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Posted By: crimsongirl 125 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.technologyreview.com)
Category: Social Media

Long article in Technology Review outlines doubts (which many of us have) about the viability of the major social media networks. (Free registration required to read article.)

"Facebook is likely to lose $150 million this year, according to a Jan read more »

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Is Google Making Us Stupid?

Posted By: crimsongirl 165 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.theatlantic.com)
Category: Google Searching

“Dave, my mind is going,” HAL says, forlornly. “I can feel it. I can feel it.”

Writer in The Atlantic feels he is getting stupider because he relies on Google so much. read more »

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Facebook's Profound Strategic Error

Posted By: crimsongirl 196 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://discussionleader.hbsp.com)
Category: Networking

The Facebook backlash continues. Umair Haque argues Facebook is "evil" and their platform is biased against developers and favors applications that create the least value. read more »

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Steve Ballmer on the Search Industry

Posted By: crimsongirl 242 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.247wallst.com)
Category: Microsoft

Short interview with Ballmer. Future of search, deal to buy Yahoo, Microsoft's long-term investment in search. read more »

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Google Health Formally Announced This Morning

Posted By: crimsongirl 268 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Google Other

I've been dreading the launch of Google Health, which I'm afraid is just more in Google's plan to take over the Internet. I'm afraid Google will soon be showing its own site at the top of SERPS for health and medical queries. Which Microsoft alrea read more »

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Hal Varian Answers Questions - Google's Chief Economist

Posted By: crimsongirl 269 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
Category: SEM

The NY Times has a rich Q&A with economist Hal Varian. Good stuff.

My favorite line:

"Keyword bidding models are based on game theoretic models of auctions, which is a very advanced and successful area in economics."

I wish more people und read more »

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Facebook backlash continues - NY Times article on escaping Facebook

Posted By: crimsongirl 285 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Networking

More privacy concerns. Once you are on Facebook, you are ALWAYS on Facebook.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/11/technology/11facebook.html?em&ex=1202878800&en=dba4aa893be4b0f9&ei=5087%0A read more »

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Search Engine Prediction Markets

Posted By: crimsongirl 298 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.intrade.com)
Category: Searching

The popular prediction market intrade recently started contracts for search engine share in 2008.

(I found this from David Pennock's blog: http://blog.oddhead.com/2008/01/25/search-engine-futures/)

So far it's a thin market with wide gaps betw read more »

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Do you know who she is?! - Vocal SEO bloggers are like snobby sorority girls

Posted By: crimsongirl 375 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Water Cooler

Like other fields, SEO is a line of work where you have your successes and failures if you hang around long enough. Some practitioners, however, feel that any failure, any dip in their rankings is a personal affront and insult worthy of constitutin read more »

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People who should turn in their SEO card

Posted By: crimsongirl 388 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: SEM Industry

Professionals search engine optimizers have an obligation to work in their clients’ best interests. That’s what being a professional entails. A defense lawyer has a professional obligation to provide a vigorous defense in court, no matter what he read more »

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