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noreply@blogger.com (G&L) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:30:00 +0000

Social Networking Continues To Drive Mobile Search

Social networking remains the number one area of interest to mobile Internet users with Facebook and My Space being the top two search terms on both Google and Yahoo OneSearch, according to a report from mobile software and infrastructure provider Openwave Systems.

In terms of average hits per session, MySpace leads Facebook by nearly 46 percent, indicating that MySpace could become the preferred choice for mobile communications for a segment of the operator base and displace some popular email offerings.

In the mobile advertising marketplace AdMob servers nearly seven times more ads than its closest competitor, but it also has lower click through rate than rivals BuzzCity and Microsoft. AdMob's lower click through rate could be because of generic ads that are not relevant to the subscriber.

The report also found that Craigslist ranked number 7 within the top 10 search terms on Google, indicating a trend towards mobile classifieds for jobs, housing, bargain items and services during the economic downturn.

"Subscriber data has always been part of an operator's asset base, however extracting this information and transforming it to gain subscriber insight has been lacking," said Dan Nguyen, interim vice president, products and marketing, Openwave.

"In the current economic climate, better subscriber information and deep subscriber insight may help operators retain and gain customers.

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Social Networking Continues To Drive Mobile Search

"In the current economic climate, better subscriber information and deep subscriber insight may help operators retain and gain customers.

Free event offers companies tips for going green - New Mexico Business Weekly

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Free event offers companies tips for going green - New Mexico Business Weekly
Business people will share their success stories, such as the challenges and roadblocks they have faced in going more green.

Ten Business Tips - Mesabi Daily News
Ten Business Tips” is a news feature provided by Jennifer Pontinen, a business consultant with the University of Minnesota Duluth Center for Economic Development’s Small Business Development Center. Her office is at the Mesabi Range Community and

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noreply@blogger.com (G&L) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:16:00 +0000

Big Publishers Want Special Treatment from Google

Update: In an interesting turn to this story, the New York Times has eliminated 993,000 article pages as it rolls International Herald Tribune (IHT) into the NYT site. Instead of redirecting the articles to the same article on NYT, they all simply go now to one landing page.

Ryan Tate at Valleywag writes, "The Times' longtime online chief, Martin Niesenholtz, recently whined that a Google search on the word 'Gaza' didn't include any of his content on the first results page. And yet he just nuked 121,000 of his own articles containing that keyword."

Original article: Big-brand publishers don't like being overshadowed by bloggers. What else is new?

A new AdAge article discusses a group of such publishers (including brands like the Wall Street Journal, ESPN, and the New York Times) which make up Google's Publishing Advisory Board, which is calling for Google to rank their content higher because they're "the original sources" of news stories. Of course we all know that while that may often be the case, it is also very often not. Somtimes even "original sources" even come from Microblogging. Remember when the news of the emergency landing on the Hudson River broke on Twitter?

This is not a new discussion. As Steve Rubel says, when he read the article he felt like he had stepped back into 2004.

The truth of the matter is, many big brand publishers have become more blog-like and many bloggers and blog-style news sites have become big brands themselves. Rubel phrases it well, "To me, we don't have zebras and elephants anymore. They have mated and we're all one species."

But that's not how some of these publishers see it. They'd rather get special treatment based on their own brand rather than putting forth the effort in search engine optimization that others would when they weren't ranking to their satisfaction. Matt McGee (who has also joined this particular discussion) recently looked at a study showing that the Fortune 500 is still "largely invisible" in natural search results.

So where does Google stand? A recent update did supposedly cater to bigger brands anyway. "There's absolutely value to original content," AdAge quotes a Google Spokesperson. "There's value to derivative content, too. We look at this in many ways from the point of view of the user. But the truth is there are so many shades of gray even within, quote, original content."

The big-brand publishers are awaiting a more concrete answer from Google. The council meets again on April 30. With so much gray, that answer is probably going to be hard to reach.

Where do you stand on this subject? Talk about it with WPN readers.

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TypePad Connects You Via Google, Yahoo, AOL, Wordpress, Etc.

Six Apart has made it simple for nearly anyone to sign in to TypePad Connect with other existing accounts via OpenID. If you have an account with Google, Yahoo, Blogger, Vox, LiveJournal, Wordpress.com, or AOL, you can easily sign in.

"If you've already tried out our recently launched commenting service via TypePad Connect, you know that we built in very basic support for OpenID sign in from the start," explains Six Apart's David Recordon. "We did this because we know that just as the future of traditional media wasn't a small group of large publishers controlling all of the news, the future of the social web isn't a small group of large social networks controlling everyone's identity. Today we've made it even easier for anyone to sign in, leave a comment, and have a TypePad Profile (see mine) without having to know their OpenID URL or even what OpenID is."

Basically what this means, is that anytime you read a blog post on any blog (that supports Typepad Connect-powered comments), you can leave a comment using your identity from an account you already have. This is just one way the web is becoming more unified among varying services, and you can expect to see a lot more of this kind of thing in the future.

Recordon says that now any bloggers that are using Typepad Connect powered comments have over half a billion people who can sign in and comment instead of being anonymous. This could significantly reduce the amount of anonymity in the Blogosphere. Not entirely of course, but for all of the people who don't want to take the time to sign up for an account just to leave a comment will be able to easily make themselves known in another way. This should be good news for people who like to utilize blog comments to increase brand exposure.

Six Apart Reveals the Laws of Motion

Six Apart, the company behind the popular Movable Type blogging platform recently introduced a free social application for use with that platform. Now, they have posted the "laws" of this application. Those are:

- The biggest online social network is the Internet itself.

- Today's mainstream social networks are like yesterday's mainstream media.

- Reveal the community you already have.

- Your social network belongs under your control.

- Your community should start with half a billion members.

- The web is in Motion.

"We believe that the right strategy for connecting your blog or site to the world of social networking is not to select one particular social network to hold all the cards, but to connect to all of the powerful and vibrant social networks across the web," says Six Apart Chief Evangelist Anil Dash.

We've recently seen other big data portability services come to the forefront like Google Friend Connect and Facebook Connect. Motion has a similar function, but is open to more services, kind of like Meebo does for instant messaging.

"There's never been an application like this, which supports the half a billion individual accounts across these services, allowing almost anyone on the web to comment on or favorite your content without having to register to create an account," says Dash.

I think the first of Six Apart's laws sums it pretty nicely. The Internet is the biggest social network, and we're just seeing more companies allow the connection between big parts of it, so it all becomes inevitably more connected altogether. It's going to be an interesting year for this kind of concept.

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noreply@blogger.com (G&L) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:15:00 +0000

Big Publishers Want Special Treatment from Google

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TypePad Connects You Via Google, Yahoo, AOL, Wordpress, Etc.

Six Apart Reveals the Laws of Motion

- The biggest online social network is the Internet itself.

- Today's mainstream social networks are like yesterday's mainstream media.

- Reveal the community you already have.

- Your social network belongs under your control.

- Your community should start with half a billion members.

- The web is in Motion.

Travel Verticals Successfully Fight Google - YAHOO!

noreply@blogger.com (G&L) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000

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Big Publishers Want Special Treatment from Google

Update: In an interesting turn to this story, the New York Times has eliminated 993,000 article pages as it rolls International Herald Tribune (IHT) into the NYT site. Instead of redirecting the articles to the same article on NYT, they all simply go now to one landing page.

Ryan Tate at Valleywag writes, "The Times' longtime online chief, Martin Niesenholtz, recently whined that a Google search on the word 'Gaza' didn't include any of his content on the first results page. And yet he just nuked 121,000 of his own articles containing that keyword."

Original article: Big-brand publishers don't like being overshadowed by bloggers. What else is new?

A new AdAge article discusses a group of such publishers (including brands like the Wall Street Journal, ESPN, and the New York Times) which make up Google's Publishing Advisory Board, which is calling for Google to rank their content higher because they're "the original sources" of news stories. Of course we all know that while that may often be the case, it is also very often not. Somtimes even "original sources" even come from MicroBlogging. Remember when the news of the emergency landing on the Hudson River broke on Twitter?

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Pingdom Names Most Reliable Blogging Services

Running a blog can be a big nuisance; you've got keep up with current events, write posts, and monitor comments on at least a daily basis. But new Pingdom statistics should lighten the load by helping people make sure their blogs remain accessible.

Pingdom observed nine different Blogging services for a period of four months in order to find out which ones suffered the least amount of downtime. The uptime-monitoring company's test ran through March 10th, so its findings should be quite current.

TypePad came out on top, spending just 14 minutes in non-working order. Blogger and WordPress.com were next, with both services losing 20 minutes. Then there was a significant drop-off, as Windows Live Spaces, Blogster, and Squarespace experienced 250, 279, and 313 minutes' worth of downtime, respectively.

Vox, LiveJournal, and Blog.com wrap up the list with performances too bad to bother reporting.

So there's some significant (and even potentially valuable) data for all the bloggers out there. If you're using one of the less reliable services, consider making a switch and testing what sort of effect the move has on your readership and ad revenue.

Six Apart Reveals the Laws of Motion

Six Apart, the company behind the popular Movable Type Blogging platform recently introduced a free social application for use with that platform. Now, they have posted the "laws" of this application. Those are:

- The biggest online social network is the Internet itself.

- Today's mainstream social networks are like yesterday's mainstream media.

- Reveal the community you already have.

- Your social network belongs under your control.

- Your community should start with half a billion members.

- The web is in Motion.

Suncor to be a 'consolidator' of leases: CEO - Vancouver Sun

noreply@blogger.com (G&L) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:15:00 +0000

Suncor to be a 'consolidator' of leases: CEO - Vancouver Sun
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Small-business center plans several workshops - Gainesville Times
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On the Town: Squire Room attracts generations of patrons - Record Searchlight

noreply@blogger.com (G&L) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00:00 +0000

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MGP Ingredients, Inc., today reported net income of $3,738,000, or $0.22 in diluted earnings per share, for the first quarter of fiscal 2010, which ended September 30, 2009. This compares with a net loss of $17,243,000, or $1.04 in diluted loss per Read Me .

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Microsoft to do major revamp of MSN site - Seattle Times

noreply@blogger.com (G&L) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:30:00 +0000

Microsoft is introducing a wide-ranging redesign of its long-standing MSN Web site that's aimed at refreshing the portal and capturing broad trends of online use. MSN, which has been around since the early days of the Web in the mid-1990s, has not Read Me .

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Spurred by the ever-changing ways in which people use the Internet, Microsoft has unveiled a completely redesigned MSN home page. The popular Web portal is moving away from its more traditional format of a "link mall," as MSN senior director Lisa Read Me .

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eFax(R) Launches iTunes(R) Podcast Channel - Stockhouse

noreply@blogger.com (G&L) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:30:00 +0000

eFax, a brand of j2 Global Communications, Inc. (NasdaqGS: JCOM) and an Internet fax to email services provider with millions of customers worldwide, today launches its new eFax Solutions podcast on iTunes. eFax Solutions will feature informative Read Me .

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Blog hoggers: Back to work - Topeka Capital-Journal

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noreply@blogger.com (G&L) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:30:00 +0000

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Peace a complicated process in Southeast Asia - Deseret News
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Platform adds loyalty to the social space - BizReport.com
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noreply@blogger.com (G&L) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000

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NBC Grabs a High Profile Blogger to Boost its Local Site: Eater - The Business Insider

noreply@blogger.com (G&L) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:30:00 +0000

If you follow the New York blog and/or blog/foodie scene, this one’s for you. The rest of you folks can probably move on. OK? OK. Ben Leventhal, cofounder of the influential Eater blog, is headed to GE’s NBC Universal (GE), where he’ll oversee Read Me .

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noreply@blogger.com (G&L) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:15:00 +0000

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How Organic Search Engine Optimization Works. (Organic SEO) - PR Inside
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noreply@blogger.com (G&L) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:15:00 +0000

Google Says It Helps Newspaper Websites

Google says it does not misappropriate newspaper content and actually helps them by driving traffic to their Web sites.

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"We drive traffic and provide advertising in support of all business models -- whether news sources choose to host their articles with us or on their own sites, and whether their business model is ad-supported or based on subscriptions," wrote Alexander Macgillivray, Google's associate general counsel for products and intellectual property, on the Google Public Policy Blog.

"In all cases, for news articles we've crawled and indexed but do not host, we show users just enough to make them want to read more -- the headline, a "snippet" of a line or two of text and a link back to the news publisher's website."

The blog post comes after The Associated Press announced yesterday it was working on system to protect its content from being misappropriated online.

Macgillivray said some readers, journalists and users wondered if the AP's latest announcement was directed at Google.

"The answer is that it doesn't appear to pertain to Google since we host those articles in partnership with the AP," Macgillivray wrote.

"We announced that partnership in 2007 as part of an experiment in hosting articles on our site. In hosting agreements such as this, we pay news agencies and display the entire text of articles."

Macgillivray went on to defend Google's actions concerning newspaper Web sites. "Once a reader is on the newspaper's site, we work hard to help them earn revenue. Our AdSense program pays out millions of dollars to newspapers that place ads on their sites, and our goal is that our interest-based advertising technology will help newspapers make more from each click we send them by serving better, more relevant ads to their readers to generate higher returns."

Google maintains that its practice follows U.S. copyright law and that newspapers that disagree with fair use can ask to have their content removed from its index.

Google To Eliminate 200 Positions

Google represented something of a bright spot during the past few months; while other tech companies made layoffs, the search giant just slowed its hiring spree. Unfortunately, Google became part of the downsizing pattern this afternoon, announcing the elimination of 200 sales and marketing positions.

Omid Kordestani, Google's senior vice president of global sales and business development, didn't sound happy about the move in a post on the Official Google Blog. Kordestani wrote, "Making changes of this kind is never easy - and we recognize that the recession makes the timing even more difficult for the Googlers concerned."

There are a couple of potential silver linings, though. First, from a business perspective, it may be that Google isn't suffering from the effects of the recession. Although he mentioned misleading growth trends, Kordestani claimed, "In some areas we've created overlapping organizations which not only duplicate effort but also complicate the decision-making process. That makes our teams less effective and efficient than they should be."

Then, the exec - who has declined bonus payments and equity awards - promised that Google is trying to shuffle people around instead of fire them. Plus, outplacement support and severance packages will be available for those who actually leave.

Google's making the best of a bad situation, at least.

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noreply@blogger.com (G&L) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:15:00 +0000

Google Says It Helps Newspaper Websites

Google says it does not misappropriate newspaper content and actually helps them by driving traffic to their Web sites.

Alexander

Macgillivray

The blog post comes after The Associated Press announced yesterday it was working on system to protect its content from being misappropriated online.

Macgillivray said some readers, journalists and users wondered if the AP's latest announcement was directed at Google.

"The answer is that it doesn't appear to pertain to Google since we host those articles in partnership with the AP," Macgillivray wrote.

"We announced that partnership in 2007 as part of an experiment in hosting articles on our site. In hosting agreements such as this, we pay news agencies and display the entire text of articles."

Google maintains that its practice follows U.S. copyright law and that newspapers that disagree with fair use can ask to have their content removed from its index.

Google To Eliminate 200 Positions

Google's making the best of a bad situation, at least.

Google Founder: A ‘Shame’ That Yahoo Abandoned Search - The Business Insider

noreply@blogger.com (G&L) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:15:00 +0000

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Yahoo Struggles To Reignite Q3 Revenue Growth, But Triples Profits - TechCrunch

noreply@blogger.com (G&L) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:00:00 +0000

Yahoo Struggles To Reignite Q3 Revenue Growth, But Triples Profits - TechCrunch
Yahoo announced third quarter earnings today, showing net income more than tripling to $186 million, or $0.13 a share, nearly double analysts estimates of $0.07 a share. This was definitely a financial achievement for Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz, but it

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Income Access Receives Google Analytics Accreditation - Transworld News
Income Access Receives Google Analytics Accreditation The world leading affiliate marketing agency, Income Access, now has four employees who have received Google Analytics accreditation. This means that iGaming businesses can work with Income Access

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noreply@blogger.com (G&L) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:15:00 +0000

Google Suggest Goes Worldwide

Google Suggest was released in the U.S. about seven months ago, and when it came to search terms like "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious," the tool could be a helpful, allowing you to type just seven letters instead of thirty-four. And now, people outside the U.S. will also be able to benefit, with some neat region-specific twists tossed in.

Yes, if you type "superc" into the main search box of Google UK, Google Ireland, Google India, or a number of other localized versions, you'll see the full Mary Poppins word given as a suggestion. On the Official Google Blog, David Kadouch explained, "Google Suggest now covers 155 domains in 51 languages."

But the really neat part is this: "We've localized our suggestions to account for various cultural and local factors to offer suggestions that look familiar to our users."

So if, for example, you type "liver" into the Google.com interface, you'll see recommendations related to various health issues. But try it with Google UK interface, and the suggestions lean towards the city in England and the Liverpool Football Club.

You can test Google Australia with "kangaroo" and Google Ireland with "pubs," too, if you please.

Although Google Suggest wasn't too impressive when it first came out, this is a fairly interesting turn of events.