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Google Buys Writely
As rumored, Google bought Writely. As John Battelle so, uh, rightly points out, Mountain View is head-to-head with Redmond, from demographic site…
Jersey Lawmaker: Let’s Squelch What Makes Web Debate Great
First, they play favorites with the smoking ban, now this. My home-state’s lawmakers can be an entertaining bunch, till I remember I…
Music’s Payola Compared with Web’s Link Buying
Techdirt compares buying links to payola, “the illegal practice of record companies paying money for the broadcast of records on music radio.”…
Don’t Overlook SEO for Your Podcasts
Even though podcasts are audio files, there are a number of steps you can take to optimize them so that they’re more…
Tips On Monitoring Online Reputation
If you missed my coverage of the Reputation Monitoring & Management session from the this past conference or the conference last December…
Is Google Getting Sloppy, or Sly?
Last week, Google was rushing to “clarify” statements by its CFO that revenue growth levels could not be sustained, which sent its…
Feedster Enters Asia-Pac Through Japan
RSS feed search engine and ad network Feedster has partnered with Japanese conglomerate Mitsui to launch in Japan. Feedster will provide the…
Something Else the RIAA Doesn’t ‘Get’: Podcasts
Fausto Fernos and his partner produce Feast of Fools. It’s the top-ranked gay podcast on iTunes where it also ranks as one…
Writing for Search Engines by Copying and Pasting
ClickZ links to a great undercover project by the Wall Street Journal named Our Columnist Creates Web ‘Original Content’ But Is in…
EFF Reports Sharp Growth of Anti-AOL Coalition
Non-profits are scoffing at AOL’s invitation to join its Enhanced Whitelist for free. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), which organizied a cabal…