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User Generated Content Goes Prime Time
The CW – the other network you probably don't watch – is giving us a new reason to check them out this…
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Readers Want The Full RSS Monty
We can all agree, I think, that for things we like, full is better than partial. This goes for nudity, chocolate donuts, and cleanliness. But we're really talking about readership here, and text feeds, and the ongoing riff between reader and publisher regarding subscriber entitlement. Publishers, who tend to favor partial RSS feeds and work them like broadcast news teasers, want readers to click through…
News Releases vs. Press Releases
My post on August 2 about a news release issued by the Adfero Group has prompted some discussion about some of the fundamentals of the social media release.
Google, Universal Get In On DRM-Free Music
Thanks to Universal Music Group and a new service called gBox, DRM-free music will become available through Google’s search engine. Sounds interesting, right? You should also know that these songs will be 30 cents cheaper than the ones sold by iTunes.
Interview with Global SEO Mike Grehan
One of the most popular categories of content we publish at Online Marketing Blog is the interviews. Recently, we ran a poll asking OMB readers for suggestions on people we should interview in anticipation of SES San Jose. There were some great suggestions and I’ve just started contacting a few folks as well as their mega company PR depts for pre-approval.
LinkedIn Links to Recent Contacts, Redefines Recent
On Friday, I wondered what happened to a favorite LinkedIn feature for viewing recent users. I received two subsequent emails from customer service, only to find out I was wrong about the feature because of LinkedIn's questionable grammar. The semantic web's a long way off if we can't master our native languages' semantics first. Here's the first of the two responses:
