Google Needs A Couple Months to Heal the World
Back in September, Google made an announcement that seemed to reflect it’s policy of not doing evil quite well. As a celebration of Google’s ten-year anniversary, the company announced "Project 10100" or "10 to the 100th," which is a contest where the prize is you get to help people all over the world.
Microsoft Delays Construction Of Iowa Data Center
If you want to compare servers to Hallmark products, Microsoft is no longer the little old lady who buys a shopping cart full of Christmas cards on December 26th. Instead, the company has decided to send cards to fewer people and save its money for 11 months. Or, to drop the metaphor, you might just say that Microsoft’s delayed the construction of a data center.
Report: Twitter Secures $250 Million Valuation
There was some excitement generated this weekend when rumor spread about Twitter nailing down a third round of venture capitalist funding, effectively raising its value to as much as $250 million.
Job Search Web Sites See Big Growth
Job search was the fastest growing online category in the U.S. in 2008, according to comScore.The job search category saw the number of visitors grow 51 percent to 18.8 million visitors. The final months of the year usually see a slow down in job searching activity because of the holidays, but were instead some of the most heavily trafficked months of 2008.
Don’t Let YouTube Comments Come Back to Haunt You
YouTube has just initiated a feature that allows users who leave comments on videos to delete those comments. Now when you put your foot in your mouth, you can take it back out. "Whether you misspelled ‘pwned’, back in the day when you were just a n00b to the internets, or you simply said something you wish you could take back – now you can remove your commentary at any time," says a post from the YouTube Team.
MySpace, YouTube Announce Reporters To Cover Davos
One YouTube user and one MySpace user will be attending the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos-Klosters following online contests on both sites.The two "Citizen Reporters" will attend the conference and will report back by using MySpace and YouTube.
Samsung Shows Off Impressive TV Lineup
Samsung’s seeking to make itself the go-to company in the field of on-the-wall entertainment. At this year’s CES, the manufacturer displayed an array of televisions (incorporating LED, LCD, and plasma technology) that offer truly unique combinations of style and performance.
Google on Defusing Googlebombs
Google only needs to run its "Googlebomb" algorithm once in a while. And just recently, one of these times emerged. You may have read about it. Obama was ranking for "failure". He doesn’t rank for failure anymore, and that’s because Google ran the algorithm. Matt Cutts was kind enough to explain Google’s process for this type of thing:
Cutts, Google Defend And Promote Knol
It seems that Google didn’t miss Knol by accident when the company was killing Dodgeball, Jaiku, and other services two weeks ago. Matt Cutts has stepped forward to defend the would-be Wikipedia competitor, and a new contest aims to spark a bit of interest in it.
How Multiple Online Marketing Efforts Can Succeed
If business owners want to gain a competitive edge online in 2009, a comprehensive strategy is the way to go.Businesses of any size will succeed with online marketing – and blow past the competition – by focusing on multiple fronts at one time to deliver the most favorable ROI.The Internet offers a dizzyingly array of services, everything from search engine optimization and link building to paid search, banner advertising and video marketing. Each has merit and can improve profits.How could it make any sense to let them operate as silos?