Wrong Techcrunch Reaction On Paid Links?
I think this is one possibly for the water cooler on Sphinn, because I find it comical in a sad kind of way.
Ted Murphy rightly questions Google quite openly to explain why PPP bloggers are being punished for not using nofollow on links, yet many prominent bloggers post quite blatant pagerank passing links to their advertisers every chance they get.
Linking to Specific Content in Gmail
Google has made their web-based email client Gmail more accessible in their recent update.
Quarterlife Goes from Web to TV
There were rumours even before the U.S. writers strike started that it might lead to one of the networks picking up Quarterlife, the new Web drama about twentysomethings created by Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz, the team behind Thirtysomething and My So-Called Life, and now it appears that those rumours have come true.
NBC, which like other networks is looking down the barrel of an empty TV season, said that it has picked up the show and will run it starting in January.
Hitwise: Google, Ask October’s Winners
A new report from Hitwise is here, and the short version is as follows: Google wins. The long version includes a few other things of interest, though, including a small gain on Ask’s part.
Relevance…Is it Relevant?
As we mentioned Friday, Live Search is very proud of itself for finally making its results relevant. Unfortunately, I think their relevance push was obviously too little, too late.
Paypal Unveils Virtual Credit Card
PayPal has partnered with MasterCard to release the PayPal Secure Card. It’s a virtual credit card that generates a unique credit card number for each online transaction. Nothing new here, except as of tomorrow you can download software so you can easily use the service on any site, regardless if they accept Paypal or not. PayPal has been testing the feature with 3 million of its customers this past year.
Google Being Investigated for Tax Evasion in China
Here’s a warning for Facebook–before they dive into China’s market–make sure you have your books in order. Google is allegedly being investigated for tax evasion by the Chinese Inland Revenue Department.
Wikipedia Banned By Dutch Ministry Of Justice
Due to a block put in place by the Dutch Ministry of Justice, 30,000 people can’t use Wikipedia at work. Yet, while it’s a bit startling to hear the development phrased like that, the move may not be entirely unreasonable.
Tigers Need Computer Infrastructure Too
IBM and Cisco did their part to make it easier to care for the big cats and several other species residing at North Carolina’s Carnivore Preservation Trust.
Banner Ads Used as Hacker Tools
Legitimate sites and their users have been dealing with a rash of malware being spread by banner ads, from Monster to MLB (Major League Baseball) NHL (National Hockey League) and other sites that are delivering malware.
While the Monster dot com exploit is well known news, the MLB and NHL sites are not well known, but used a similar way of purchasing advertising on a web site, and then using that advertising to deliver malware to customers as shown in the video below.