Models Find A Runway On MySpace
MySpace and Ford Models Inc. have formed a partnership to create an online destination for "Ford Models Supermodel of the World".
SMX: Satya Nadella Keynote Conversation
This session featured Satya Nadella, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Search & Advertising Platform Group, interviewed by Search Engine Land editor-in-chief Danny Sullivan about Nadella’s role and plans for Windows Live Search and Microsoft adCenter.
Google Shows Who’s Selling Cheap Quality Links
Google recently added the ability for you to report link buyers, which is probably nothing more than a mind control game and a complete waste of time. I recently saw what looked like obvious link buying by Discovery.com. Do you think Google would do anything about it if I reported them? Nope.
J.K. Rowling, eBay India Mix It Up
J.K. Rowling has made millions of readers happy, but she’s also made eBay India kinda mad. Hurt, actually, in a sort of whiny-little-kid-with-a-lawyer sense. The company objects to the way in which Rowling portrayed a court case.
Local Search Patent Holder Threatens Everybody
Verizon is first on a London-based company’s list of lawsuits to file (or licensing agreements to be extracted) after winning the rights to a 1999 patent for location-based search. Next up: any online service offering local search services.
Wikipedia / Wikimedia Traffic
Leuksman.com published some revealing statistics on Wikimedia traffic.
Google Crowned King Of Acquisitions
Regular Murdok readers have probably already guessed this, but for what it’s worth, a new report has confirmed all our suspicions: Google takes over more companies than just about anybody else out there.
Gmail PowerPoint Preview
Interesting: Google rolled out their slideshow feature for Gmail (some of you were already getting this as experiment for a while).
Vietnamese Cyber-Dissident Released
Reporters Without Borders said the release of cyber dissident Nguyen Vu Binh on June 9 under a presidential amnesty was a "great relief" but added it should not be forgotten that he was in prison for close to five years for what he wrote online.
“Vietnamese Cyber-Dissident Released”
AdWords: Placement Performance Report
Webmaster World reported the first ever unveiling of Google AdWords’ Placement Performance Report.