Yahoo’s Sue Decker Gets Impressive Pay Raise
It’s only natural that a pay bump would accompany a promotion. The bump looks more like a boulder in the case of Sue Decker, however, who will get paid $815,000 instead of her previous $500,000.
Social Networks and the Importance of Trust
2008 will be the year of business networking, says Bernard Lunn, who offers six predictions about some of the social networks that are getting a lot of attention at the moment – Facebook, LinkedIn, Xing and Plaxo.
Online Tool for Reputation Rating
WOT, also known as Web of Trust, has launched the world’s first online tool for reputation rating.
Digg Adds Images Category
It seems like Digg users have been asking for–and Kevin Rose promising–a category for images and photos forever. Well the long wait is now over and you can finally uploaded your favorite lolcats image.
At the Digg blog, Kevin Rose announces the launch of image support and also better organization of existing categories. Here’s what Digg users are waking up to today:
Guess What: People Run Wikipedia
It’s been awhile since we had any Wikipedia controversy, so maybe it’s about time for a pile-on — you know, something about how Jimmy Wales doesn’t care about quality, or how he runs the “open source” encyclopedia as his own personal fiefdom, or how people run around using strange technical terms that no one outside the Wikipedia cabal can understand (okay, that last one is totally true).
This time it’s the revelation of a top-secret… wait for it… mailing list only for insiders! According to a breathless piece in The Register:
Facebook’s Bad Beacon PR
It’s just totally amazing to me how badly Facebook is handling the PR around its new Beacon system.
Target’s Social Media Not a Bullseye
With mine and Jim’s previous posts about Wal-Mart’s missteps in social media, I couldn’t resist the temptation to share a little about Target, who has recently been caught as it is learning its lesson on transparency and disclosure.
More Young People Ditching Their Landline
The trend of young U.S. mobile users choosing to disconnect their home phone lines is growing, according to a report from In-Stat.
The Paid Link Stages Of Grief
Let the bargaining begin. It’s a natural stage of mourning. As Google shuffles loose the paid links from its algorithms, SEOs are cycling past their initial denial, their outrage, and have begun negotiating. Stay tuned; depression and acceptance are likely to follow.
Facebook Responds To Silent Data Report
Security researchers at CA found the Facebook Beacon keeps Facebook abreast of one’s activities on an advertiser’s site, whether the Facebook user opted out of that instance or not.