NY Post: Buy Sites, Not AdWords

The New York Post's been a bit down on giving Google money for paid search lately. It may not be surprising to you that the NYP might be a little one-sided on this issue, even unnecessarily snarky, but there is, at least, an interesting concept presented: buying sites with good natural rankings to avoid AdWords altogether.

Google Buys GrandCentral?

Rumors are spreading that Google acquired GrandCentral, and the company supposedly sold for around $50 million.  The company, by the way, allows its customers to get “One Number...for Life - a number that’s not tied to a phone or a location - but tied to you.”

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: