Twitter Getting Rid of VIP Autofollow Service
For a privileged few who requested it, Twitter provided an “autofollowing” service that saved premium members the time and effort it takes to follow back everybody following them. Twitter sent out word they will no longer be offering this service.
Google Announces Notification Preferences for AdSense
Google has announced that it’s rolling out new email notification preferences for AdSense account holders. They will become available over the next few days.
Basically, users will have the option to receive specific messages like event invitations, info about webinars, and personalized account suggestions from Google.
MySpace and Citysearch Become Partners
MySpace is still huge despite not getting the degree of attention that other social media outlets get. According to Compete.com from January ’09 it slipped to second behind Facebook when ranked by number of monthly visits.
Micrsoft on Why UK Advertisers Should Use adCenter
Microsoft faces some pretty tough competition in the pay-per-click space. On the adCenter blog today, they have posted some reasons they think users (at least in the UK) would benefit more from adCenter than its "main competitor."
Google Introduces Rich Media/Video Ad Templates
Google has introduced some new templates for rich media and video in the AdWords Display Ad Builder. Advertisers using the platform should take notice to these if they are looking to get consumers more engaged with their ads.
Google provides a step-by-step walkthrough of how to use the templates in the following clip:
Skype for iPhone Officially Available
Update: Skype says:
Apple’s Wozniak Turns to Social Media for Dancing with Stars Support
Update 2: Woz is done. His efforts may have kept him around longer than he would have made it otherwise, but in the end, he just didn’t make it.
Update: Woz has survived another round of Dancing with the Stars for all of you who want to stay up to date without having to watch the show.
Original article: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak appeared on Dancing with the Stars last night and came in last place. Now he wants help getting votes.
Alaskan Politician Outs Anonymous Blogger
There are lots of politicians out there who aren’t thrilled with the anonymous free speech the Internet offers. If they don’t know the blogger’s name, they don’t know who to be mad at. One Alaskan political blogger got so under a representative’s skin the representative spent months trying to find and disclose her identity.
You know, because apparently there’s nothing else to do in the Alaskan legislature at the moment.
Writing For Conversions – Testing New Content
Our exploration of utilizing content to increase conversion rates began with analyzing statistics to uncover opportunities for improvement, followed by how to create and implement good content to compel visitors to take action. The natural next step is testing.
April Fools Virus Bigger Than March Madness
March Madness has been a very buzz-worthy topic over the last month or so, but as the NCAA tournament has gotten closer to its end, the buzz has faded consistently. A different topic has generated buzz however, and that is the Conficker computer virus that is supposed to hit the Internet on April 1st. According to Wikipedia: