In Defense of Google, Or Why Consumer Watchdog is Full of It
While there’s plenty of reasons to keep a critical eye focused on Google, Consumer Watchdog’s ad is a dishonest, factually inaccurate joke that shamefully got plenty of uncritical media attention. In the simplest terms possible, Consumer Watchdog is just wrong.
Will Google TV do to Hollywood what Napster did to the music biz?
My colleagues Dawn Chmielewski and Jessica Guynn have a fascinating Page 1 story in our paper today about the upcoming arrival of Google TV, which would allow viewers to watch movies and TV shows "unshackled" from the networks and cable...
Making Money With Article Sites
Make money writing articles with sites like Helium, Associated Content and Constant-Content.
What It's Like To Get Acquired By And Work At Yahoo
After finishing over three years at Yahoo! and almost 3 years previous to that at Right Media , I thought it’d be worthwhile to write about my experience over that very interesting time and set of events.
MLB, YouTube Hope New Channel Attracts Japanese Advertisers
clickz Even if advertisers don't flock to the channel, MLB house ads are expected to pitch products to Japanese fans of players like Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui.
AOL Answers Will Bring Traffic, User Engagement, And Tiny Ad Revenues
Users ask questions and other users answer them. AOL editorial staff ask and feature some questions. Traffic will come in through search engines. Ads look to be bottom-of-the-barrel Google Adsense stuff.
Daily Search Forum Recap: August 30, 2010
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Google buys Angstro, hires co-founder to build social networking service
The Internet giant, striving to counter the growth of Facebook, brings in Rohit Khare, whose firm had built innovative tools for social media. Google Inc. is stockpiling technology and talent for what many believe will be a full-on assault against Silicon Valley rival Facebook Inc.
5 Myths About Philadelphia's 'Blogging Tax'
Philadelphia has been under fire on the web for what's been called a "blogging tax." As a Philadelphia blogger — and the newest member of the Wired.com team — I feel I have to dispel some myths guiding the "WTF?" reaction. But I also want to point to some larger problems beneath the surface. This problem is much bigger than blogs in my city.
Blekko: A Search Engine Which Is Also A Killer SEO Tool
Blekko is a stealth search engine which aims to change the search game by being fairly transparent with ranking data. Since they will start out with limited search marketshare, they aren’t risking much in sharing data that other search engines have traditionally been rather secretive about.
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