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Facebook? Why Now?
John Battelle asks a compelling question: why Facebook and why now? Scott Rosenberg of Slate follows up with another point: that Facebook’s…
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Domainers Can’t Get Any Respect
Last week the second part of my “Domaining & Subdomaining in the Local Space” pubbed on Search Engine Land, and I’m particularly pleased with it, although my friends can deservedly kick me around a bit for writing articles too long. I did quite a lot of research for the two-part series, most particularly for this second segment which was focused entirely on Local Domaining.
Chinese Web Expands
China now has 137 million Internet users and while that sounds like a lot (only second to the US in number), Pew Internet & American Life Project reminds us that's just a tenth of the country's population.
Google Gets Old HP Building
Google’s getting yet another new building; this one is 212,000 square feet, located in Palo Alto, and used to belong to Hewlett-Packard. The lease runs an estimated $9.5 million per year.
How to Own Yourself on the Web
After having a nice recent conversation with Jeff Liebert lately, I read his fantastic post in the WMW supporter’s forum about Are Businesses and People Adapting to the WWW Publicity Machine?
Google Shows Support For Missing Soldiers
Google Israel made an interesting gesture today on its home page: it posted (in Hebrew) the phrase “thy children shall come again to their own border,” which refers to two kidnapped Israeli soldiers. Some have called this “moving,” and it’s definitely unusual.
