You can hardly talk about Google Maps Street View without the issue of privacy coming up. There is no doubt the feature is fun to play around with. It’s even useful for checking out trip destinations and landmark spotting, but it still tends to creep people out, particularly when they find their own house at such a close angle.
Zango Ignoring FTC Requirements
Sneaky pop-up ad company Zango settled with the Federal Trade Commission last November, paying $3 million in penalties and agreeing to stop duping users into downloading adware. But it appears the company is still up to its old tricks.
Kicking Shows More Respect Than Ignoring?
There’s a bit of debate lately due to a Microsoft lawyer bashing Google’s book scanning program and their positions on copyright. It’s one of those stories everybody has to comment on, despite merely being a case of one company sniping at another, so naturally I stayed the hell away from it. Still, Lawrence Lessig made an argument that so defines the opposite of compelling that I had to say something:
Senior Managers: You Can’t Keep Ignoring the Web
The Web deserves professional management because the Web is central to the future of the organization.
Bloggers Blasted For Ignoring Pay-For-Promotion
US press critic and writer Jay Rosen takes a hefty swipe at PR bloggers, with a blanket accusation …
Ignoring The IRS (and the 5 best ways to contact them!)
We all love to criticize the IRS, don’t we? And I’m just as guilty as anyone. It’s easy to ridicule a huge organization of government bureaucrats who often seem to be Public Enemy #1.
Ignoring SEO Causes Loss of Sales
Oneupweb published its second study of leading companies’ search engine optimization usage. (Its first study reviewed SEO usage on FORTUNE 100 sites.)
Are You Ignoring These Marketing Principles?
In marketing as in science there are basic principles that govern the movement of bodies in space, or prospects and clients. Just as people instinctively know the law of gravity, they are aware of the fundamental principles of marketing. Unlike the law of gravity which is hard to deny, many small business owners often neglect to apply core marketing principles to attract clients.
Are Headhunters Calling You… Or Ignoring You?
In my former life as a recruiter (also affectionately referred to as “headhunter”) I received hundreds of resumes a week from all parts of the country. The statement that a person’s resume gets a 15 second read is not far from the truth. In fact, 15 seconds is a generous assumption. In reality, a resume must capture the recruiter’s attention in the first five seconds to avoid the round file. Candidates can greatly improve their chance of catching the recruiter’s attention by following three simple rules: use the correct format, include plenty of quantifiable accomplishments and sprinkle liberally with appropriate keywords.