Google Disappears Facebook Code Blog
When Google-owned Blogger sends you a Digital Millennium Copyright Act take-down notice, at least they’re polite about it and liberally use the word "alleged." But they only ask once, as the person who posted Facebook’s source code on his Blogspot blog learned.
It’s a Targeted Targeted World
In a recent survey CNET asked AOL, Ask.com, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo about their privacy policies and behavioral targeting. In some cases they asked follow-up questions for clarification.
Here are the results:
Google Leases More Land In Kirkland
It would be inaccurate to say that I’ve lost count of Google’s expansions – I never tried to tally them in the first place. But as the search giant’s leased hundreds of thousands of square feet around the country, I surely couldn’t have kept up, and today it grabbed a little more: 180,000 square feet in Kirkland, Washington.
Google Leases More Land In Kirkland
The Truth About SEO & E-tail
Everybody is talking about this study from Oneupweb that says that internet retailers are not optimizing their sites for SEO. At the risk of rehashing, here are my two cents.
Online Gaming Remains Popular
Playing games online is still a more popular activity in the U.S. than watching short video clips or visiting social networking sites, according to Casual Gaming market Update report from Parks Associates
LinkedIn Guerilla Social Networking
Each social networking site has a specific purpose and can help you achieve your business goals. Although LinkedIn seems fairly limited in terms of functions, it can be used to enhance your Internet Marketing efforts if you approach it with the right mindset.
Initially set up for the business community to network, share contacts and recommend acquaintances for open job positions, it appears the site has been attempting to expand its scope.
Hammer, Nails, Snake Oil, Olive Tree, Lexus, & The Yogi
That’s the title of my upcoming… er,,,… this… post.
Mike, you may be right, but I’m guessing you’ll never stop it. By "it," I mean the tendency of SEO snake-oil salesmen (sorry, "snake-oil 2.0") from selling their seemingly plausible SEO formula long past its "gone stinky" date.
Yahoo China Loses Suit, Must Say “I’m Sorry”
Yahoo China just lost a lawsuit to Qihoo, a rival portal, but the company’s not going to go broke over this one; the court only required that Yahoo China pay out $9,210 and use its homepage (for one week) to display an apology.
Reciprocal Links: What’s Excessive Anyway?
It’s widely known in SEO that gaming links is dangerous, and too many questionable references can cause Google to give you the boot. Still, the power of the link is there, and this leads many SEOs into a reciprocal link network (link to me and I’ll link to you). The question remains though: how many is too many?
The Soap Box and How it Beat the Loudhailer
Advertising folks are always banging on about the perfect idea and the genius insight that creates a powerful campaign. One that will change people’s behaviour and drive sales and vast shareholder value. But the world has changed. The tectonic plates that the marketing industry sits upon have shifted. What adfolk don’t get is however great their ideas – no one cares anymore. Let me explain why…