Clinton Set To Launch Sites Attacking Obama
The campaign of Senator Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. is set to launch two Web sites that will be focused on attacking her biggest political threat, Senator Barack Obama, D. -Ill.
EU Worried About Privacy With Google, DoubleClick
European Commission regulators reviewing the Google-DoubleClick deal have heard concerns from a consumer group about data privacy worries.
Google Changes Its Mind About Money-Back SEO
Business makes strange bedfellows. Just in time for the FTC to approve Google’s acquisition of DoubleClick, and with it an SEO firm called Performics, the company has changed its tune a bit about how to deal with SEO companies.For the longest time, Google advised webmasters to be wary of SEO companies, and put up this warning at the Webmaster Help Center:
Google, DoubleClick Get FTC Approval
UPDATE: No sooner had I hit “publish,” I get an email from Google confirming the deal has been approved by the FTC. The announcement reads in part…
Social Media Can Lead To Better Companies
With every new development in social media, communications departments are faced with new challenges. If the end goal is to control the message – and that is the boiled-down purpose of communications departments – then the expansion and adoption of social media is a direct obstacle to that goal.
FTC Gives Google, DoubleClick Thumbs Up
A 4-1 vote by the Federal Trade Commission wraps up its eight-month investigation of antitrust concerns over Google’s purchase of DoubleClick and approves the acquisition.
More TV Viewers Watching Online Videos
More television viewers are going online to watch videos, films and TV episodes according to a new poll from Harris Interactive.YouTube has expanded its lead as a site for online video viewing, while search engines and TV network sites are holding their own. Online video viewership has increased overall in the past year (81% versus 74%). Approximately 65 percent of the 2,455 U.S. adults surveyed say they have watched a video on YouTube, compared to 42 percent during the same time last year.
Google Docs Gains Some Basic Features
It hasn’t been a complaint so much as an observation, but many people have said that Google Docs possesses fewer features than Microsoft Word. This is still the case, yet now Google Docs has gained several of the more basic and often-used options.
Compete: Meetup.com Helps Ron Paul Campaign
The rabid fan base of supporters for Paul’s Presidential nomination run have made use of the Internet, particularly Meetup, to aid the candidate.
In The Blogosphere, Girls Rule
Though the overall number of blogging teenagers has risen, far more girls than boys between the ages of 12 and 17 have blogs. But don’t expect them to email you about it.The numbers come from Pew Internet’s "Teens and Social Media" report, which details the results of a phone survey of nearly 1,000 teens conducted in December 2006.