Today a joint hearing on online advertising between two subcommittees of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce is being held. Google’s Deputy General Counsel Nicole Wong is giving a testimony about advertising products and the company’s commitment to protecting user privacy.
Washington Post Launches Political Database
The Washington Post has launched a new site called WhoRunsGov.com that consists of comprehensive profiles of people in politics and the government.Currently the site is focused on people involved in the government and politics on a national level but plans are in the works to expand it to include state officials, experts at think tanks and interest groups.
Attorney General Sues A Washington SEO Firm
An attorney general is suing a Redmond-based e-commerce service providing company, which had faltered on its promises of bringing up Web Traffic for a number of small businesses, driving many customers to file complaints. Attorney General Rob McKenna reportedly stated that, “When it comes to Internet search results, every small business wants to pull a high ranking. Merchants hoping to increase their online sales paid thousands of dollars to Visible.net and Captures.com but didn’t always receive the top listings and other services they were promised.”
Washington Post Predicts Interactive Success
Silly name, but predictably intriguing, Predictify has made its way onto several major newspapers’ and blogs’ radar, and now onto their webpages. Washingtonpost.com is the latest to partner with the crowd-sourcing prediction platform, joining up with the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and ReadWriteWeb, among others.
Stars Of Poker Lobby Washington To Play Online
A group of about 100 people arrived in Washington this week to lobby for the legalization of online poker. And considering that many of the 100 people are among America’s top poker players, it wouldn’t be wise to bet against them.
Washington Post Helping Bloggers Monetize
More newspapers Web sites are now embracing and partnering with bloggers in an effort to increase readership and revenue.
Net Efforts Shed More Light On Washington
The OpenCRS database of research performed for Congress, and the Secrecy Report Card from OpenTheGovernment.org, have helped make more information about the federal government available online.
Mr. Hurley Goes To Washington
Capitol Hill got a little surreal this week as YouTube CEO and founder Chad Hurley got yanked in font of the House telecommunications subcommittee to discuss the future of video.
Scoble Sits with the Washington Post
I’m sitting with Dan Balz, political journalist for the Washington Post. He wrote this story of the events this morning.
Blogs Of The Washington Post-Adolescents
Anybody with kids knows an unedited comment can fly from the little darlings’ mouths in the most inappropriate of places, making socially conscious parents sudden candidates for a Child Services interview. Toddlers are forgivable, but what happens when post-adolescents let loose in the blogosphere, only to be quoted in the Washington Post?