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Teens: Tweeting Or Not?
While the subject is often debated, there is mounting evidence that the Internet community’s desire to pin the label of ‘early adopter’…
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Bing Indexing NoIndex/Nofollow Content
Bing's webmaster forum has a number of posts where people are complaining that Bing will not index their content. Some people, however, are having the opposite problem. Content that they do not want indexed by Bing is being indexed by Bing, despite the webmaster's efforts to keep it out of the search engine.
Latest eBay Changes Go Over Better With Sellers
eBay upset a lot of its sellers over the last year and a half or so with various announcements and policy changes. Evidence of this is all over the web on message boards, blog comments, and social networks.
YouTube Reaches Out With Revenue-Sharing Program
YouTube's Partner Program has, as a general rule, allowed in only content creators who produce original and heavily viewed clips on a consistent basis. This was a smart and safe approach. But it's an approach that also excluded a lot of very popular one-off videos, and YouTube's now seeking to correct the problem.
Short URL Spam a Big Threat in August
Spammers are taking particular advantage of the heightened interest in health-related issues like swine flu and healthcare reform to distribute large shortened-URL spam runs using the Donbot botnet, according to Symantec's MessageLabs.
eBay Unleashes Latest Changes for Sellers
Update: eBay is starting to test the badges. The company made the following announcement: Over the next few weeks you may see a new seller badge appearing on some item pages and in search results. This badge is part of the new eBay Top-rated seller status announced last week and launching in October. Starting this week and over the next few weeks, we'll be testing the…
