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Reuters looks at a new report on Canadian Facebook users and pretty much declares that they are now happy to let employers see their profiles.

Google is shutting down Hello, Picasa’s photo sharing service which was part of the Picasa acquisition back in 2004. On the program, Wikipedia writes:

PROFILE SHARING VIA YAHOO, TWITTER & MORE

Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 13:30:56 -0400

MySpace Experiencing Ad- Related Revenue Difficulties

The good news, from News Corp's perspective, is that MySpace is continuing to grow. The bad news is that profiting off social ads is tougher than the corporation had expected.

Publ.Date : Thu, 08 May 2008 10:34:19 -0400

SEO Does Have A Future

Now Shoemoney is a friend of mine, but regarding his post SEO Has No Future today, I am forced to disagree with him. Not only does SEO have a future but judging by the number of SEO clients I am turning away, and the number of job offers I am receiving on weekly basis to take on in house positions, all during a shrinking economy and a recession, the future is looking pretty bright for SEO …

Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 15:07:13 -0400

Bill Gates Talks Up Vista Sales

To be fair, I think any one of us would be thrilled to move 140 million copies of something. But Microsoft is held to a higher standard, and so Bill Gates's positive comment about Vista sales is raising some eyebrows.

Publ.Date : Thu, 08 May 2008 11:47:51 -0400

MySpace Launches Data Availability Effort

MySpace is launching what it calls the MySpace "Data Availability" initiative that will allow users to share their information with a number of partner sites.

Publ.Date : Thu, 08 May 2008 14:45:35 -0400

Microsoft Considers Facebook Acquisition

Microsoft is attempting to see if Facebook has any interest in being purchased by the software company after it abandoned its bid to buy Yahoo.

According to the WSJ Microsoft's bankers put out subtle signals to Facebook, to see if it would be interested in being acquired.

Last October, Microsoft bought a $240 million stake in Facebook, which valued the social networking site at $15 billion. An unnamed source says there are no active talks between the two companies.

Publ.Date : Thu, 08 May 2008 11:28:01 -0400

Texas Investigating Amazon Over Taxes

Amazon.com may soon have to pay the state of Texas back taxes with penalties and interest after the state learned the online retailer had a distribution center in Irving.

The Texas Comptroller's Office is investigating if Amazon owes Texas possibly millions of dollars in uncollected sales taxes on purchases made by its customers in the state.

Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 15:35:59 -0400

Yahoo Tries Glue Pages In India

Anyone who's ever found traditional search results to be a little one-dimensional should be glad to hear that Yahoo's addressing the issue. Something called Glue Pages Beta slaps together normal search results, Google Blog Search results, Yahoo Answers results, HowStuffWorks articles, Wikipedia entries, Flickr images, and YouTube videos all in one place.

Publ.Date : Thu, 08 May 2008 09:45:29 -0400

Facebook Making Their Site Safer For Kids

It’s been nearly four months since MySpace announced a joint agreement with 49 state Attorneys General to protect minors online—and now Facebook’s finally gotten around to signing on. CNET reports (emphasis added):

Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 16:12:40 -0400

Google Resources Help With Myanmar Cyclone Relief
The company organized some of its resources to assist the humanitarian efforts going on in Myanmar, where thousands have died or are missing after a cyclone tore through the country.

Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 08:03:47 -0400

Facebook Has Connections

On the heels of MySpace's Data Portability announcement, Facebook has unveiled Facebook Connect, which the social networking site is calling "the next iteration of Facebook Platform that allows users to 'connect' their Facebook identity, friends and privacy to any site."

Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 16:57:07 -0400

Schmidt Says Google Founders Are Adults

Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt says the Google founders have grown up.

"The boys have grown up," Schmidt said at a news conference before the company's annual meeting referring to founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 11:00:25 -0400

Google, News Corp Might Be Bidding On Blinkx

A word here, a number there . . . nothing remotely solid has been established, but rumors that Google and/or News Corp bid on video search engine Blinkx were enough to send the company's stock up 53 percent today.

Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 09:42:20 -0400

Capital Idea: Google Looking At Letters
Google could be making distinctions in keywords based on whether or not the first letter is capitalized.

Publ.Date : Thu, 08 May 2008 18:46:40 -0400

Google Image Search Meeting Image Ads

Display advertising, where Google does not shine as brightly as it does in search ads, could be coming to the image searching side of the site.

Publ.Date : Thu, 08 May 2008 12:51:43 -0400

Yahoo Acquires Inquisitor

There isn't a dollar sign followed by a long string of digits to gape at, but Yahoo's latest acquisition is still creating some questions. Instead of some search or advertising company, the target was Inquisitor, a Safari browser plug-in.

Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 17:01:11 -0400

Google's Safe Search Filters

Over the past few months, some webmasters have complained that images on their sites were wrongly nabbed by Google Images' safe search feature. This means, of course, a significant reduction in audience size.

Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 17:33:55 -0400

PicLens - New Way To Browse For Pictures On The Internet

Well I've been using PicLens for a few months now, and I'm a bit late with this post, but if you haven't installed PicLens yet for browsing photos on the web you are missing one of the most beautiful ways to view photography on the internet yet.

The screenshot above does not do justice to the visual experience. PicLens is hands down the best I have ever seen photos look online.

Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 16:26:03 -0400

China Likely To Censor The Web During Games

China says it can't promise that it won't censor the Internet this summer during the Beijing Olympics.

Wang Wei, executive vice president of the Beijing Olympic organizers, had assured the International Olympic Committee that the 30,000 reporters covering the games would have open access to the Internet.

Publ.Date : Thu, 08 May 2008 09:30:46 -0400

EU Says Online Travel Sites Misleading

A third of European consumers are being misled or ripped off by Web sites selling airline tickets, according to EU Consumer Commissioner Meglena Kuneva.

"It is unacceptable that one in three consumers going to book a plane ticket online is being ripped off or misled and confused," Kuneva told a news conference.

Publ.Date : Thu, 08 May 2008 12:29:45 -0400

Twitter Blacklist Bites Thumb At Obnoxious People

A public service or draconian narc network? You be the judge. It didn't take long for a few things to happen with Twitter: for so-called spammers to seek out a "marketing" advantage; for Twitterers to fight back against said spammers; and for a moral authority to form.

Publ.Date : Thu, 08 May 2008 12:29:17 -0400

Fresh Google Analytics Seminars Added To Schedule

Google has announced a few new Analytics seminars through which it plans to continue spreading important knowledge. Also, although people living in Boston, Chicago, and Orlando won't be able to make a direct profit by going, there'll be a little bit of wealth-sharing, too.

Publ.Date : Thu, 08 May 2008 17:00:13 -0400

Google's Local Search

Today while doing research for a client, I happened to notice something very interesting in Google’s results.

Google Pushes Local Search in SEPRs

The given search was for “hampton inn” and further research on other geographically relevant, broad terms returned similar results like “restaurant” and “mcdonalds.”

Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 13:23:41 -0400

Live Nation Jams With AdBrite
Concert promoter Live Nation partnered with the AdBrite network on its eFan Finder to help the company track the thousands of shows it presents annually.

Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 17:46:09 -0400

Keywords: Find Theirs, Protect Yours
One clever SEO professional said sitemaps are the keys to the kingdom of well-performing keywords.

Publ.Date : Thu, 08 May 2008 13:44:44 -0400

Five Ways To Score Big On Digg
The big social media sites receive thousands of submissions continually. Yours doesn't have to be one that never escapes Digg's Upcoming section, or the basement of any social bookmarking presence.

Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 13:47:06 -0400

Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope On Its Way

Google Sky isn't supposed to generate tons of revenue, so from a business perspective, it doesn't matter if there are competitors. Still, towards the end of this month, a little toe-stepping may take place as Microsoft releases its WorldWide Telescope.

Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 14:43:20 -0400

Now There Are Two Net Neutrality House Bills

Congressional Net Neutrality proponents appear to be taking a multi-pronged approach to passing legislation to cement what many call the First Amendment of the Internet, a moniker that may oversimplify it a bit. Two days after Ed Markey's (D-Mass.) Internet Freedom and Preservation Act was debated in the House Energy Committee, Representatives John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) re-introduce the Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act.

Publ.Date : Thu, 08 May 2008 17:30:47 -0400

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