Nielsen Expands Mobile Measurement
The Nielsen Company has announced that it is purchasing San Francisco-based Telephia, Inc., a provider of consumer research to the telecom and mobile media markets.
Walter Mossberg Prefers Ask Over Google?
Allow me to be blunt: Ask.com has run some really crappy advertisements in the past few weeks, and there’s no telling how much money the company wasted on that nonsense. Yet Ask has now received a positive review in a very public place: Walter Mossberg’s column.
Pageflakes Rumors Swirl
A number of details remain unknown, but according to some reports, Pageflakes is going to become “more of a social network.” Pageflakes was previously best known for its personalized webpages.
Targeting Passions (Audience Discovery)
I read an interview of Bill Gossman, CEO Revenue Science on Media Post’s Behavioral Insider. Bill talked about the concept of “audience discovery” to find the right audience for an advertiser.
The Internet is Cool?
That’s right everybody, the word is just in: the Internet is cool! Aren’t you excited?
Edison Media Research finally revisited a 2002 study that left the Internet as the “least essential” medium after newspapers, television and radio, and the second coolest after television. In the “Internet and Multimedia 2007” study, the Internet gets a definite boost.
FTC Cool To Net Neutrality
The Federal Trade Commission issued its ‘Broadband Connectivity Competition Policy’ report and suggested caution on enacting net neutrality regulations.
Wikipedia Logo Gets It Wrong
I’m pretty good at spotting spelling mistakes and grammatical errors, but this is something that I wouldn’t ever have noticed: Wikipedia’s logo contains two goofs.
NoFollow Just Isn't Cool
I understand why Google wants us to nofollow tag all of the comments on our blogs. Comment spam is crappy -true. It’s a nuisance and an eyesore -true. Add to that the weight and importance Google places on links in their ranking algo… It’s no wonder Google perceives comment spam as such a problem. I […]
Facebook Photos Show Up In Yearbook
Let’s all say it together: the Internet is a pretty public place. But not everyone seems to understand that, and now some teens who posted questionable pictures on Facebook have seen those photos resurface in their high school yearbook.
Microsoft Live Drive Enters Beta
Everyone’s keeping an ear to the ground for news concerning the mythical Gdrive, and unfortunately, I have no information on that front. But a similarly named offering from Microsoft – Live Drive – may soon launch.