Google Acquires Jaiku
Well, it was bound to happen: Google has finally made another acquisition, and this time, the lucky target was a company known as Jaiku.
SMX Goes Social
Search Engine Land will host the first annual SMX Social Media conference next week in New York. The event will take place Tuesday October 16 and Wednesday October 17. Murdok will be there covering the event and will offer same day video interviews of the speakers.
Twitter & the Power of Micro-Blogging in Emergencies
As time goes by, and we get to read more and more on the various benefits from
Google (Finally) Responds to Directory Question
The recent slap a handful of directories experienced was unaccompanied by an explanation from Google, though the general consensus (maybe) was that Google’s webspam team was sending a message. Weeks later, Murdok has wrangled a response from Google’s Webmaster Central team – sort of.
Interview with Danny Sullivan & Neil Patel
Spotlight on Search Interview with Danny Sullivan of Third Door Media and Neil Patel of Advantage Consulting Services
Woodstock to Social Media
I was eleven years old and living on a horse farm when Woodstock was held the summer of 1969. My friends and I were surprisingly aware of world news and events because of the music from that time. We knew people had strong opinions because we could sing them.
Technorati – Bullies, Struggles
Technorati has had its ups and downs, as have we all. In August, their then-CEO Dave Sifry stepped down, leaving the position vacant. Last week, they finally replaced him with new CEO & President, Richard Jalichandra. He comes with a ringing endorsement from Sifry, who is still head of Technorati’s board of directors.
Aaron Wall Interviews Eli from Blue Hat SEO.com
I have been a longtime reader and fan of BlueHatSEO.com, and recently asked Eli for an interview. He said sure, and here it is.
What is your background? What got you into SEO?
Long Live Free: How Free Makes Money
The concept of "free" isn’t exactly a new one, but it is taking on a sort of new life in the digital age as major publishers (slowly) warm up to the concept – except the recording industry, of course, where the "free" is usually coupled with "to help make us a lot more money."
New Fingerprinting To Detect Copyrighted Videos
Online video sharing site Dailymotion says it will install a "fingerprinting" system that will enable it to automatically remove copyrighted videos off the site.