Cut off Nose, Spite Facebook
Late last week, Virgin Media, Prudential, Vodafone, Halifax, First Direct Bank and the Automobile Association Ltd. pulled advertising from Facebook for fear of their ads being seen on the same page as the British National Party Facebook group.
Straw Man Marketing and Information Pollution
One of the easiest ways to get your message across is to be different and denounce a currently popular meme. Dan Thies recently referenced a person who is launching their marketing brand by calling the long tail crap. Even if they know what they are talking about with some forms of marketing it undermines their credibility to talk about search marketing with no appreciation for the tail.
Report: Online Advertising To Triumph In 2011
According to the last episode of “The X-Files,” the world will end in 2012. That’s not far off. But for the newspaper ad industry, a sort of Armageddon may come even sooner – a new report indicates that online advertising will surpass its print counterpart in 2011.
YouTube Lawsuit Gains More Plaintiffs
Google and YouTube will have to deal with several more complainants in a lawsuit that accuses the video site of copyright infringement.
FTC Sets Dates For Behavioral Town Hall
Google and DoubleClick better keep the calendars of some of their people clear for November 1st and 2nd, as the Federal Trade Commission followed through on its promise to schedule meetings about behavioral targeting.
Social Networking Sports Website Launches
WSC Group, an incubator company started by two former TD Ameritrade employees, has launched CrowdPicks.com, a social networking sports website in beta.
Plaxo Launches Social Network Pulse
Plaxo launched today its social network, Pulse. Pulse pulls in what they call "people feed" or RSS (Really Simple Syndication) to allow for conversation about the content with your family, friends or co-workers.
Local.com’s Numbers Up In The UK
Britain loves Local.com – the company has put out a press release stating that the number of visitors it’s received has increased by 1500 percent since April.
Become a Business Referral Representative for Google
Keth of Gspy points us to the Google Business Referral Representative job application page. Your mission? To assemble information on local businesses, and to convince them to add their listing to Google Maps (and to pay for Google AdWords ads). From the program FAQ:
Facebook Woops: Giuliani’s Girl Goes For Barack
If you’re running for the highest office in the land, it’s probably a good idea to check to see what your daughter’s doing, if she’s going to vote for you, and if not, will she be quiet about it? Wouldn’t you double check her social network profiles?