Who is the winner in the Plazes-Next Web Kerfuffle?
One of the great things about the internet generally and some of the cool tools you have at your disposal is that everything is instant and very transparent.
The inter-connected world can know the minutest detail about your life, sometimes whether you want it to or not.
And sometimes the instant-ness of it all can result in huge and very public embarrassment.
Take this scenario:
FCC Gets Earful About Wireless Net Neutrality
The Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) was bombarded today pleas to keep a tight reign on the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction to prevent phone and cable companies from expanding their grip on Internet access in the wireless realm.
Microsoft’s Soapbox Gets A Second Chance
Microsoft’s Soapbox video-sharing service got pulled out of the public’s view back in March; this past Friday, it finally floated back into sight. The site has gained a new color scheme, and (probably more importantly), it’s “conducting proactive filtering of all uploaded content.”
YouTube Does Local
As the Wall Street Journal and others reported on the weekend, YouTube has struck a deal with a regional U.S. TV network to run the network’s local content on YouTube and share any advertising revenue with the company — although the exact terms of the arrangement aren’t clear.
SMX: Experts Discuss Duplicate Content
The second session from the Search Marketing Expo in Seattle was focused on the issue of duplicate content.
Google, BBC Make Mash-Ups
The word “mash-up” has certain connotations; the product may not be too polished, or it could be downright amateurish. The British Broadcasting Corporation is not an amateur, however; the BBC is, in fact, the world’s biggest broadcasting corporation. And the BBC’s into mash-ups.
The Web: A Permanent Record
A short while back the folks at SEO Blackhat published a great post called This will Go Down on Your Permanent Record. You might ask what a self professed “white hat” such as myself was doing rousting around on the SEO Blackhat blog, but the reality is that they I am a fan of the SEO Blackhat blog. They write some great stuff
JFK Terrorists Used Google Earth To Plan Plot
The good news is that the would-be terrorists targeting JFK airport weren’t all that bright. The bad news is that they’re smart enough to get their mapping information from Google Earth.
Does Jobs Secretly Prefer DRM?
Steve Jobs achieved hero status a few months ago for calling on record labels to remove copy restrictions from downloads.
McAfee On Search Engine Safety
The safety risk to search engine users declined by about one percentage point according to a study from McAfee, "The State of Search Engine Safety." Sites that offer adware, spyware, viruses and exploits are considered risky.