Feedburner Incorporates AdSense Into Feeds
About a month ago, it was hinted at that Feedburner would start incorporating AdSense into feeds as a product of its acquisition by Google. It appears that time is approaching with feeds for some publishers getting ready to start displaying AdSense ads this week.
Disruptive Technologies for the Next 4 Years
Gartner, an IT industry analyst firm, has published a report on what its analysts see as the top ten disruptive technologies for 2008 to 2012:
Twitter Could Have Problems for Months
Lately, it seems that a high number of Tweets has been causing problems for Twitter, making key features unavailable, and in a post to the Twitter Technology Blog, it was implied that more popular users like say, Robert Scoble, who have a lot of followers are the reason that the service has been failing.
What To Do If You’re Microsoft Or Yahoo?
Some high-powered tech industry professionals have suggestions for the two companies, whose inability to make some kind of deal left the tech industry wondering why they could not reach some kind of accord.
Teens Facebook Party Trashes $8 Million Home
A family from Britain had their $8 million Spanish home vandalized by 400 teenagers after the owner’s 16-year-old daughter put invitations to a party on social networking sites Facebook and Bebo.After invitations to the party were posted rumors began to circulate that Jodie Hudson’s parents did not care if their seven-bedroom home was destroyed because they were getting a divorce.
Twitter Places Blame On Users For Problems
I almost did a Mike Arrington headline, like the one he used recently against Wired magazine, when he was frustrated that they were calling him out. It would have been so satisfying. But, I decided to play it straight. At least here. Over on FriendFeed I let my full fury out.
Twitter Is Over Capacity
Decisions. Decisions. How to stay in touch with the exponential growth of the technical information being developed by our exponentially growing network of contacts. The Internet is a fertile field for all this growth but how do we poor humans stay on top of it.
The Battle For “SEO Trademark” Wages On
Just when you thought it was over: May 19 was the deadline for the man who would be SEO trademark holder to respond to notices of opposition to his trademark application (which were filed by SEOmoz, Arteworks, Beanstalk Search Engine Positioning, SEO.com, Jonathan Hochman, and Rhea Drysdale). Sarah Bird, Esq., of SEOmoz filed for default judgment in the case on Tuesday.
What a Difference a URL Can Make
Research shows that print ads that contain URLs are up to three times as likely to drive readers to a website than those that don’t include them.Not that this information comes as much of a surprise, but it is probably a tactic that many businesses still are not using. The Research Shows…
Social Networks’ Users Open To Better-Targeted Ads
People on social networking sites don’t object too much to the idea of ads, according to a recent study. But before marketers throw more money at Facebook and MySpace, they should know that users also feel ad targeting leaves a lot to be desired.