Follow These 10 On FriendFeed
I’ve been pretty active on FriendFeed for the past couple of weeks and it has definitely become one of my new top spots on the web. In many ways FriendFeed simply replaces a lot of other sites where I was spending time in the past. It has completely replaced Twitter for me for instance and has also taken my chunk of time that I used to spend focusing on my Flickr contact’s photos (I now see all of these photos on FriendFeed instead of Flickr directly itself).
eBay Changes Feedback Policy For Sellers
Online auction site eBay has begun to introduce changes in the feedback that sellers can leave about buyers. The changes were first announced in January.Sellers on eBay are no longer allowed to leave neutral or negative comments about buyers on the site. eBay has also changed the way it calculates a member’s positive feedback percentage score.
Social Networking Ad Prognosis Cut
What’s £200 million between friends? Well, in this case, it’s the amount by which eMarketer believes it overestimated worldwide social networking ad spending in a not-too-distant year.
Against The Hacker: Hardening Applications
Gartner sees the application hardening market emerging over the next two years. Arxan believes its Guard technology brings the future closer to today.
ACCM: 15 Landing Page Tips
There’s an art to landing pages but the end goal is the same for all of them: Getting the prospective visitor to take a desired action. Accomplishing this is a matter of patience, thorough testing, and intuiting a visitor’s desire. (Coverage of the ACCM conference continues at Murdok Videos. Keep an eye on Murdok for more notes and videos from the event this week.)
Obama Seeks ‘Indefinite’ Web Marketer
Democratic Presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama must be pretty confident he’ll get his party’s nomination; his campaign recently posted an Internet advertising job opening. Job duration: Indefinite.
Chicago Sues eBay, StubHub Over Ticket Taxes
The city of Chicago is suing eBay and subsidiary StubHub for failing to collect an 8 percent amusement tax on tickets sold online.The city charges in the lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court that the two companies are "reseller’s agents" and are required under Chicago’s law to pay an amusement tax. The suit asks for a court order that will allow the city to audit the companies and hand out fines for not collecting and paying the tax.
Google Reader Advancing On Bloglines
No changes in ranking seem imminent – Google Reader was actually closer to catching Bloglines ten months ago than it is now. Still, new Hitwise data confirms that these are the top two RSS readers, and in a 12-month comparison, Google’s service is gaining ground.
Cisco Says It Does Not Help China Censor Web
Cisco Systems Inc. defended itself against a human rights group’s claims that the company aided Chinese officials in building a "great firewall" to block Internet user’s access to anti-government content.
ACCM: Trying New Email Tactics
Routine sales techniques sometimes work; otherwise, they wouldn’t have become routine. Individuals have often learned how to block them out, however, which makes a little creativity very valuable.(Coverage of the ACCM conference continues at Murdok Videos. Keep an eye on Murdok for more notes and videos from the event this week.)