Chinese Virtual Economy A Threat To Middleman
The Middleman may never be terminated, but he is cruisin’ for a bruisin’ in the digital age. The latest assault will come, surprisingly, from China, as the government unveils plans to produce a 3D virtual world that allows consumers to order directly from the manufacturer.
House Passes Law Shielding Bloggers
The House passed the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 on Tuesday, a federal shield bill that would protect reporters from having to divulge their confidential sources in federal court.
Yahoo Signs Big Ad And Search Deals
Yahoo’s been busy lately – in addition to announcing its third quarter financial results, the company has sealed deals with Cars.com, Forbes.com, Ziff Davis Media, and WebMD.
SMX Social Media: Conference Coverage
The latest revolution on the Web is social media. First dominated by teens and early adopters, the social web is branching out to include everyone, which makes Digg, StumbleUpon, Reddit, del.icio.us, and Netscape prime billboard real estate.
Lantos: “Yahoo Provided False Information”
Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and general counsel Michael Callahan have been requested to attend a House Committee on Foreign Affairs meeting over Yahoo’s role in the incarceration of a journalist in China.
Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and general counsel Michael Callahan have been requested to attend a House Committee on Foreign Affairs meeting over Yahoo’s role in the incarceration of a journalist in China.
Segmentation in Google Analytics for WordPress Readers
One of the things I’ve been wanting to do for a while seems to be finally nearing completion. Google Analytics allows you to segment users into custom segments, and there’s one segment I’ve been aching for.
Mountain View Mayor Defends Google
Laura Macias, mayor of Mountain View, California, where Google is based, disagrees that Google isn’t a "model citizen," as portrayed in an article published by the Los Angeles Times. In fact, things sound downright peachy.
Google’s Paid Search vs. Organic Results – A Rickety Wall of Separation
"Chinese Wall – The ethical (not physical) barrier between different divisions of a financial (or other) institution to avoid conflict of interest…" Investopedia.com "While Google never sells better ranking in our search results, several other search engines combine pay-per-click or pay-for-inclusion results with their regular web search results." Google’s Webmaster Help Center FAQ
Interactive Agency Blogs
At the Forrester Consumer forum David Armano successfully goaded me into doing a podcast, with his promise of creating a logo for me, and the condition that he can be my first guest i acquiesce.
SMX Social Media: 12 Tips For Dealing With Digg
On average, a story making it to the front page of Digg.com gleans 129 links and generates over 10,000 visitors per hour to a website, or so say the experts at the SMX Social Media event in New York.