Technorati CEO Stepping Down
Dave Sifry, CEO of Technorati, announced today on the Technorati blog that he’s stepping down from his post. He states:
Google Opens Traffic Quality Center
Google’s debut of the Ad Traffic Quality Resource Center closely follows the arrival of a similar service from Yahoo.
Skype Knocked Out By The Algorithm
VoIP company Skype experienced a massive outage due to a problem the company blamed on a deficient network software algorithm.
Google Search Results: Your SERPs At Risk
Third parties could hack someone’s place in Google’s SERPs right out of the index with some malicious proxy work.
Online Scams Up 166 Percent
Okay, ladies, here’s something you poke fun of the men with: While more men than women claim to be well-informed about online scams, more men have fallen victim to them than women.
Empty Edmunds Page Tempts Google
A fuzzy photo, some estimated engine stats, a projected price range – I’ll take anything I can get when it comes to unreleased automobiles. But Edmunds.com has created a vehicle review page based on just a name – and not even a name that’s sure to make it into production – which caused one onlooker to wonder if the site was gaming Google.
Online Retailers Need Better Optimization
Eighty-one percent of Internet Retailer Magazine’s top 100 retailer’s Web sites are fully taking advantage of search engine optimization and marketing according to a new study by online marketer Oneupweb.
Microsoft Shows Google Who’s Daddy
Forget search for a minute because Microsoft’s consistently third place there. As a parent company, Microsoft websites beat Google sites in both unique audience and time per person, says Nielsen//NetRatings.
PeopleJam Procures Financial Backing
Here’s the news: PeopleJam just raised some funds from AOL Time Warner’s former COO and the current CEO of TiVo. Here’s the background: PeopleJam is a social network that’s currently in an invitation-only testing mode; membership may or may not, as the homepage suggests, allow you to “take your life to the next level!”
Thirty Something’s Balance New And Old Media
A new study by ABI Research found that a large amount of digital content is consumed by a small but influential group of digital media users, while the average user is looking for new ways to manage content.