Women Make More Friends On Social Networks

When it comes to social networks, a new study shows that men are more likely than women to downplay the first part of the term.  Women, according to Rapleaf, tend to have deeper relationships and a greater number of friends.

Is Google Driving Down the Value of Domain Names?

Robin Cannon in Search Engine Journal asks the somewhat puzzling question, ‘Is Google Trumping The URL?‘ Apparently more and more people use Google to find websites than type in the URL in the address bar of their browser. As he says:

Yahoo, Microsoft Get Down To Talking

Negotiations could lead to a middle ground in Microsoft's effort to acquire Yahoo, which claimed a greater worth than Microsoft's initial bid at the end of January.

“Featured” App Status Not Free At MySpace

Here's a funny thing: if you visit the MySpace Apps page with AdBlock Plus enabled, the "Featured Applications" section appears entirely blank.  And as it turns out, developers are indeed paying to show up in those spots.