Newspaper Company Plans To Charge For Online Content
MediaNews Group, owner of the Denver Post and 53 other daily newspapers plans to start charging for online access to all its newspaper content on its websites.
MediaNews CEO William Dean Singleton wrote a memo to employees saying, "We cannot continue to give all our content away for free."
Twitter Changes How Users View Replies
Update 2: Biz posted on the blog again showing that Twitter is taking users’ feelings on the matter seriously:
So here’s what we’re planning to do. First, we’re making a change such that any updates beginning with @username (that are not explicitly created by clicking on the reply icon) will be seen by everyone following that account. This will bring back some serendipity and discovery and we can do this very soon.
Give Away More Info On Google’s SERPs
Update: Google also posted on the Enterprise Blog about how you can utilize richer snippets for Site Search.
Original Article: Today at Google’s Searchology event, the company announced (among other things) that it was rolling out richer snippets. The snippets will extract and show more useful info from results than the current ones, Google says.
Wolfram Alpha Launch Draws Near
Update: Wolfram Alpha said Tuesday on a company Web site that it plans to begin broadcasting the run-up to its public unveiling Friday evening, including "behind-the-scenes views."
Google Webmaster Tools Given Overhaul
It’s that time of year again; if you head to the nearest Lowe’s or Home Depot, you’ll see all sorts of guys fondling various shiny pieces of hardware. And for folks who spend more looking at monitors than chainsaws, something interesting is available, too: a fresh Google Webmaster Tools design.
Google To Expand Trademark Bidding Worldwide
This June, Google will expand advertiser’s ability to bid on trademarked keywords worldwide in over 200 countries despite a class action lawsuit filed in Texas. The plan to do so illustrates Google’s confidence that trademark bidding is not a violation of trademark laws—apparently anywhere.
Online Newspapers In The U.K. Attract Large Global Audience
Nearly 16 million people in the U.K. visited a newspaper web site in March, representing a 43-percent reach of the country’s online population, according to comScore.
EU Fines Intel A Record $1.45 Billion
The European Commission has imposed a record fine against Intel Corp of $1.45 billion (1.06 billion euros) for violating antitrust rules and other practices used to exclude competitor AMD from the computer chip market.
Mobile Advertising Booming in Britain
Despite being a nascent industry in tough economic times, mobile advertising in the UK is growing at a faster rate than previously expected.
The IAB and PricewaterhouseCoopers research demonstrates that mobile advertising has experienced an impressive and steady growth in the UK in an overall declining market. In 2008, as more brands trialed and embraced the medium, spending increased by a whopping 99.2% to $44 million.
Matt Cutts on Overlooked Items from Searchology
Yesterday Google held its Searchology event and announced a number of new things. The big announcements, which were widely covered included: