German Court Rules Google Must Remove Autocomplete Entries If Defamatory
Posted on 15. May, 2013 by admin in Webmaster World
Google expressed surprise and disappointment at the decision, noting that the autocomplete function merely reflects what other users have searched for. The company noted that the court hadnt ordered Google to turn off the autocomplete function or to vet all results in advance. Instead, Google has to ensure that defamatory results are checked, and if [...]
Inc. 500 Marketers to Sharpen Focus on Blogs, Switch up Social Media
Posted on 14. May, 2013 by admin in AllTop
May 14 2013 | Kathy Crosett Fast-moving businesses, especially those on the Inc. 500 list, have been experimenting with which new media formats make the most effective marketing tools. Last year, the Center for Marketing Research, UMass Dartmouth, announced that blogs were falling out of favor with the Inc. 500 enterprises. This year, more of [...]
Google’s Matt Cutts: What To Expect In The Coming Months
Posted on 14. May, 2013 by admin in Webmaster World
If you’re closely monitoring what google is doing then you’re probably doing it wrong. It is so easy to get wrapped up in panda’s and penguins etc etc. There is just too much going on at google it is impossible to understand what is going on. If you get hurt you get hurt. How many [...]
Social Media Gaining in Reach Efficiency, Funnel Attribution
Posted on 13. May, 2013 by admin in AllTop
May 13 2013 | Kathy Crosett With digital formats taking up close to 25% of advertising money, media buyers must consider which channels are delivering the broadest reach and the best ROI. Media intelligence firm Aggregate Knowledge has issued a new report analyzing the effectiveness of digital ad buys made through its platform. The key [...]
Google Penguin 2.0 Update To Come In The "Next Few Weeks"
Posted on 13. May, 2013 by admin in Webmaster World
turbocharged, I hope you’re right (I’ll take any crumbs of comfort). I also think the web design / SEO industry is going to be about offering very low cost solutions (because small businesses will have low expectations). A web presence will have to augment something more substantial offline. Still – I think penguin 2.0 is [...]
Who Nicotine May Actually Benefit
Posted on 12. May, 2013 by admin in AllTop
It’s not often that you hear anything positive about cigarette smoking, but the nicotine in cigarettes may actually be good for ulcerative colitis. The link between smoking and ulcerative colitis goes back to the ’70s and ’80s, when researchers noticed that they had very few smokers in their ulcerative colitis studies. Since then, numerous studies [...]
WebmasterWorld Weekly Roundup May 9
Posted on 12. May, 2013 by admin in Webmaster World
This week the WSJ carried a story that Yahoo is struggling to find a way out of the search deal it struck with Microsoft. Call me old fashioned, but, surely, when you strike a deal, and its agreed, shouldnt it be honoured. Clearly, the way the article is written indicates a shift since the agreement [...]
False Hope for Family of Missing Girl?
Posted on 11. May, 2013 by admin in AllTop
CLEVELAND — Law enforcement officials in Cleveland are investigating one other missing person case in the neighborhood where three women had been held captive for years. The aunt of a 14-year-old girl who disappeared in 2007 near the house where the missing women were found says the girl’s mother has spoken with the FBI. But [...]
YouTube Starts Subscription Service Trial
Posted on 11. May, 2013 by admin in Webmaster World
I think this is just part of the beginning of something much bigger, when is going to be the end of network TV as we know it or at a minimum, there will be a place where shows can transition from TV to legions of fans without having corporate sponsors. I’ve always said it was [...]
YouTube Paid Channels: What Do They Mean For Your Brand?
Posted on 10. May, 2013 by admin in AllTop
YouTube introduced a pilot program called YouTube Paid Channels. So far, about 50 paid channels have the ability to charge viewers for a subscription and there are plans to expand this to more partner channels in the future. Not surprisingly, there has been a great deal of uproar online following the announcement. It is definitely [...]
