Americans Blogging Habits
Eight out of 10 Americans know what a blog is and close to half have visited blogs, according to a survey from Synovate/Marketing Daily.
Listening to Customers, Not “Bowing to Pressure”
From a business standpoint, one of the critical advantages social media bring to the table is the ability to tap into what important segments of the population are thinking. GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, for example, is on the record claiming that the Fastlane blog has provided him with better intelligence than any traditional form of market research.
Soccer Site Scores Traffic With Beckham
The official U.S. Major League Soccer Web site, mlsnet.com had over one million unique visitors in July 2007 according to comScore.
Search? Bah, We’re Ready For Some Football
There’s a dearth of interesting bits in the world of search this week, probably since it’s between SES San Jose and the last big holiday weekend of the summer.
Mercedes Takes Maps From House To Car
No matter how comfortable your car is, odds are that your house is even more cushy. The house is also likely to have a better computer, monitor, and keyboard. So it’s an important breakthrough that will allow American Mercedes-Benz owners to send directions from their computers to their cars.
10 Ways To Optimize Your Blog
There’s a lot of blogs out there – a lot – so getting yours noticed could be difficult. The good news is that it can be done and those who have done it are willing to share a few tricks of the trade.
Blinkx Picks Up “Prom Queen” Sequel
If you haven’t heard of “Prom Queen,” know that the show was – in terms of “scripted Internet dramas,” anyway – a big sensation. And now Blinkx, the video search engine, has won the rights to host and distribute the sequel.
New Malware Fakes Google Home Page
A couple of very obvious tipoffs should make it apparent to regular Google visitors that a malicious version of the search engine’s home page has been substituted for the real thing.
‘Free’ Broadband Sparks Constitutional Debate
Though M2Z Networks threatened to take to the FCC to court to force a decision on the company’s "family friendly" free nationwide wireless broadband proposal by September 1, a likely "no" vote from the commission has made M2Z decide more public debate is necessary.
iTunes Expands In The UK
MTV Networks International, and Apple have announced an agreement to distribute full-length TV shows from MTV, Nickelodeon, and Paramount Comedy channels for purchase and download from the iTunes Store in the UK.