Dislcose if You’re Going to Sell Your Soul
There’s another blogstorm about a new style of conversational advertising.
MSM vs. Online Publishing
It annoys me to no end that people in popular MSM publications who know almost nothing about the internet feel they are qualified to comment on some aspect of it.
For example, I recently happened upon an article in the Sunday times by columnist David Bullard.
Here’s a sample of what can be found:
Bloggers Criticized for Microsoft “Spokesblogging” Ads
If you’re reading this post on Monday morning, boy did you miss a flare-up over the weekend. I don’t even know where to begin!
Yahoo Sales Chief Joins Martha Stewart
The post-Terry Semel era at Yahoo sees a shakeup at the top of its cross-platform, North America sales team, as Wenda Harris Millard moves from the portal company to Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.
Gmail Suffers German Travails
An all-but-final loss of the Gmail trademark case in Germany and a newly-passed law on retaining personal information on its users has Google’s email service reeling.
EU Investigation Goes Beyond Google
When the European Union confronted Google over its data retention policies, some people – including Google’s own global privacy counsel – wondered why Yahoo, Microsoft, and a number of other companies were left alone. Now it appears that the EU is going to take a look at them, after all.
Nielsen//NetRatings (Still) Sets Google At #1
Friday is the end of the workweek. The day should move along quickly, smoothly, and without any surprises. In that spirit, then, we bring you the results of the latest Nielsen//NetRatings search share rankings: in May of 2007, Google was still on top.
Google, U.S. Government Could Take On Censorship
As businesses go, establishments don’t get much bigger than Google. But even the Mountain View-based corporation needs a little help now and then, and in its war on censorship, Google is seeking assistance from the United States government.
Yahoo’s Board To Walk The Plank?
Terry Semel has stepped down, but Semel wasn’t Yahoo’s one and only problem. It stands to reason, then, that more “corrective actions” may take place, and that some of those actions may affect people, not software.
YouTube Could Launch In Korea
Effort is difficult to measure; it’s not like companies exert it in pounds or cubic feet. Still, if I were to judge the effort Google has put into its South Korean operations, I’d guess the company has only tried harder in the US and China. Now those rankings may change, as word spreads that a Korean version of YouTube could launch.