Facebook Ads Should Have an Opt-Out
Lately I’ve been seeing far more ads on Facebook supported by implicit endorsements from friends. I’ve also had other friends share screenshots of ads and applications that I endorse.
Nanotechnology Meets Yahweh
They set out to recruit young, would-be scientists, not necessarily to break records. But the next-smallest Bible is 50 times bigger. For context, that’s about 50 grains of sugar. This one has been printed on a gold-plated silicone chip less than 1/1000th of an inch.
Google’s Behavioral Targeting the new Dinnertime Telemarketer?
I dunno. Lately I’m finding that if I notice that I’m still logged into Google that I rush to sign out. It just creeps me out to know that everywhere I go on the web if I’m signed in, Google is following me.
Contextual Ad Exploitation
As an advertiser and a publisher I have ad CTR data spanning hundreds of millions of impressions and about a million ad clicks across a wide array of verticals.
Website Checklist with Jill Whalen
Have you thought about re-designing your website or even starting a new website? If the answer is yes, and I think most reading this, are all thinking yes that’s me, then you absolutely must keep reading (oh and watch the video too)!
Blogs Beat The Times In Rankings
Once upon a time, two people made a bet over which of these two would rank higher for the top five news stories in 2007: blogs or the New York Times.
FTC Counsels Self-Regulation For Behavioral Ads
The Federal Trade Commission plans to keep an ear open for complaints now that they have given Google and DoubleClick their blessing to get together.
NCAA Goes Medieval On Live Blogging
Fearing the practice of live blogging has the potential to draw fans away from actually watching or listening to the broadcast version of the game, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) isn’t just dictating whether live blogging can or cannot be performed during sporting events, but also how often.
Another ‘Fear Twitter’ Post
Twitter Is Dangerous.Yeah right… Bloggers with their gloom and doom are more dangerous. The gist of this ‘fear twitter’ story is that people are, gasp, talking to more than one person!
Yahoo China Loses Copyright Infringement Case
Yahoo China got smacked by a Beijing appeals court that ruled deep linking to pirated music violates China’s copyright laws, making the company a facilitator of copyright infringement.