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Does Microsoft Deserve Facebook?
First of all, think I’m the only one going gung-ho about Facebook? You’re nuts. ReadWriteWeb is doing a week of nothing but…
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Ford Manipulates Forum Posts To Promote Mariner
If nine out of ten people prefer cookies over rice cakes, gum over chewing tobacco, or champagne over sulfuric acid, haven’t you always wondered who the oddballs are? Well, Ford’s found them, and is now using their online forum posts to promote the Mercury Mariner.
Tudou’s Videos Receive $19 Million In VC Funding
Tudou, a Chinese video-sharing site, has just raised 143 million yuan. But because Tudou’s funding was provided by the likes of General Catalyst Partners, and Tudou’s advertisers include companies such as Ford, KFC, and Pepsi, it would probably make more sense for me to state that amount as $19 million.
The Reasoning Behind Ask 3D
Last week in my interview with Jakob Nielsen, he called Ask's 3D label "stupid". Just to refresh your memory, here's how the exchange went:
Fear The Bots For Quality Score
Since Google added a new layer of complexity to the AdWords system this year in the form of Quality Score, not a lot has been published about how it works or why it does a certain thing.
High Stakes Gmail Shirt Contest
There is going to be a new Gmail t-shirt, and in and of itself, this news probably wouldn’t be worth writing about. But what’s interesting is that Google is holding a contest to determine the shirt’s design, and the winner stands to gain $2,000 and a new iPhone.
