Inc.’s Alex Salkever) going to “launch your sales force into the future” and “turn a sales operation into a gleaming high-tech machine.”