You’ve no doubt been exposed to mass hoopla surrounding Twitter and celebrities starting Twitter accounts, racing to get the most followers, etc. There’s no question that celebrity Twitter use is good for expanding the social network’s user base, but what’s it doing to Twitter as a communication tool?
Social Media Causing Data Leaks At Work
For large companies, the costs associated with malware now amount to an average of more than $125,000 per month.The costs of repairing malware attacks and corporate data leaks have increased along with employee usage of Web 2.0, and social media at work, according to a study commissioned by FaceTime Communications.The use of social media applications is popular with more than 60 percent of all companies surveyed having eight or more these applications in use on their networks.
NYT Archives Causing Google Reputation Nightmares
It seems the New York Times search engine optimization efforts are working well–maybe a little too well for some.
Now that more of the NYT’s archives are appearing in Google’s search results, many individuals are finding their past is catching up with them. Worse, it’s the NYT’s version of their past that contains misinformation.
YouTube Causing Food Fights?
Internet video sites such as YouTube are being singled out as helping to encourage high school students in Montreal to participate in food fights.
FOOD FIGHT
DailyMotion Causing Copyright Commotion
We have all heard about the YouTube and Google saga concerning copyrighted material. To their credit they seem to be doing what they can to prevent infringement. That does not seem to be the case with a Paris based video sharing site called DailyMotion.com.
Ajax Causing Impression Problems
The good news about Ajax technology in web pages is how it allows for the updating of content within the page without performing a full browser refresh; that’s the bad news too.
Could the New Google Spider be Causing Issues with Websites?
Around the time Google announced “Big Daddy,” there was a new Googlebot roaming the web. Since then I’ve heard stories from clients of websites and servers going down and previously unindexed content getting indexed.
Free Internet: The Power of Ad-supported ISPs
Dive into the evolving landscape of free ISPs powered by advertising. Explore their impact on traditional internet providers and what this means for users.