Make Your Own Reddit
Digg fans have always had the option of creating their own version of the site, thanks to Pligg. Now Reddit fans are going to get the opportunity to create their own personal version of the popular social voting site.
SMX West Coming Up Fast
One of the (if not THE) fastest growing conferences over the past year has been Search Marketing Expo.
The Key to Dominating Google is to Matter Outside of it
Rich Skrenta recently mentioned an article about being within the confines of Google: So it strikes me that the time is right to make some big bets. You can’t make those within the system. My advice: start from scratch, take some chances in finding marketing channels outside the Google system.
SEO and Understanding Your Brand
I always recommend that folks optimizing their web sites take great care to not confuse the name of their company with what the searchers are actually trying to find, which is frequently the brand. Unless you are someone like Coca-Cola or your name is the same as your product and brand, you should generally leave your company name out of the title tag of your pages. If you absolutely must have it there, put it at the end.
Some Interesting Online Video Ad Stats
As marketers, we hear people complain all the time about advertising. It comes as no surprise that BurstMedia’s recent survey found that people don’t like ads—but it’s probably something we should think about.
MySQL and the Google MacGyver Connection
A reader commented that MySQL isn’t “enterprise ready”, to which another reader wrote: “I hate it when snobby DBAs or managers scoff at MySQL as if it isn’t ready to play with the big boys. Google called, they’d like to loan you a clue.”
Nofollow Makes it Into HTML5 Specification
HTML5 appeared as first working draft at the World Wide Web Consortium.
Americans Confused About DTV Switch
Close to half of over-the-air households reject post-transition pay TV and plan to receive free, over-the-air digital television by buying a converter box or digital TV set according to the Association of Public Television Stations study. About 43 percent of over-the-air households said they would purchase a converter box or a digital TV between now and when the transition takes place on February 17, 2009, compared to 12 percent who would sign up for a cable or satellite service.
Jan. 30th Dubbed Intl Delete Your MySpace Account Day
On my personal calendar, I’ve got Wednesday, January 30th more or less open – nothing of importance is happening. But for one social network, Wednesday might get a little interesting, as a user has decided to make it International Delete Your MySpace Account Day.
Google, Publicis Announce Partnership
There are times when technology news can make you feel dumb; a sort of "slow down, I’ve never heard any of those terms before" feeling comes up. But in this instance, we’re placing the blame for any confusion on Google and Publicis; the two companies put out a short, vague press release, and seem to have scattered all relevant information to the winds.