“Mortified” Six Apart CEO Makes Apologies
All right. I know there are a lot of passionate LiveJournal users out there, and I know censorship is bad. But in this case, it was also somewhat funny. LiveJournal claimed it had blocked access to around 500 journals on the basis that they supported pedophilia – turns out, some of them were just discussing Lolita.
Algorithm Apathy Affecting Ask Ads?
Jim Lanzone and company want to own the mindshare for the word ‘algorithm’ as their massive advertising campaign to promote that and Ask’s brand continues.
Truveo Shows Video Search Upgrades
A Google Buffet
I have been able to take some more time and mess around with Google’s Universal Search over the long holiday weekend, and I really like the direction.
Online Auto Ads Don’t Work?
The next time you deal with a car salesperson – well, have a heart. Odds are that he (or she) has had to deal with a whole lot of people who never closed the deal. In fact, a new report indicates that, although online marketing is causing more in-person visits to car dealers than ever before, the conversion rate (to sales) has actually dropped.
Local SEO – Comparing Hotel Sites
I’ve been doing a few local searches recently to find some examples of well-optimised Abingdon websites, I found a Google search for "Abingdon hotels" brought up an excellent example of both good and bad SEO for various local accommodation websites.
AP Hires Firm To Track Online Content
The Associated Press has tapped the Attributor Corporation to monitor and track their online content.
Yahoo, Still Second In UK, Showing Improvement
“Good game, good game.” That’s what we used to say to each other after sporting events, even if one side had walloped the other by an almost unimaginable amount. And that’s what somebody might say to the Yahoo search team in Britain – it isn’t winning, but it sure is trying hard.
Google Picks Up Panoramio
Panoramio has worked hand in hand with Google for a long time, but, on Wednesday evening, the relationship became more of a hand within hand sort of thing as Google acquired the company.
iTunes Sells EMI DRM Free, Attaching Purchaser Info
UPDATED: iTunes yesterday began selling thousands of higher quality EMI tracks DRM free and added an upgrade option for previous purchases. But the offering dubbed iTunes Plus comes with some major baggage that may not please consumers.