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I’ve been trying to coin phrases since I started this gig in 2005—fraugs (fraud blogs), googlings (Google nuts), spitter (Twitter spammer) etc.—and…
For decades the cost of publishing on dead trees gave the publishing industry significant leverage over hopeful writers. But the Internet, specifically sites like Lulu and Scribd, are about to change all that.
Along with what comScore and Hitwise put out, Nielsen's data concerning online traffic is often viewed as being rather reliable, and almost every month, loads of people turn to it to see how different sites stack up. A couple of rather important companies have recently called into question the accuracy of Nielsen's stats, however.
Facebook's employees may soon get a special payday that goes well beyond the normal end-of-the-week routine. A new report indicates the company is raising $150 million in order to buy out workers' shares and effectively give them a pre-IPO reward.
Wolfram Alpha launched on Friday night after much anticipation. The search engine, which began generating most of its hype a couple months ago experienced problems right out of the box.
Advertisers using paid search may find that they have to adapt to the habits of searchers. And there have been indications that searchers are using longer queries to find what they are looking for these days. comScore shares some rather interesting data showing that the number of paid clicks has grown 3 times slower than the total number of queries in the US since January…
