Online Job Ads Up In December

In December there were 3,541,200 online advertised job vacancies, an increase of 6 percent from last December, according to The Conference Board Help-Wanted Online Data Series.While this number is up from last year, it was down by 13 percent from the November level, partly because of a seasonal pattern, which began with the Thanksgiving holiday. There were 2.3 advertised jobs online for every 100 persons…

How Meta Commands Can Help You Love Spiders

Nearly all search engines utilize spiders (which are also known by their original name, robots) to go out and scour the web looking for web pages. These search engine spiders then bring the data back to be indexed by the engine.

Utilizing Social Networks to Make Your Posts Viral

This article talks about how social networks can make a post go viral - or spread like crazy. It focuses specifically on the biggest social networks - MySpace and Facebook. Facebook tends to be a bit more technical - allowing you to utilize apps to spread the word. They also attract different types of people.

Chinese Can Only Access Video from State-controlled Companies

You knew it had to happen sooner or later: China is cracking down on Internet video. Under the new regulations, Chinese web surfers will only be able to access video from state-controlled companies. It looks like these regulations will effectively kill user-generated and other video sharing sites. However, as the AP reports, there is some uncertainty there:

Zango’s Got a Secret Crush on Facebook

Zango's at it again, showing the company will stoop to any level to serve pop-up ads to people that don't want them. What's being dubbed by security experts as a malicious social worm is brought to you via Zango and Facebook's open platform.