MySpace Feels Pressure From Facebook, Bebo

MySpace has long been the UK’s leading social network (in terms of traffic), but the site seems to be losing its touch.  Conversely, two competitors - Bebo and Facebook - are starting to show strong gains of their own.

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FM ‘Spokesbloggers’ Called Out

I've said it before: Sell out first. That way they expect it from you. Another blogstorm erupted last weekend over Federated Media's involvement with Microsoft's new "conversational marketing" idea.

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Teens And Cyberbullying

Around one third (32%) of all U.S. teenagers who use the Internet say they have been harassed online in a variety of ways according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project report "Cyberbullying and Online Teens."

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Thailand To Terminate YouTube Ban

The last development in this story took place over a month ago, so here’s a little refresher: several videos on YouTube insulted the king of Thailand, and that country’s government responded by blocking the site.  It also threatened to sue, but that plan was abandoned, and the ban has now been lifted, as well.

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Google’s Better, But They Like Yahoo

Another clue that perception, not truth, is what you can expect from people comes out of Penn State today. A study reveals that Web searchers prefer Yahoo over Google; the only problem is, they chose a logo, not a search engine.

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