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Craigslist Blogs, And They Aren’t Happy
Mouthy state attorney generals and music-blaring competitors made an appearance in the new Craigslist blog.
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Score Another For Citizen Journalism
Webmasters scored another victory in the court system recently when a Vermont judge tossed out a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman upset by comments made about her by a third party commentator.Superior Court Judge David Howard upheld provisions set forth under section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, enacted by the US Congress in 1996, which protects providers of interactive computer services from liability…
Google Maps Gets Contour Lines
Contour lines don't come up on a daily basis; it's rare enough that anyone even checks a map. But contour lines do have a number of uses, and Google has just introduced the lines on its Terrain Maps option within Google Maps.
Getting Ranked In Google News
The Google News Team has an interesting blog post about the "truths and myths" of how Google includes and ranks articles.Some of the facts that stand out include "Having an image next to your article improves your ranking MYTH. While having a good image with your article does improve your chance to get your picture shown, it has no impact on the ranking of the…
Google speaks mythic truths about Google News
Everything you think you know about Google News is, um, possibly wrong, but some of it could be right.
MySpace Music On The Way
MySpace is set to launch a joint music venture with three of the major music labels, according to sources familiar with the deal.
