I just happened to glance down at my Search status toolbar in the status window of Firefox, and noticed that Techmeme’s Google Toolbar PageRank had been reduced to PR-4: Techmeme Sell Links Techmeme has very clear advertising with sponsored posts: The links they use are … [Read more...]
Sphinn All Unsphunn
I had intended my next post to be a small tribute to the great articles that have been selected as finalists for this year’s Semmys, with links to all the finalists and a subtle link through to the SEO category where one of my articles was selected as a finalist. But that would be gaming the system based upon whatever level of popularity I have achieved within the Online … [Read more...]
SocialSpark.com Preview: PayPerPost Goes Googley?
I have been watching & listening to PostieCon via Ustream and chatting in the Meebo chat room, and at the same time exchanging a few emails with Ted Murphey about Izea’s (new parent company of PayPerPost) new Advertising marketplace, SocialSpark.com. What Is Social Spark? Advertiser Social Network Advertisers Interact With Bloggers: Build up a network of media … [Read more...]
Digg Favorites Slapped By Google
For a company such as Google with a stock price based extensively on anticipated growth and public sentiment, it doesn’t take a huge swing in goodwill to have a dramatic effect on valuation. Google has just slapped their biggest fans. After the very controversial hit many sites took just 2 weeks ago for various degrees of selling PageRank or linking to clients, you might … [Read more...]
Open Social Web: Google + Feedburner Really Is Bad For RSS
I honestly laughed when I saw the new “Open Social Web” Bill of Rights launched yesterday, not because it isn’t to some extent a useful idea, but because of one specific term… Control of whether and how such personal information is shared with others. 10 months ago I fired off a heated debate about RSS sharing, and how Google with it’s easy to share feeds could be killing the … [Read more...]