Web Marketing News Quickies

What Do You Think About Paid Links?

Paid links and PR drops were a hot topic at Pubcon Las Vegas last week. We talked to Matt Cutts about it in a video interview, and he explained it quite rationally.

MySpace Users Agree On Key Political Issues

The majority (86%) of MySpace users 18 and over, or who will be 18 by November 4,2008, say they are "Extremely Likely" or "Likely" to vote in the 2008 presidential election, according to MySpace's first "Impact Presidential Poll."

BusinessWeek Loses Twelve In “Transformation”

Given both the state of the U.S. economy and the time of the year, “reorganization” is a euphemism that we’re seeing more and more.  BusinessWeek started things off with a slightly different term - “transformation” - but it is nonetheless laying off 12 employees.