AP Says Scrapers Targets, Not Bloggers

The Associated Press plans soon to sic a scraper-bot on the Web to find swiped AP content. While no one would argue with taking on scraper sites, the vagueness of AP news editor Ted Bridis might be worth considering.

More Americans Going Online For Health Information

The majority (61%) of Americans are going online for health information and most are reading reviews and comments posted by other users, according to a new report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Among those who have gone online, 59 percent have done at least one of the following activities:

Twitter Given Entry In AP Stylebook

Twitter hit another milestone of sorts today, and thanks to this development, members of the mainstream media have more or less lost their last excuse for mangling terms related to the site.  Yes, believe it or not, the Associated Press Stylebook added Twitter. 

Are You Prepared for the New AdWords Interface?

Google announced today that it has two updates regarding the release of the New Adwords Interface. For one, they've made the interface available to everyone who uses AdWords Standard Edition. Secondly, Google has begun the migration process already with a small number of accounts.

AOL Buys Two Local Online Media Companies

AOL has acquired two local online media companies Patch Media Corp. and Going Inc. in an effort to further build on its current local network. Patch is a local news platform focused on smaller towns and Going is a local platform for people to find and share information about things to do in a number of cites.