Last Tuesday, Google published a report stating that web browsing and searching are increasingly becoming risky. Google for a year and a half now has been identifying web pages that infect vulnerable hosts via drive-by downloads, i.e. web pages that attempt to exploit their visitors by installing and running malware automatically.
Money for Content
The WSJ let the "our content will be free" story spread for months to generate public relations related coverage and to misdirect competitors before announcing that they are going to keep their subscription service: Mr. Murdoch made his latest comments at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in answering a question.
New York Times Serves Content By SMS
If SMS is enough for some cellphone owners, the New York Times has news and op-ed content available for their texting pleasure.
Microsoft Teams Up With EDGAR Online on Content Network
Launched last year, Microsoft’s adCenter Content Network only had Microsoft web properties during the initial stage.
The Freemium Business Model for Content
Here is a great speech by Chris Anderson about how reputation and attention are becoming the new economies upon which much of the internet (and potentially offline) world may be based upon. Freemium consists of giving away value (and possibly wrapping it in ads), as a lead generator to sell premium products and services.
Blogger Social 2008: Sometimes Great Content is Not Enough
The first thing I should say is that I was planning to write about Blogger Social 2008 anyway. You’ll see why I started with that disclaimer in a moment …
NBC Universal’s Pure Content Company at CES
The International Consumer Electronics Show every January in Vegas is one of the largest trade shows in the world and usually the one event that drives the world gadget wild. Featuring international debuts of all kinds of new products, some of the early buzz abou
2008 Could Be a Bad year for Content Quality
The web levels the playing field, allowing individuals to compete with larger corporations, largely through the smaller players making dirt public and launching viral marketing campaigns around issues. Because there is a publisher publishing every opinion and angle, it is easy to discount just about everything, especially attempts for new market participants to become remarkable.
More Americans Creating Content Online
Close to 40 percent (38%) of Americans are watching TV shows online, 36 percent use their cell phones for entertainment and 45 percent are creating Web sites, music, videos and blogs, according to a survey from Deloitte & Touche.
Online Viewers Prefer Professional Video Content
Sixty-five percent of people who watch video on their computers, mobile devices or digital media players are watching professionally-produced TV programming, including network-and cable-produced shows, news and sports, according to ChoiceStream’s 2007 Survey of Viewer Trends in TV & Online Video.That number surpasses the 39 percent of people watching user-generated video by 67 percent and is expected to increase over the next six months as traditional TV viewers begin to shift their viewing habits towards other devices.