YouTube Gets Serious About News

Over the weekend, YouTube made a couple news-oriented announcements. It would appear that the site is looking to become more of a resource for news content than ever before, and that means news from established publishers as well as amateurs. Publishers Invited to Become YouTube Partners

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Corporations Lag On Adopting Social Media

Social networking has increasingly become more visible in the workplace, and its functionality is being leveraged by companies globally, according to a new survey from Frost & Sullivan. A majority (80%) of respondents said they personally use Web 2.0 technologies to connect and share with friends and family while at work. More than half  (54%) said they use social media for professional purposes such as…

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Amazon Ends Relationship with North Carolina Affiliates

North Carolina residents who are Amazon Affiliates recently received an email telling them the company would be ending its relationships with them due to the North Carolina state legislature getting ready to, as Amazon puts it, "enact an unconstitutional tax collection scheme." What the North Carolina government is proposing would apply sales tax to purchases made through online affiliates based in NC. It has not…

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Facebook Up to Those Twittery Ways Again

Facebook is already the big boy of social networks, but it's hard to shake the feeling that the company really feels threatened by Twitter. Just look at some of the things they've done in recent memory.

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Can a Redesign Affect Your Search Engine Rankings?

Google's Matt Cutts has an interesting video up (one of many) on the Google Webmaster Central YouTube channel that deals with switching to a new content management system and how that can affect search engine rankings. Someone asks: We are changing a farily large HTML site to CMS. What are the essentials to keep in mind so that we do not lose our search rankings?

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