On the (sort of) bright side, few people were probably deprived of the information – it’s not as if Google and Yahoo are all that popular in China. The downside is that both companies seem to have suppressed something yet again. Also, they will soon be sued for doing so.
Find A Brand Advocate And Kiss Them
Yahoo! and comScore Networks published a study this week illustrating the power of the so-called “brand advocate,” or for those that don’t speak Corporatese, the people on the Internet that like you and talk about how much they like you on blogs and social networks. They don’t even need a check or a free pair of Nikes.
Devil’s Advocate: The Email Postage Issue
Plans by AOL and Yahoo to embrace and implement Goodmail’s “Certified Email” solution, even with allowances for non-profit groups, has drawn criticism from a broad swath of the Internet-using public; we’re going to discuss why this is a good first start if only it extended farther to metering for all email.
Advocate’s Gmail Arguments Largely Unfounded
The privacy debate continues to swell over Google’s recently announced Gmail service, which offers enormous amounts of storage in exchange for the ability to scan incoming emails and place ads based on keywords there.