Sony BMG, DRM Free, Heads To Amazon
The glaringly missing online component to Sony BMG’s plan to sell music without DRM turned out to be a newly revealed deal with Amazon.com.
Search Engine Pitfalls & Remedies of Redesigning Websites
After a couple of beers and a bit of soul searching on the web planning front my SEO specialist friend and I noticed that many businesses that have new websites aren’t aware of the effects changing of host servers and web page names can have on their search engine ranking. What’s more shocking is that many web developers don’t advise clients about the down side of changing or redesigning web sites, or even recommend best ways of reducing loss of ranking.
The Sun Duped By Samoan Sex Tape Spoofers
If you’re here on a seedy search mission, let me save you some time: There is no Britney sex tape on the Internet. It was a hoax. Sorry to disappoint you. If there is one (and we know there probably is) it’s not been leaked yet.
Microsoft Excel AdCenter Add-in & Webinar
Microsoft has announced the launch of the adCenter Add-in for Excel 2007. You might want to download the Add-in from here.
MC Hammer as a Tech Entrepreneur
After a long and distinguished career as a hip-hop star, preacher, actor, TV show host, MLB bat boy, and spy / shill for the controversial owner of the Oakland A’s Charlie Finley, Stanley Kirk Burrell (aka MC Hammer) can now add one more job to his impressive resume – tech entrepreneur. Enter DanceJam.com.
Google Maps Getting More and More Popular
According to Hitwise, Google Maps is growing in popularity rapidly. While they have a long way to go to overtake the leader in the maps sector, Google Maps is the only major map site to see an increase in traffic over the last year.
Facebook Especially Slow, Inaccessible?
WatchMouse monitored a total of 104 sites for performance issues, and many of them were entities that you probably haven’t heard of (Rummble, Sconex, Woophy, etc.). Now, guess which site scored worst? Got a name in mind? Did you think (this article’s title aside) of Facebook?
FCC Looking into Comcast
Back in November, we mentioned how Free Press and other groups wanted ISP/cable company Comcast brought before the FCC for the way the company imitated users on BitTorrent to terminate downloads. And now, the FCC will be looking into it—at least according to Chairman Kevin Martin, speaking at CES.
Google vs. MSN on Paid Links and Cloaking
Don’t buy paid links! Paid links are bad! Don’t cloak either. Search engines don’t allow it. You’ve all heard this before right?>>> What are your thoughts on paid links? Do you agree with Google’s hard line? Comment here…
Reznor’s Bad Internet Tax Idea
There’s a great interview with Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails up at CNET, in which he talks about his experience with the Saul Williams album he recently released as a “pay what you want” download (which I wrote about here).