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Fired On Facebook
People are fired in all kinds of rude ways, but they typically don’t make the news. Get fired via Facebook, though, and…
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LinkedIn Upgrades Search Interface
LinkedIn puts its current user base at about 33 million, and as such, it's easy to believe that the odds of finding professionals with even remotely common names are beyond slim. The site's trying to keep this from happening, though, with some interesting new search upgrades.
A List of Google’s Money Making Products
Below overview checks which Google products directly make money for Google in terms of being paid for by the user, or having ads or affiliate links. Indirect effects on revenues (as well as some other things) are disregarded for this purpose, but not because the effects are necessarily neglible.* The table is just an estimate – if you see ommissions or misses please comment and…
eMarketer: UK Social Networks Attractive To Advertisers
Indicators that times are tough shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone, and a new report from eMarketer suggests that some advertisers will respond by making cutbacks. The research and analysis company took a close look at a few social networks, though, and believes advertisers in the UK won't turn their backs on them too much.
Is Your Press Center Holding Back Marketing Opportunities?
Covering industry news, naturally I read a lot of press releases. Sometimes they're sent directly to me or our news team as a whole, sometimes I find them online through PR wires, and sometimes I will find them on the companies' websites.
Unemployed A Big Spam/Phishing Target In 2009
Expect more sophisticated spamming in 2009. And thanks to the economy, an increase in scams targeting the down and out, the tax-rebate hopeful, and the noble yet digitally naïve pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps market.
