Google Publicizes Public Policy Blog
After starting out on an internal-only basis, the Google Public Policy blog has been opened for public consumption and commentary.
Yahoo: The Next Day
The morning after Yahoo’s Terry Semel resigned the CEO task has founder Jerry Yang doing two interim jobs and newly minted president Sue Decker a step closer to the top.
Semel Resigns, Yang and Decker Take Over Yahoo
Less than a week after Yahoo CEO Terry Semel assured incensed shareholders he had enough "fire in [his] belly" to bring Yahoo out of its slump, Semel has announced his resignation.
Google AdSense May Get “Allowed Sites” Option
Taken together, “Google” and “China” occasionally relate to censorship. If Baidu enters the conversation, “losing” might also come up. But in this case, it appears that a positive development occurred: Google China has introduced an “allow certain sites” feature for AdSense.
Microsoft Unveils Mediaroom IPTV Platform
Microsoft is taking the veil off of its Mediaroom platform this week, an all-in-one IPTV and digital media platform. The new product integrates digital television, music and photo-sharing, picture-in-picture and developer tools.
Links, Accessibility & Endings
This is a running around the room post. Some may call it a recap or roundup. I call it a “brain dump” or Kim’s blog torture. Take your pick.
Why Isn’t my Blogging Helping my SEO Efforts?
Here’s a recent exchange on LiveHelp with blog reader Jerry, who is concerned that his blog efforts aren’t paying SEO dividends:
Jerry: Hi kalena, I’m writing like crazy but not bumping my seo juice. I was hoping for advice
kalena : how are you syndicating your articles?
Jerry : I’m not. I’m just blogging.
kalena : Ah. Have you registered your blog with as many blog directories as possible?
80% of New Customers Believe They Found You
According to MarketingSherpa’s Business Technology Marketing Benchmark Guide 2007-08, 80% of decision makers who made a technology purchase believe that they found the vendor – as opposed to the vendor targeting them.
Lawyer Sues Lawyer For Online Rating System
Filing lawsuits is as routine for lawyers as grabbing a Starbucks on the way to the office. And they’re kind of (to stereotype an entire profession) sensitive about things. So who could have predicted that a consumer website dedicated to rating lawyers would get sued?
Reuters on Blogtronix
Now it can be told. For the past few months, one of my favorite social software startups, Blogtronix, has been working with publishing giant Reuters to create a new online community around environmental markets called ReutersInteractive, which quietly opened in beta last week. For those of us who are fans and charity users (Social Media Today runs on Blogtronix), the demands of the Reuters project on a small, growing company has meant having to wait for the long-promised release of a major update of the Blogtronix platform.