Flickr Criticized For Regional Censorship
Yahoo’s Flickr is the latest target of criticism after restricting access to erotic art photos in Hong Kong. Though Internet companies self-censoring in certain countries is not a new dilemma, this incident coincides with a blogger that faces fines for just linking to offending material.
Microsoft Patent App Hints At Dark Future
The ability to display advertising to a web surfer based on the contents of their local drive may have a destination in Microsoft’s patent library.
Microsoft applied for a patent that will drive ads to an even greater level of personalization. Users of the company’s software may find this peek at the future a little more foreboding than usual.
Facebook Spawns New Industry, Digg Killer
This is the season for Facebook. It used to be that you couldn’t scan Web news without seeing a new Google report. Then it was MySpace, then Digg. Since Facebook opened up to the general public and to developers, it’s all anybody wants to talk about.
Users Rely On Search For Health Information
About 65 percent of online health consumers say they click on results because of its relevance to a particular query while 16 percent choose a result based on the trustworthiness of it source according to a new JupiterResearch report, "US Online Health Consumer Survey, 2007: Understanding Search Behavior."
BuzzLogic Ready To Mint Influence Currency
The modern Net-savvy marketing consultant advises businesses of all sizes to track what blogs have to say about a brand. BuzzLogic CTO Todd Parsons suggests his firm as a way to seine the blogosphere for those nuggets of gold.
SEM Bogus for Sites That Don’t Function
While there are bugs in the Beta version of Sphinn, that doesn’t seem to be stopping search engine marketers from racing over to try Danny Sullivan’s Sphinn.com I visited twice and haven’t joined because I’m disappointed there’s no place for me there.
Google Seen As Perfect Employer In Europe
Well, it’s (more or less) official: should Google ever decide to take over the world, most of us will be willing to aid it. The results of a new study confirm that, in certain European circles, the search engine giant is regarded as an ideal employer.
Google Reader Plus Facebook Application = Digg Killer?
Mario Romero has built something very interesting that’s getting more interesting all the time.
If I weren’t on Facebook and didn’t have his Google Reader application plugged into Facebook I would totally have missed it.
The Online Political Influence
Social networking, blog and political party Web sites have less sway over voter’s opinion than recent buzz would suggest. Seventy-two percent of voters said that the mainstream media such as newspapers and magazines are their main source for political information, according to a survey by Nucleus Research and KnowledgeStorm.
Blinkx Makes Friends With Vibe Solutions Group
Blinkx keeps getting bigger, and the video search engine has just won a new partner – Vibe Solutions Group – that continues the trend. Vibe will add Pyro.TV to Blinkx’s searchable index.